Urban Homesteading = Survivalist Fun for the Whole Family
When you think of a survivalist, normally you think of someone like me…dashing, intelligent…perhaps with a British accent and sexual prowess outside the reach of mere mortals but you may be surprised at the new face of survival.
As economic conditions worsen, families return to self-reliance. Skills such as food storage, micro-farming, raising of livestock and home industries are making a come-back.
Meet the Wojtowicz family…the new American homesteaders.
“When the economy started to squeeze the Wojtowicz family, they gave up vacation cruises, restaurant meals, new clothes and high-tech toys to become 21st-century homesteaders.
Now Patrick Wojtowicz, 36, his wife Melissa, 37, and daughter Gabrielle, 15, raise pigs and chickens for food on 40 acres near Alma, Mich. They’re planning a garden and installing a wood furnace. They disconnected the satellite TV and radio, ditched their dishwasher and a big truck and started buying clothes at resale shops.”
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[...] at SOTS have discussed the return of Urban Homesteading in the USA and the how to start with the basics of emergency readiness. We continue to see in the news that [...]