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Self-sustainability is a type of sustainable living in which nothing is consumed other than what is produced by the self-sufficient individuals. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include simple living, food storage, homesteading, off-the-grid, survivalism, DIY ethic, and the back-to-the-land movement.
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It (2003). London: Dorling Kindersley. (with Will Sutherland) The Fat of the Land (2008). Carningli Press (With illustrations by Sally Seymour) John Seymour's family website; I'm a Stranger Here Myself The Story of a Welsh Farm (2011). Carningli Press (cover by Sally Seymour) John Seymour's family website
A farm that can "produce perpetually", yet has negative effects on environmental quality elsewhere is not sustainable agriculture. An example of a case in which a global view may be warranted is the application of fertilizer or manure , which can improve the productivity of a farm but can pollute nearby rivers and coastal waters ...
This survivalist millionaire built a self-sufficient farm fearing the breakdown of society.
Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occur principally with an eye toward what the family will need during the coming year, and only secondarily toward market prices. [1]
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A back-to-the-land movement is any of various agrarian movements across different historical periods. The common thread is a call for people to take up smallholding and to grow food from the land with an emphasis on a greater degree of self-sufficiency, autonomy, and local community than found in a prevailing industrial or postindustrial way of life.
Five Acres and Independence: A practical guide to the selection and management of the small farm is a book about self-sustainable small-scale farming, written by Maurice Grenville Kains. [1] It was first published in 1935 [ 2 ] during the Great Depression .