Support Your Local Off-Grid Homesteader

If you want to survive when the System collapses (because mark my words, it is going to collapse), then I highly recommend you find and support your local off-grid homesteader (and every homesteader around you working towards going off-grid) — and do it now.

Never mind the farmers, market gardeners and on-grid homesteaders who have no intention of going off-grid, because they are all likely in the same boat: heavily reliant on the System & the dollar to continue their operations.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m in favor of buying from local farmers & market gardeners as opposed to big chain grocery stores, but if you want to survive a System collapse, recognize those suppliers may not be an option for you at that point.

Your best bet is to produce your own food and produce enough to barter with other food producers in order to get what you’re unable to produce yourself.

And if you’re a farmer, market gardener, or an on-grid homesteader with no intention of going off-grid, I implore you to switch gears ASAP and re-work your operation to handle a grid-down, no-more-money-coming-in and no-more-readily-available-external-inputs scenario. Because, that is what is coming.

Online Homesteaders Don’t Count

While folks like Doug & Stacy, Jill Winger, Melissa K Norris, Curtis Stone and Josh & Carolyn (and a slew of others found on social media) are very helpful in inspiring, encouraging & teaching you about their lifestyle, they are virtual mentors. You don’t really know them, and they don’t know you — at all.

As much as you & I may like them and may want to be a part of their physical world, we’re not. And they are not a physical part of ours.

They are not going to be there for us when we need boots-on-the-ground help. We need in-real-life people in our physical orbit, who know how to live outside the System.

Also, what you see on your digital screens is a far-cry from what you get in real life. Homesteading is not usually so pretty, let alone easy. It’s an ever-evolving process. And doing it off-grid presents a host of unique challenges & solutions that require a lot of flexibility, ingenuity and resourcefulness.

You need in-real-life mentoring relationships with off-grid & off-grid-to-be homesteaders. (And the chances are high they need physical support.)

Buddy up Now

Please, buddy up with those who demonstrate they can survive and potentially thrive in the face of a System collapse. Befriend them, spend time with them, physically help them. And do it now. Don’t wait until disaster strikes.

If you’re still living in the city (or in a densely populated area), find an off-grid or (off-grid-to-be) homesteader in the country to support, and get busy doing so. And by golly, please make arrangements to get out of the densely populated areas, because that’s the last place you’ll want to be when the monetary system collapses.

Understand, there is no guarantee these kind of homesteaders will let you into their world, but if you want their help, I suggest you reach out to them now.

Make room in your schedule and get busy doing anything & everything you can to develop a trusting relationship with them.

Commit some attention, time & energy to them, help them with whatever it is they need help, learn from them and earn their trust.

Then, you can start implementing some of what you learn in your own life, in your own home and on your own land.

Don’t Wait

I can’t stress this enough. Please don’t wait until the poo-poo hits the fan (aka an SHTF scenario). Because, I can assure you, most homesteaders will shut & lock their gates when that time comes.

Not a Bailout, but a Boost in Saving Yourself

To be clear, I’m not suggesting these folks will bail you out in the future, but I am saying they could likely use your help, and what you glean from helping them now can pay off for you in the future by giving you insight & experiential advice as to how to survive outside the System.

Plus, we could all use some more in-real-life, meaningful & practical friendships (– particularly with those who have a clue about what’s going on in the real world), can’t we? I know I can. 😉