I'm curious to hear how people fit the ideas of self-sufficiency together  
with the paleo diet, specifically as it relates to food production.  Paleo  
man was a hunter-gatherer.  There's not much to hunt or gather where I  
live, at least not for much of the year.  And I'm not nearly as mobile as  
paleo man was.  (Paleo man had but to pick up his spear and take off.   
Moving me takes a week and a truck.)

I dislike the fact that much of our food supply is out of our hands,  
produced far away by people we don't know, using practices that we  
probably wouldn't approve of.  So I'm trying to bring about at least some  
small amount of food self-sufficiency for my family.

I have a small garden, planted full of nice vegetables and greens (nice  
for the summer, but most of it won't last long into the winter).  I'm in  
the process of establishing a small flock of chickens for both eggs and  
meat, but that too will fall off in the winter.  I have enough grass that  
I could conceivably keep a couple of cows or a bison or two (though I do  
not presently plan to).  I've planted fruit and nut trees.

The goal is to have a year-round supply of clean, organic food that is  
paleo-friendly, preferably produced on my own property without my having  
to spend 18 hours a day tending crops and livestock (I have a "city" job,  
but live in the country).  Have any of you met that goal?  Any insights  
you can share?

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   Robert Kesterson
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