Food Income: Production

What is food income? Simply it is a return of your efforts that provides you with food. This income can be cash or labor.
I am going to focus first on your own labor and a little piece of dirt. This combination can reduce the financial cost to obtain food and provide simple exercise that will be needed to keep the body moving and healthy as aging occurs .  Producing your own food is one of the keys that unlock the treasure of food income.
Food you produce from your own resource will result in less money being spent and a better quality of food to eat and the retirement refugee is all about spending less and have more.

This years garden is a joy since it has been decades since I have put one together almost like starting over but with a little know how. This garden is providing me with the ability to sharpen my skills until I get to the homestead and can grow the produuce that will support us.
Combining raised bed gardens with permaculture , and adding chickens for eggs and meat will make a big addition to our food income when the homestead and retirement comes around.