we've communicated for a long time since WWII and things like wild foraging and [a form of gardening where local plants are placed intelligently so as to produce dense crops without maintenance, forget the name of it] have come a long way. The concept of a 1 acre homestead is big now, and people are now designing things like 1/10th acre homesteads. Here's a random article from mother earth news. For fairness, I think mother earth news probably has a financed mainstream left wing bias. Still, they were nice when I was teenage yuppie: https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/self-sufficient-h... Start a 1-Acre, Self-Sufficient Homestead You don’t need a lot of acreage to have a self-sufficient homestead. Even on a 1-acre farm, you can milk a family cow, raise livestock and reap garden harvests — all while improving your land’s soil fertility with manure and proper grazing management.