Excellent suggestions, thanks!<p>We&#x27;re looking at renting a house at the Ithaca Eco Community to help the kids with socialization and to continue the intent to let the kids open the door and just go out and play with friends in nature. One of the other benefits is that there are lots of other residents that grow food and they let you set aside land to grow your own stuff.<p>We&#x27;re not really hunters, but it&#x27;s never too late to learn. We&#x27;ll get a freezer and probably try to find a local hunter willing to let me pay for processing in exchange for half of the meat.<p>Excellent suggestion about the Mennonites. Our goal is to buy some land within 10 minutes of town and build a small cabin during our first year. Then we&#x27;ll use that as a stepping stone to build a real home over a few more years, depending on disposable income. We don&#x27;t like financing things.