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Help Feed Yourself

  • April 20, 2020
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In the 1940’s we were experiencing another worldwide calamity that disrupted supply chains and left store shelves empty: World War II. Instead of sending checks, the government sent advice: “Work a Garden—Raise Chickens . . . Somebody Has to Raise or Pack Everything You Eat.”

Americans took to their backyards in—and with—spades to plant “Victory Gardens.” They kept small livestock like chickens and milking goats. For the first time suburbs became food producers, rather than consumers, as America fell back on its agrarian roots.

Eighty years later, will we do it again?

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Rory Groves moved his family from the city to the country several years ago to begin the journey towards a more durable way of life. Rory and his wife Becca now reside in southern Minnesota where they farm, raise livestock, host workshops, and homeschool their six children. He is the author of Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time.



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