{"id":13561,"date":"2012-03-19T15:21:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T22:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/?p=13561"},"modified":"2012-09-17T14:08:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T21:08:46","slug":"how-much-land-you-need-to-go-off-the-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/how-much-land-you-need-to-go-off-the-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Land You Need To Go Off The Grid?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0original homesteaders<\/a>, the pioneers who went West, were following the American dream as it was understood in the 19th century — they wanted a house, and land, and a farm, of their own. Those who become homesteaders today aren’t necessarily aspirational in the same way; instead, they’re looking to escape mainstream America. They want to do so for many reasons: privacy, radicalism, a philosophical belief in self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n

But “going off the grid” is a daunting proposal, especially for those with families. Non-homesteaders rely on others for virtually everything; not just our haircuts, but our electricity and our eggs. It’s hard enough to figure out the right amount of groceries to buy for a week. Figuring out how many crops to plant to feed a family of four is exponentially more daunting. There are plenty of resources to help —\u00a0message boards<\/a>,\u00a0how-tos<\/a>. And here’s one more, aesthetically pleasing resource from solar panel discount company\u00a0One Block Off the Grid<\/a>: a useful chart illustrating the typical land requirements for a family of four seeking nutritional and electronic self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n

According to the company’s research, a family of four that eats meat, dairy and eggs would need around two acres of land to feed themselves for a year. Ready to try it yourself, but short on land? A 2.9-acre plot of land in South-Central Alaska is\u00a0available from the State for as little as $2400<\/a>, payable by MasterCard or Visa. <\/p>\n

Here’s the chart.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

[Via HuffingtonPost.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0original homesteaders, the pioneers who went West, were following the American dream as it was understood in the 19th century — they wanted a house, and land, and a farm, of their own. Those who become homesteaders today aren’t necessarily aspirational in the same way; instead, they’re looking to escape mainstream America. They want to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376,453,224,430],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-infographics","category-resources","category-self-sufficiency"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}