homemade / self-inflicted
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homemade
Prepared or made at home, not industrially produced or bought. Usually refers to food and drinks.
Der Gasthof ist berühmt für seine hausgemachten Kuchen und Torten.
The inn is famous for its homemade cakes and tortes.
The word is built simply: it consists of 'Haus' (house) and 'gemacht' (made). So it literally means 'made in the house' and describes things that were made privately rather than industrially.
Ich bringe einen hausgemachten Nudelsalat zur Party mit.
I'm bringing a homemade pasta salad to the party.
In its literal meaning, 'hausgemacht' (homemade) is almost always used for food and drinks. Typical examples are: homemade jam, homemade iced tea, or homemade pasta.
Probier mal die hausgemachte Limonade, sie ist sehr erfrischend.
Try the homemade lemonade; it's very refreshing.
You can recognize the figurative meaning from the context. When it is about abstract things like 'Problem' (problem), 'Krise' (crisis), or 'Konflikt' (conflict), 'hausgemacht' (self-inflicted) means that you caused the difficulties yourself.
Sein Stress ist hausgemacht, er nimmt sich einfach zu viel Arbeit vor.
His stress is self-inflicted; he simply takes on too much work.
industrial
'industriell' and 'hausgemacht' form a clear contrast with food and similar products. 'industriell' means that something was made with machines and usually in large quantities. 'hausgemacht' means that something was prepared by oneself or on a smaller scale, often as if at home. The difference is especially important with food: industrially produced jam comes from a factory, while homemade jam comes from one’s own kitchen or from small-scale production.
Beim Frühstück gibt es hausgemachte Marmelade von meiner Nachbarin.
For breakfast, there is homemade jam from my neighbor.
Diese Kekse schmecken sehr gleichmäßig, weil sie industriell produziert werden.
These cookies taste very consistent because they are produced industrially.