Today in America despite the mortgage meltdown and other economic problems more people then ever own their own homes. The problem though is we have gone from a nation of Homesteaders to a nation of debt laden home owners, ownership is not even the correct term. Mortgage has turned into long term rental for many. In today’s show we discuss…
- How to turn your home from a consumer to producer
- How buying regional can lead to more independence
- Elimination of debt as part of homesteading
- The best crops to begin gardening with
- How growing food can lead to freedom
- How a mortgage was NOT part of the original homesteading process
- Making your home provide for you vs. you having to provide for your home
- How solar and green energy can help you be more independent
- The salmonella scare and genetically altered plants are yet another reason to “grow your own”
- How the Internet is helping us all reconnect and inspire each other
- The “smaller home concept” and even how to adapt it to a large home
- Tossing a bit of politics in, does the media favor Obama? What do you think?
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