I want to teach men how to fish, but first I must figure it out myself.

I am working to develop practical ways to stem the tide of centralization, monopolization, authoritative, and bureaucratic culture. Key to this endeavor is finding profitable and sustainable methods of small-scale local food production. The death of the American Farm was the death of American Freedom. Agrarian life is a human way of life, and the quality of our food is the quality of our life. By working to engineer methods of profitably manufacturing food on the small scale, I can work to reduce reliance on mega-corporations for food and employment.

So I am going to put together open-source business plans for these ideas.

-It will be a way to fully incorporate the growing and preservation of food for commercial distribution.
-It will strive for resource independence and product abundance.

Peak oil/dollar will cause very high (relative) energy prices. This will cause severe inflation of food prices. Not only will the costs to transport the food increase, but synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, tires, and farm equipment are also dependent on the price of crude (in American Dollars). This is a dire fact of our future, but also an important opportunity to find better solutions. Food prices will soon skyrocket, finding new solutions for efficient food production will be very advantageous to myself and society.

I'm going to start some more experiments to test the profitability of high-density urban gardening. What size of space is required to feed a family of 5? What size of space is required to support a family of 5? The first question is a matter of experience, the latter will become much more evident as food prices continue to rise.

As I said, this project will be open-source. I will be recording my endeavors on blog, picture, video, and posting it all online. I will log the tedious and the tenuous. I will create a business model to be copied and shared, a spark to light a fire of good food and independence from the systems that enslave us. I want to teach men how to fish, but first I must figure it out myself.