Man Quits Job in Finance to Grow Food and Develop Permaculture Food Forest | From Finance to Farmer

Andrew Martin once worked in the finance industry in Australia, but after learning about the true state of the world as peak oil and climate change begin to take effect, he knew he had to leave that unsustainable lifestyle behind and do something useful to help heal the earth and to be more resilient in the face of change. He and his wife Beth moved to New Zealand, where they’re in the process of turning green-desert farmland into a productive and bountiful permaculture forest of food.
It’s incredible to see how much they’re harvesting after just three years. Andrew researches extensively about the big interconnected issues in the realms of economy, environment, and energy and offers his skills and knowledge to city and regional councils that need to build their own resilience (that would be pretty much all of them!).
Andrew’s website: rethinkenterprises.co.nz/
Andrew's book: 'Rethink…Your World, Your Future…' - onenesspublishing.com/rethink
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[@xoxliltina12xox]

This is wonderful to see. I was formerly a rocket scientist, graduated from Harvard and MIT, and after 3 years, my husband and I quit our jobs and are now living in a mud home in the rainforest of Panama. We have much "less" from a traditional perspective but feel like we are blessed with so much. Open land, animals all around, living self-sustainably, building our own structures, giving back to the land and environment. There are other versions of "success," and we finally found one that feels right for us

[@brajamatuschek9371]

oh sounds amazing.!!! i would love to see what you are doing...do you vlog ????

[@rachaelrachael7440]

@@xoxliltina12xox Will surely love to see your videos. Be blessed. Stay safe♥️♥️

[@brooke-lynnandrade2021]

This is so inspiring. I'm graduating with a degree in engineering and I dont think I want to start a career in this field. I want to be connected with nature like you described. Thank you for sharing, it makes me feel less scared about it. Reading this brought me some peace and reassurance.

[@amarprabhu2250]

Wowwww this is really amazing... really it's amazing way to live life with nature like this... 🌿🌱🌳🍀🌾

[@TeslaAdvocate]

@@xoxliltina12xox Ayurveda is interesting.

[@40ny]

"Start growing food"...that says it all. Once you do that, your ideas about what food, money and life itself are all about begin to change. Ironically, having left the world of finance, now he is surrounded by wealth. Nature provides. This is what people need to know.

[@nade1231]

HAHA! They discover the hot water! Here (in the eastern Europe) we are so poor, that we have to go to several jobs, to end up in the week like an idiot living in the dirty city , and finally with the money to pay the gasoline or the train to get on the hell, to the weekends in our parents villages, and start to dig and dig, and eternally over and over repair our nonstop broken and fallen houses. This is the situation from a 2 generation until now. The richest peoples that live in the town, they also has old houses that they are abandoned, or go sometime for the weekend just to take all the production their grandmas made in the summer, and run out from the villages, because they are young, and want to explore the world, to travel, to see it. No one young peoples want to live in the villages now, or somewhere that are extremely isolated from some society or contacts. This tradition is after comes industry, where all has to have some stupid elementary education, just to go to the new towns and to work like a slavery for some stupid idea of development.!!! Every human progress has his costs.. So our parents, and we, pay the build for this industrial and technical development. Not our children has we do not want to pay this price. Every human know that if he has land, he is free and rich. The villages and communities are like this, most are farmers, or with livestock, and few % are craftsman- to produce other goods for the peoples and to trade them, for food production from farmers. This is the best politic to live in society , that everybody care of their own lives and produce something.. But everywhere has peoples which are more lazy, more clever and want to get the resources without to work too much, so they still from others, rob them, force them, slave them, and get their resources, wife, land all..

[@deborahxavier4637]

I am wanting to do the same thing. Work in finance also. Need some cash flow to buy the land.

[@homesteadingwithesikrumpua3046]

40ny fact!

[@SAGAWISIW30]

Humans humans humans! Tsk tsk tsk tsk! Humans!

[@JordanPAT]

Not everyone wants to be a farmer, but everyone would benefit from learning how food is produced. Farming needs to change to be in harmony with the environment. We need to eat less meat and dairy because that's not sustainable.

[@mdgraller]

"Do you get pests like birds that eat your fruits?" "Yeah, but we don't mind that, they were here first" Pure class and healthy connection with mother nature

[@itskeor]

Apply that same habit to wild hogs and you'll be sucking your thumb for dinner.

