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Rest in Peace 1980-2020
I read and really enjoyed the book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver. I got me wondering, if the SHTF, how long could we live and eat locally? Without relying on outside sources of food. If you look at your pantries, your gardens, livestock and what produce the neighbours have to share/swap. Would you be able to survive for a year on only that?
And what products would you "import", if (like in the book) you were allowed a handful of food items now and then?
Right now, I won't get very far, the only food producing farms in this area (within a few miles) being dairy farms and a lone, if huge, corn field. And the property I am renting doesn't allow me more than a few chickens and a container vegetables (which did very well, I must say). Long term, my goal is to be able to grow and produce most of my meat, fruit and vegetables (Ireland's climate and weather permitting - many fruit and veg I like, prefer hotter and dryer climates) and barter for raw milk from one of the numerous dairy farms around here.
How are you all doing food-wise and what are your long term goals?
And what products would you "import", if (like in the book) you were allowed a handful of food items now and then?
Right now, I won't get very far, the only food producing farms in this area (within a few miles) being dairy farms and a lone, if huge, corn field. And the property I am renting doesn't allow me more than a few chickens and a container vegetables (which did very well, I must say). Long term, my goal is to be able to grow and produce most of my meat, fruit and vegetables (Ireland's climate and weather permitting - many fruit and veg I like, prefer hotter and dryer climates) and barter for raw milk from one of the numerous dairy farms around here.
How are you all doing food-wise and what are your long term goals?