In honor of Independence Day, we share several ways we work toward establishing true food independence. You can do the same.
Most of these are basic staples, and some take more work to grow in hot weather, but because of that you'll have less competition and more sales.
Left alone, patches of creeping grasses such as quackgrass and Johnson grass can take over large portions of your farm. Here are ways to control them.
For Jaime Cool and her family, an off the grid homestead of livestock, produce and bees takes a lot of work. But "it's a good life not many people get to experience."