[@khaledaldalabih5530]

@@itskeor wild hogs are not a pest naturally, there was a lot of predators to control their numbers, but when you fuck up the environment shit happens, deprive a predator from his natural prey and it will start attacking you, deprive a hog from it's predator and they will reproduce until they eat the last seed in the soil and they and us go extinct, don't blame the hogs for our fuck ups

[@daytodaywithvikas7994]

🕉️🙏

[@mikaelguimaraes416]

just get 5 chow chows and see how many hogs are left

[@bibiayube677]

@@itskeor I wonder where the wild hogs came from,mess with nature and pay the price

[@anofritz]

i guess i'm so blessed,,, i am 21 but i have just got my first acre of homestead (without a house yet) hahaha 😁 hopefully i can start farming from 25 y.old

[@Daffodil956]

lucky one.Great!!!!

[@limtseng7157]

Good on you man

[@yengsabio5315]

Praying for your great success mate. Cheers & mabuhay from tropical Philippines!

[@user-jn4fn9od7u]

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[@sacredground7767]

Why wait to build a house, when you can get started farming now? Plant a fruit tree! Build a lean-to & go wild planting! Much love.

[@RR-js9kl]

We did the same. Sold the business and home in the city and moved to rural land with water. We grow and raise our own food and live in a small house. Much better life......we work harder but are much happier.

[@dmorh]

It's not work if you enjoy it

[@tatianabukharina8890]

Do you have kids?

[@ratnasupradewi2810]

...amazing...brave to realize your dream..

[@upward_onward]

@@dmorh ha ha great observation..😃

[@user-mw5pc3tn5w]

Iam really happy for you.

[@noneofyourbusinez]

He is living my dream!

[@joaozitogameplays]

Shane, please live your dream too! I know you can, buddy

[@BLOODINTHECUP]

Mine, too!

[@svetlanikolova5557]

+BLOODINTHECUP Just do it. Dreaming is for chickens. if you know what I mean.

[@elenaboyd4971]

Working on this. years from now hopefullt

[@angelicaprodev]

my dream too

[@joshjosh1386]

I studied in Australia and I worked in the finance industry in Singapore, until I suffered anxiety disorder. Decided to quit and now I'm back in a countrytown in Japan, taking care of house garden and growing vegetables. I never thought I'd ever enjoy gardening but now I can just work hours and hours in the veggie garden and never get bored. I find it to be very satisfying to grow and eat what I grow. Thank you for the video.

[@maitalopez2832]

I am glad that you found the happiness and contentment you have been looking for. 🤗

[@laypyu]

Along comes corona, and everybody would love to be in a space like this with sustainable food, and resources. We all just have to make it happen. Utilize this bad time to make something good from it.

[@ladyEnchantressGarden]

Yes!! True

[@barrdack]

First you say 'No' to their control structures!

[@sallybrite1530]

Yep. All 8 billion of us, let's each have a farm!

[@mihanivazn2373]

@@sallybrite1530 probably not everyone are made to have farm, otherwise we wouldnt live in cities?

[@LandElevated]

Agree! 💪✨

[@gelilaeyasu898]

This will be my life in less than 2years. Manifestation 2020!

[@Msinvincible1]

Me too

[@Dichtsau]

1 thing i realized between 4 and 10min: *_this is NOT permaculture, just diverse backyard agriculture!_* if it was permaculture, best example, he'd plant needle trees between his berries. right now this entire thing is _dependant_ on a human, which is _the opposite_ of permaculture.

[@johndank2209]

hey there, did u make it happen? and how is it going?

[@gelilaeyasu898]

@@johndank2209 Still working on it. I will send u pics.

[@daydreamvision]

"We have invented a mountain of superfluous needs. Shopping for new, discarding the old... That's a waste of our lives! When I buy something, when you buy something, you're not paying money for it. You're paying with the hours of your life you had to spend earning that money. The difference is that life is one thing money can't buy. Life only gets shorter. And it is pitiful to waste one's life and freedom that way." Jose Mujica - ex farmer, minister of agriculture, president of Uruguay greetings from Ukraine :)

[@thinktwice1192]

Valery Rybchenko wow 😲 this is great

[@sidwinus]

What abt college fees

[@misst1586]

I agree ♡♡

[@blueraven2345]

That’s a good way of putting it.

[@olenabi]

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[@priyanshusharma3198]

Being from India .. With second huge population , it's a dream to have something like that . Well am just 19 yo and hope to have such a luxury in life . Our Earth needs people like you ! Truely inspiring sir !

[@EnigmaShortz]

Which part of India?????

[@akashrathi9050]

Being a farmer in India, I might also start living like this one fine day

[@SokhaChetra]

i need a simple life as a farmer too. who love that too?

[@ladyEnchantressGarden]

Same2x 👌🌴

[@sukritham1]

I too

[@upward_onward]

Seriously, one need to see the foolishness of this mad rat race to earn more and more putting the very earth in great peril.

[@goosecouple]

Living as farmer can be difficult as well. Different types of tribulations. At least troubles not from people.

