Why Should We Produce Our Own Food???

Homesteading, rarely thought of unless by chance your reading a book about the "great pioneers", used to be necessary in order to put food on the table. As times change people have left the art of homesteading behind. "Why should we grow our own food when wal-mart will grow it for us?", a phrase commonly heard in any conversation regarding small scale farming. To answer that question, Wal-mart doesn't have a veggie patch out back, instead gets vegetables shipped to its stores from lord only knows where. A store that once said, "All our products will be made in America" now imports vegetables from Mexico and South America. Yes, this company sound very reputable seeing as it has completely honored its word.....NOT. Is this the kind of company you want to rely on to feed your family? Producing your own food is relatively simple and with a little bit of time you can produce food right from your back yard. It can be a fun learning experience for children and adults. Producing your own food has health benefits and by eating what you grow you often develop a healthier life style. Homesteading can be done in plots of land even as small as a half acre. Even people living in the city can have window and roof top gardens. There is a common misconception that if you homestead you have to produce everything you require to live, wrong, homesteading is making yourself the most self-sufficient as you possibly can be with your resources you have available. Just because you can't have chickens in your zoning but you want eggs doesn't mean you can't produce eggs. A huge part of homesteading is producing what you can and building up a community around you that will barter and trade what they produce for something they can't. Though homesteading is about SELF-sufficiency, reliance is a key component when homesteading on a small amount of land. That is why you should produce your own food. It boost the economy, secures our food supply, and helps communities, relationships, and food grow.