I grow as much food as possible in my back yard so that I can pay a little more for other things. One would be meat born, raised, slaughtered, and packaged in my county. The other is seafood caught and packaged in the USA.
Here in the Missouri Ozarks, a family can just about live off the land. Fish are available year round. Turkey, deer, other small game. Pheasants to the north of us. Low taxes.
Need firewood ?