6,000 lbs Of Food On 1/10th Acre - Urban Farm. The Urban Homestead® - A City Farm, Sustainable Living & Resource Center, A Path to Freedom towards Self-Sufficiency. Little House In The Suburbs - Simplicity, Self-sufficiency. Self-Reliance: Backyard Farming + Radical Home Ec. Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne have been farming their yard in Los Angeles for over a decade.
In addition to a mini orchard and extensive veggie garden, they have all the instruments of an urban homestead: chickens, bees, rainwater capture, DIY greywater, solar fruit preserver, humanure toilet, rocket stove, adobe oven. But they don’t like to talk about sustainability of self-sufficiency, instead they prefer the term self-reliance. “I don't like the goal of self-sufficiency, I think it's a fool's errand to chase that goal,” explains Knutzen. “I think we live in communities, human beings are meant to live, and trade and work together.
Family Preparedness in an Apartment Setting by Bernie Carr. Little Homestead in the City - the Urban Homestead Journal. Urban Guide To Becoming Self Sufficient 'ish' Daily Living On An Urban Farm.