This topic has been brewing within for awhile and this article is more of a heads up to my friends and family than anything else. After 10 years in this profession here are some of my observations. When people ask me what I do to keep things simple I usually just say farmer. Since 2010 at least a portion of my income and at least half of my work year has been dedicated to vegetable farming, and I am trying to figure out how to just do that and not have to work anywhere else. Every year I get a little closer. This past year was around 5 months working for the man and 7 months freedom. Some farmers that just farm don't think I am a real farmer but I don't care. My goal is to be entirely food and energy self sufficient on my own land and I am over half way there. We don't yet grow all our food and we do go to the store (I don't know anybody that is entirely food sufficient and I have looked for a long time). However, what we do gro...
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