Why Preppers Garden: Different Reasons for Growing Your Own Food

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As I’ve pointed out before, I think we greenies have a lot in common with preppers/survivalists. Even if the ideologies underlying our actions are completely different, both groups value self-sufficiency, take a hands-on approach to health and well-being, and distrust large institutions (of certain kinds, anyway) telling us what to do.  While you’ll see that Organic Prepper Daisy Luther is suspicious of international-scale sustainability efforts in here post below, the actions she proposes line up pretty nicely with the practical ideas you’ll see on a lot of green sites.

So, is gardening a revolutionary act? Do you put (organic) seeds in the ground just to have ready access to fresh food… or is there also an element of “sticking it to the man” involved? Do you garden for many of the same reason that preppers garden? Share your thoughts with us…

Garden Rebels: 10 Ways to Sow Revolution in Your Back Yard (via www.activistpost.com)

Daisy Luther Activist Post Sometimes I think that the next Revolutionary War will take place in a vegetable garden. Instead of bullets, there will be seeds. Instead of chemical warfare, there will be rainwater, carefully collected from the gutters of…

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