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Real Self Reliance: A Model for Profitable Micro-Farming (On Just 1.5 Acres)
• http://www.shtfplan.com, Adam TaggartThe refrain we most frequently hear is: I think I’d love doing it, but I don’t know how I’d make a living.
Enter Jean-Martin Fortier and his wife, Maude-Hélène. They are a thirtysomething couple who have been farming successfully for the past decade. In fact, they’ve been micro-farming: their entire growing operations happen on just an acre and half of land.
And with this small plot, they feed over 200 families. And do so profitably.