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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Innisfree Farm: MENF 2011: Small steps are better than no steps at all
The task of becoming sustainable, local-reliant, and ready can be a daunting one. If you’re just beginning, it can seem impossible. Yet, it turns out that far too many people want to do it all instead of doing what they can do when they can do it. It turns out that small steps are better [...] Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Goals, Lessons, Mother Earth News Fair, philosophy, small steps
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Innisfree Farm: MENF 2011: It takes a village
While it is possible to do, there are very few people who manage to establish complete self-sufficiency, and it is my belief that such an effort is counter-productive and, in many ways, wrong. Perhaps a better term for the effort I advocate is “local-sufficiency” because I believe that it really does take a village to make [...] Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Choices, Goals, it takes a village, Lessons, long-term readiness, Mother Earth News Fair, philosophy, Readiness, resource sovereignty, Self-sufficiency, sustainability, village
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Innisfree Farm: MENF 2011: It takes a village
While it is possible to do, there are very few people who manage to establish complete self-sufficiency, and it is my belief that such an effort is counter-productive and, in many ways, wrong. Perhaps a better term for the effort I advocate is “local-sufficiency” because I believe that it really does take a village to make [...] Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Choices, Goals, it takes a village, Lessons, long-term readiness, Mother Earth News Fair, philosophy, Readiness, resource sovereignty, Self-sufficiency, sustainability, village
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Innisfree Farm: MENF 2011: More on not having to go it alone
I think it is a human trait to view new undertakings, especially ones that are large or difficult, as occurring in some kind of isolation. Yet the truth is that very few people are really going it alone at anything we try to do. The growing desire so many people have to establish sustainable, ready [...] Continue reading → Continue reading
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Innisfree Farm: MENF 2011: More on not having to go it alone
I think it is a human trait to view new undertakings, especially ones that are large or difficult, as occurring in some kind of isolation. Yet the truth is that very few people are really going it alone at anything we try to do. The growing desire so many people have to establish sustainable, ready [...] Continue reading → Continue reading
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Innisfree Farm: Mother Earth News Fair 2011: Learning we’re not going it alone
My wife and I attended the Mother Earth News Fair at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in southwestern Pennsylvania this past weekend. For us, it was an amazing experience to be surrounded by thousands of people who care about agriculture, sustainability, and readiness as much as we do. The fair, I think, had something for everyone. [...] Continue reading → Continue reading
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Innisfree Farm: Mother Earth News Fair 2011: Learning we’re not going it alone
My wife and I attended the Mother Earth News Fair at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in southwestern Pennsylvania this past weekend. For us, it was an amazing experience to be surrounded by thousands of people who care about agriculture, sustainability, and readiness as much as we do. The fair, I think, had something for everyone. [...] Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Mother Earth News Fair, philosophy, Resources, Self-sufficiency
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