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How to Retire and Grow Your Own Food

A full guide to retiring onto land that feeds you. USDA puts Ozark pasture at $3,500 an acre. Eurostat puts Latvian arable at 4,825 euro a hectare, though Bulgaria and Romania bar non-EU buyers outright. Thailand will not sell a foreigner an acre at any price. Inside: what the build really costs, which crops pay the bills, how many eggs a hen gives, how to can without killing anyone, a 36 month startup sequence, and how to check every number here.