The Essentials: Food, Water, Energy and Peace of Mind..Albert Lusk Move to south or central America,..in the mountains it is nice and cool.if not make sure you are in the most temperate place in the US you can be..and make sure you have adequate local rainfall.close proximity to rivers/streams is good See if you can get at least an acre of land..preferably as rural as possible.. the location will be importanta good climate, with good rainfall will provide the bulk of your animals needs ..the better the climate the easier it will be for youif you have a smaller property you wont be able to grow enough for your goats.so look for locations where there is abundant grass growing on open properties nearby that you can either cut yourself or contract will someone local to bring to you, this is important..then get some chickens, some pigs and goats.you need to source food for them.once you do.youre covered for food and have good stuff to barter..and 99% of youll be eating better than you are now..focus your vegetable production on herbs that heal.dry for teas or create tincture extracts from alcoholPlant root crops like beets and carrots that have high nutritional content and store more easily.and garlic and onionsdont think you can rely on an extensive vegetable production operation to supply your familys nutritional needs.because you cantand wont Next, assuming you have a roof over your headyou need water collect it off your roofs into large plastic tanksput filtration system in kitchen and then.. You need an alternative power source, especially for your water pump, hot water heater and stove ..and if you dont live in a temperate zone, maybe to heat your house. OK.that covers food, water, energy and trading capitaland listen if I can do thisanyone can do this..this is not difficultso you and your family have the basics covered.initially, you will spend a lot of time getting everything set up and running reasonably well.youll have a lot of small construction projects and maybe one or two not as small..but after 3-4 years things should be running smoothly where I would guess it would take a husband and wife 30-40 hours a week each, including processing and sales/trades..to run this.then you can expand, fine tune or just kick back and pursue other meaningful things.imagine if your grandparents had started this type of operation and your family continued to develop this frameworkhow much you could create.without much workand Cultivate spiritual awareness.learn to mediateexperience the sacredness of life..pura vida Note: Ive been on the food , farming and health trail since 1974, when I cured myself of the severe hayfever allergies I had for 13 years.in a week by changing my diet..went on to mentor with and befriended the real pioneers of the organic food movement Southern California. founded the largest organic fresh food distributor in the U.S., Alberts Organics and the Independent Natural Food Retailers Association, and more..while acquainting myself with, befriending and studying with some of the leading alternative health practitioners in the U.S I live in the mountains outside San Jose, Costa Rica..climate, climate, climate..and except for the pigs which are planned shortly.I am doing all the above.with no direct previous experience..I am very confident of maintaining my level of health if necessary on primarily eggs and dairy products Ive done it for the past 2 years. regarding health/diet answers; see Degenerative Disease by Dr. Weston Price, Enzyme Theory by Dr. Ed Howell and the works of Dr. Carl Pottinger ( PricePottingerFoundation)..local installers of biodigestores should not be difficult to find in your area via Internet search or phone call to agricultural universities.the materials are not expensivepura vida or pure lifeis the Costa Rican universal greetingfeel free to contact me directly for more detailed information.allusk23@yahoo.com This article has been entered into the selfnews Post Writing Contest Solutions. 1st place receives a $250 cash prize $250 gift certificate to Offgrid Outpost. 2nd place receives a $250 gift certificate to Offgrid Outpost. Additional details and submission guidelines can be found here: http://www.activistpost.com/2012/11/activist-post-writing-contest.html If you like this article, please share it. The winner is decided by total page views. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 