Check out a magazine called "Countryside & Small Stock Journal". Lots of good articles re: homesteading, living off the grid and just plain common sense advice on escaping the rat race. Lots of articles by those who have successfully done so.
"Mother Earth" is for the Yuppie wannabees, "Countryside" is for the dirt-on-the-overalls types.
www.backwoodshome.com is a great site - they publish a magazine too.
Must be why it's my favorite mag. I fit the profile.