My Year Without Industrial Food

For the last year I grew and foraged 100% of my food. No grocery stores, no restaurants, not even a drink at a bar. Nature was my garden, my pantry and my pharmacy.

Most people would imagine I live in the countryside on a farm, but actually I live in a city — Orlando, Florida, a few miles from the center. When I arrived here, I didn’t own any land, so in order to grow my food I met people in the neighborhood…