[@kevinloughnane3404]

Would like that life for me

[@jetblack748]

im soo stupid i didnt invest when i was young just spend money on cars and stupid things..i could retire 10 years ago on the farm like that.what a life.cant wait to b there.

[@claireandersongraham3581]

Christopher Johnson you were not stupid then. You were normal. It's just that normal got too depleting & we are all waking up. Permaculture shows us that sometimes you need a feeding frenzy of ducks to get rid of slugs & mostly you need long, slow, thoughtful observation & design with gentle adjustments according to feedback from nature...& right now, the feedback screams Permaculture. We were all "stupid" & now we can learn together...

[@mayhendrapanjaitan8924]

How old are you now? I am 29 But start working at 24, and not invest in anything From now I wanna save money and buy lands to do farming Plan to retire before 50

[@spacet1m3]

Not yet too late!

[@anthonypansard5991]

We all make mistakes, we can only hope seing them eventually and change for the better. Good luck !

[@mbm_23sep]

go for it now, you are smart. u can live ur dream

[@Mymymy891]

eventually, we all have to go back to basics...

[@sueshi1994spewlee]

I love this guy! His energy is great! I love how excited he was about his pond hahaha

[@Itsajourneything]

I never thought when I quit my well paid job at the government back in 2016, I would buy an old house and a piece of land in the centre of portugal 3 years later to become a farmer! It's comforting to see how many videos and channels pop up on youtube already made some great steps ahead of where i can learn from their process. thank goodness im not crazy

[@Onlinesully]

Hypha brainwave state Hi Did you have some garden or farm background ?

[@Itsajourneything]

@@Onlinesully well my parents had an agriculture business. and I worked at the neighbors farm (broccoli) in my teen years as a side job. but this is another level! I keep my journals here kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3WuYn6eicuiaZY

[@pedrof3364]

onde em Portugal passou a viver? Eu vivo em sao Paulo, sou portugues, mas o meu sonho e mudar para um lugar assim.. terra e agua, permacultura. Mas tenho varias duvidas... 1) como dar aos filhos uma otima educacao como a que eu tive 2) convencer a esposa a fazer esta mudanca, ela e advogada e sempre viveu em sao paulo 3) como conseguir vender algo, e nao so equilibrar as contas mensais, como conseguir fazer alguma viagem anualment, ter um carro. nao e facil.

[@vincenzatumminello2035]

Ihihih.... No you are not!!

[@jarvisaddison8560]

Did you have any background in farming? Do you need one or just went for it?

[@peterpanpeterpan5849]

Just looking at his life makes me alive

[@ashishk81]

No matter how much money we earn , we always feel relax and calm when we are in the paddy fields ..

[@ananthakrishnan3459]

13:02 "no competition here.... except for some weeds.....but now I eat the weeds"😂😂👌 Love it👍👍

[@theespressoman5292]

I still believe there are good and positive people on earth .

[@teakey]

Kept hearing the word Permaculture and had to look it up. The Permaculture garden is a lot more than an organic garden. Intelligent design uses free, sustainable energies and resources. It is energy-wise and collaborative to minimise the impact of a site on the surrounding environment.

[@GemmaJoikhun]

He is living my dreams futures This is the life I want to live in “This is what I call - True Happiness”

[@mr.balawis9948]

Even Thanos decided to be a farmer after he was done wiping out half the universe.

[@levachkadua2187]

good said

[@DukaDuke]

LOL :D surprised to see here marvel reference, but still nice one haha +10

[@maralfniqle5092]

Yep Bill gates too after buying all those farms

[@thiccityd9773]

George Washington became a farmer after his presidency. It’s a simple but rewarding life when done right.

[@kavindagunasekara1384]

I am so proud that I am starting to live this life style after working hard for around 18 years. Now I am 39 and truly enjoying of not been in the rat race any more... I also worked in the corporate sector in New Zealand and Australia for the last 18 years as a Service Manager and recently moved to my mother country Sri Lanka. Now I am a owner of a 5.5 acres of land and working on transferring the land to something similar to this...

[@lesteredrianba2115]

OMG I WAS CRYING, THIS IS WHAT I NEED

[@mattkaplan3134]

Did you do it?

[@positivetimeline2023]

GMO companies such as Monsatan say that we are saving planet from hunger.. Wrong! No hunger anymore! I remember the time when my parents and many other Soviet union citizens grow small gardens 30x20 meters and it was pretty sufficient for the whole family during a year. Very often we even shared some extras with our friends or neighbors. My family lived in a very North and cold area. THANKS . THIS IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!

[@francois3116]

@Julia K Interesting, thank you for sharing. What did your parents grow on this small surface, please?

