Author: Gale Newell

‘All challenges can be overcome,’ is what my grandfather used to say on the farm. Whether 80% of the chickens were just eradicated as a result of a wolf raid, drought crippled our corn yield for the year, or the farm truck died, nothing was too big to overcome. His quote rings true for a number of current-day instances and this includes becoming self-sufficient. Our world is inter-connected via the internet. We spend hours of our days glued to the computer, our iPhones, tablets, televisions/video games, and what seems to be unlimited amount of technology at our fingertips. We depend…

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