Zion Acre is running a contest. The subject is Why do you feel homesteading is important. Zion Acre has a some good information and my gut feeling tells me she has much more to share. Please go and encourage her to share more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0A_w1Fkgm4
a couple of video's back a thought to myself boy for a guy who said he wasn't going to make as many videos this year your sure making a lot of them. keep up the good work.
Very well put. I would also add the many health benefits, of not only eating food when it is fresh, but also contacting the soil, being out in the sun and so on.
And so say all of us. It's freedom at it's best. You've got your priorities right.
Some wise words and nothing can beat fresh food from the garden, my meal tonight was fantastic, Rainbow trout ( that I caught at a local lake ) new potatoes and boiled beetroot leaves both fresh out of the garden today what could be better. I am very much into being self sufficient yn as many ways as possible….you summed it up with one word……Freedom
Excellent VR! Very good reasons to homestead and great encouragement for those who haven't started yet. Exactly what I was hoping for. Can't thank you enough for your support! 🙂
Hi Jay
Few things : the growing business is time-consuming, and our time is payed for in jobs that we need to buy food. Make the food cheap, so we can work in the factory or behind the desk and pay taxes is more lucrative then us providing our own food and not spend money, as there is no cash-flow. There's no packaging materials involved, hence less taxed goods, and no transportation costs, so again less tax to collect, and not having to drive to the shop to buy it (gasoline).
There's no paid labor, again, less taxable amounts of money, so, governments can easily subsidize food grown by mega-farms, as their products will be taxed as well, and will provide for a whole lot of other tax-sources.
Homesteading, growing your own means that there is suddenly a big gap in income for our governments, and a lot of unemployment.
Then also with growing your own, there's less pollution: packaging in plastics(oil), transportation(oil), not having to go on a trip to the grocers as much (time & oil & a car wear-down, as well as parking costs in some places). But the main thing is, that it's fun, educational, but it costs time, and in the case of a hurricane, flood, war or other disaster, our crops might fail and we go hungry or starve. There's pros and cons, but the main thing for me anyway, apart from the fun & the things I learn, is the quality of the food, as well as the being closer to nature, because that is where we come from, and where I at least feel best. I felt that again when I was in the states a month or so ago, in Utah, colorado plato, indian creek. The quietness, no powerlines cutting the view, endless vistas …
Anyway. good vid, subbed to zion acre, as we drove thru zion (there was an ironman contest and the region was totally filled with peeps). Hope the weather for us euro's will finally change for the better ;o)
Cheers !
I always love the quote "some people are so poor all they have is money" will check zion acre out sounds like she shares your attitude.
A lot of wise words mate. The garden is rewarding in many ways.
Looks like you had a bit of weather 😉
A lot of good points, Hard to believe that growing and preserving your own food is new to so many people when a generation ago it was common, Normal if you well, How did the way we look at food change so fast.