I raise half my food. I could raise all of it, if necessary. I can trap pigs on my land, have chickens, goats, and just a couple of cows. Two greenhouses, a high tunnel, and a trout pond.

I shop at Sprouts for 95% of my retail groceries and even sell them a little produce. Thing is, I'm not even a prepper. I just live a chill life in the country. No ARs, no bein' "Rambo", just a chill life.

I pay my taxes, am involved in my community, and I meet a lot of "normal" folk that live like I do. I think it's really simple to be on the grid, but be, a switch flipper. Which is what I call someone who, in the event of TEOTWAWKI or Poop Hitting the oscillating air disruptor, can live with what they got and protect what they got.

Many thanks to my grandparents for burning the lessons of the depression into my brain.