re: Creating a self sufficient life for your family - what all goes into it?

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you'd need probably at least 5 acres, with a house, barn, pond...

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You'll need more than that to produce any decent amount of livestock, but a modest 50Ft X 50Ft garden would fill you up with all the vegetables you could handle.

If you have equipment already, then it won't cost much to get a garden going. Seeds are cheap.

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I just think it would give me great piece of mind to know where all my food comes from, going to be having a little chickman here in a few months too and want him/her to have great nutrition as well, without all the preservatives, chemicals and what ever the hell else is added to food these days to make it last longer and taste better.

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I'll give you something to ease your mind. The US has the safest food production in the world. Don't read food blogs from stay at home moms. They don't understand the science, and over react based on the lack of knowledge.