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Image source: cerrawater.com The sugar beet is a well-known plant that can be grown for sugar, and while it largely is used in commercial production, it...

For those who understand life in a dry cabin, it's no stranger to you the extra daily chores to maintain simple luxuries that many take for...

Image source: waldeneffect.org Do you have a ton of extra vegetables like carrots and potatoes lying around each year? Have you run out of canning space...

Image source: casellaorganics.com Most Americans are familiar with the old adage “waste not, want not,” but as a nation we certainly do not follow it. Americans...

Image source: LA Times Preparing for a natural or man-made crisis isn’t easy. In fact, it can be downright overwhelming – so much so that you...

Image source: Economistmom.com America’s national debt could be larger than the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States by 2039 if present levels of federal...

Image source: Cowboysindians.com In the minds of many Americans, outhouses are a symbol of the old west, an antique concept that predates electricity and running water,...

Image source: Gharwalegroup.com Perhaps you’ve been researching the lifestyle of self-sufficiency for a while. You’ve started growing a garden, have a small flock of chickens and...

Image source: surterreproperties.com It’s a concept as old as the hills -- or at least, fairly close to it. Humans have often taken to burying their...

Image source: OSU.edu As the 20th century dawned, Argentina was among the 10 richest nations in the world and rivaled the United States as the great...