Here is part of the content.
It is about a family that grow everything they need on 4000 square-foot , a 10'th of an acre.
It feeds a family. Revolutionizes what you can do in a city.
Started 10 years ago. They grow almost all the food they need. They produce organic.
Sustainably. 400 variets of vegetables, fruits and edible flowers. 6000 pounds a year., Enough to feed themselves, with plenty over. They also sell to restaurants.
They make 20 000 dollars from their front-yard sell.
In the beginning he didn't believe he could do it.
He didn't want them to eat GMO-food.
A decade later he is off the grid. He calls it the path to freedom.
They do canning. The menu depends on what is in season. No micro-waves.
The electricity from solar-panels.Less than 12$ month.
They can sense that something is off with the climate. Bugs come at different times.
Their whole food traveled 100 feet.
He plans a village of home-steads. Their family, their extended family, and other people in the same village. 'Urban homestead'.
[Unfortunately they also domesticate and use animals, e.g. chickens and bees; and unfortunately their garden is not veganic.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmTJkZy0rM
Another article to read
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/04/my-thoughts-about-farm-of-future.html
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More of my thoughts:
"This
is good. Especially the starting up a vegan cafe! " Thanks!
The first
of my links showed a family that sustained their self and also earned 20000 USD
per year only of their produce on 1/10 of an acre (only 400m^2).
I think
that we should transform all our system to small-scale farming. To create a
grass-root-movement that shows that small, sustainable veganic gardens are
possible.
The small
veganic garden highly reduces the environmental impact and harm, including reduces
the harm and death caused to the animals that are killed when harvesting with
big machines, and reduces the amount of fossile fuels neeeded (e.g. harvesting
by one's hands compared to harvesting machines).
I don't
believe in the GMO-'farming meat from living tissue'-movement. It perpetuates
viewing animals as resources, the antithesis of veganism and our goal to make
everyone view animals with love and compassion. Veganism is making everyone
seeing animals as individuals and this goals can't be used by advocating
something that is perpetuating the animals being viewed as resources.
When it
comes to animal food: Dogs thrive on a vegan diet, and many cats (not all) also
do very well on a vegan diet:
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/03/vegan-diet-for-dogs-and-cats-what-is.html
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