Episode-883- Victor Alfieri on the Urban Homesteading Movement [ 1:07:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Vic Alfieri with His 3 Hens
Victor Alfieri lives just 17 miles from New York City on a 1/4 acre lot but he hasn’t let that stop him from being a modern homesteader. For Victor It all started after hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast when he started to see things a little differently. While he wasn’t directly effected by the hurricane it got him thinking about being more prepared. He began researching the aftermath and to him there was one thing that stood out.
No one was prepared not the general public, not the local government and certainly not the federal government.
Then a year or so later, he and his wife who both had financial business backgrounds began observing signs of bad times ahead. This put them on a course for research which began with the internet and frequent trips to the library.
Victor found an old book about the depression in 1930′s and started to remember the stories my grandmother would tell me about how they survived the depression. Eventually he discovered square foot gardening and small livestock, specifically keeping laying hens. His hens eventually put him on a course of conflict with his local government where he continues to fight for the right of people to simply provide themselves with top quality home grown food.
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- Woodlot Farms – Victor’s Website
- News Coverage of Victor’s Efforts
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