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More inspiration for cutting food expenses
By Anita |
It must be the warm spring weather; I keep getting inspired by stories about self-sufficient gardeners.
Here’s a family in Pasadena CA that has an urban farm on their property near a multi-lane highway. Be sure to scroll down and watch the video. They earn $25K per year selling their produce to local restaurants. That’s a decent income if you have minimal expenses and are debt-free. I wonder what they do for health insurance, however. Medicaid?
As self-sufficient and off they grid as they are, I was pleased to note that they have three computers, get Netflix and use a power drill. So at least I can identify with them on that level. 
The next time I’m inclined to gripe about food prices I will think about this family. I can’t begin to emulate them; I earn my income sitting at the computer writing for clients and can’t devote 12 hours per day to gardening. But I’m determined to grow tomatoes, potatoes and green beans this year.
Just like with getting out of debt, small steps make a difference. Even though there is plenty of gloom and doom out there about the economy and the global food crisis, more and more people have urban gardens, more and more of us work at home. In those ways we resemble pre-industrial America more than we might think, so there’s plenty of room for optimism.
Topics: Food |