The book teaches you how to be self-reliant, grow your own food, and create things, while maintaining your independence. The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that covers all the skills required to live independently while working in harmony with the land, utilizing natural energy sources, cultivating crops, raising livestock, preserving food, producing beverages, and engaging in various crafts such as basketry, carpentry, and weaving. This updated edition includes over 150 new full-color illustrations and a special section where John Seymour, the pioneer of the back to basics movement, explains the philosophy of self-sufficiency and its power to transform lives and build communities. In our highly technological world, The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the definitive practical guide for both realists and dreamers.

This book is for anyone who wants to live simply, grow their own food, and be more self-reliant.