A fun fact about me, I'm part of the new agriculture movement. I live off the land, breed animals, grow my own plants to sustain me, and in general practice sustainable independence. Ever heard of it?
I've heard of the general sentiment. That sounds difficult. What goes into it?
To be honest it's quite a lot of work and the start is very expensive. You have to be very dedicated to the lifestyle. There's animal husbandry, crop selection and then periodic moving of those crops to ensure you don't exhaust the soil, and a lot of research to ensure that I'm using the plants in the right way. In my spare time I do keep bees. I sell what I don't use at farmers markets, so I'm always busy.
, balanced and moderate world food supplies of basic foodstuffs to sustain a steady expansion of food consumption and to offset fluctuations in production and prices". Later definitions added demand and access issues to the definition. The final report of the 1996 World Food Summit states that food security "exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life".
Household food security exists when all members, at
. He got a cowboy name for me, which was Smokey Joe. So from the time I was three years old if people asked me what my name was I didn't tell them my name was William, I told them my name was Smokey Joe. That's what everyone called me until I was about 12 and then I dropped the Joe part. I've heard that story about him giving it to me because I'm a light skinned Black man but that's not true.
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