[@editfazekas3854]

Yes, it was a tradition in every East European country too. Have a job from 6 am to 3 pm and spend the rest of the day in your garden, producing your own food. Most people knew how to garden coming from rural areas to the cities. Laziness and extended work hours have ruined it in the last 30 years.

[@johnpeters2650]

South American babe no, most veggies in eastern europe get "pickled", put into jars and preserved for winter. A lot of hard veggies like potatos, onions, carrots and so on get stored in special basements where temperature doesn't change throughout the year. All of berries (a lot from forrests) get turned into most natural jams and again stored for winter. Forest mushrooms as well. Its a lot of work for mothers, women during August and Sep times but totally worth it. So basically ppl found and mastered lots of ways to have their food from garden last all year round :)

[@eidanzg]

This is the best video on KZbin. Living in the city, my kids suffer from depression and other health problems. No sunshine, no fresh air, eating junk. This gave me hope.

[@happenfilms]

Hi Maria - so glad you found hope here. Wishing you and your family wellness.

[@radmandudemo92]

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[@casseyvillanuevacastro1854]

Living with nature like this is the greatest KINGDOM I've ever dreamed of 😍😍😍

[@eyesopenwideawake7057]

"Start growing food, even if it's just window pots to start with." Inspiring story, beautifully filmed, perfect audio. Subscribed!

[@happenfilms]

Thank you :)

[@somuchfortalent]

Something tells me the large amounts of money he earned and the connections he's made makes this lifestyle significantly easier.

[@BobBob-bn5jc]

I guarantee that this lifestyle can be adapted to anyone of any class; they just have to try (extreme sarcasm) In all fairness, this is a permaculture based garden, and arguably not as effective as some other sustainable methods of growing. Thoreau, the author of Walden, said he lived off a relatively small garden every year for sometime, on only 2 months of labor a year, on eight hour workdays (although this was over 100 years ago). Can anyone up and go within a year from a minimum wage job to sustainable farming? If you moved to an area with free government land grants and built your own sustainable home (like an earthship), with a year in the town as some entry level worker, yeah, you could. (you would probably have to rent with a few people, and live in a shack once you moved; but anyone could. However, the setup would be less than ideal.)

[@emilywhyman5442]

Sure, money is the capital of our society. It would make it easier. However, it has and continues to be done by young people without much capital behind them. With the internet providing a tonne of free resources, it's possible to do something like this - it's only limited by your creativity. - From my own experience doing this with an empty savings account.

Indeed, but it's attainable for almost everyone.

[@MaghoxFr]

Yes, it's called "life". In case you didn't know.

[@AL-lo8rg]

Amadeusz Czerwiński How?

[@BongSnay007]

"Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man." George Washington

[@xyzsame4081]

Yeah, but the likes of Washington let slaves do the work (or else it would have been dirt poor "free" farm workers. The "nobleness" Washington refers to is more aobut the income and status that a large property (worked by someone else under terrible conditions) made possible. It is of course possible that he enjoyed taking care of roses or trees or something. Of course he never put in the _work_ he only planned it and enjoyed the income. The Southern slave holders were for "free trade" (except for sugar cane where Louisiana wanted and got protectionis and tarriffs). The industries of the North saw that differently - and in the North affluent people had also other occupations than agriculture to make a good living. "free trade" worked very well for the Southern model of cash crops (like cotton) grown with help of chattel slavery. Before it was Indigo, sugar cane, tobacco, i think at the time of Washington cotton was not yet _that_ important. Tomas Jefferson (also a slave owning landowner) was obssessed with fertility, they knew they had a problem (and de facto monocultures, but they had the labor to control pests). They later found the islands in South America were the seabirds had left thick layers of guana (bird poop, highly nutritious fertilizer), so that becae the next gold rush, and those islands were stripped of what had taken millenia to form within a few decades. They could have workd with legumes, but they did not know about that - the native Americans were better in conserving fertility. As the 3 Sister legend proves, they KNEW it was good to plant corn with its high demand for nitrogen, beans as nitrogen fixers and squash together.

[@justinamusyoka4986]

I gave my son a piece of land and he's doing wonders.Its good to be involved in food production.

[@thesupermom1975]

It's literally a duplicate of my life! I went from accounting/finance in a city of about 400,000 people here in Louisiana and then I started feeling like something was missing. I now live way out in the country and am trying to learn something new about growing my own food every day. For example....I need to learn about the leaf miners that are trying to invade my orchard! Eeek! Loved the film! Thank you so much!

[@aminamelancon5640]

thesupermom1975 I just moved back to Louisiana for some of the same reasons. I'm in New Orleans and since I love this place I want to make permaculture work here.

[@foodforestgoddess]

Too many insects usually means too few birds to eat them. Do you have significant wild bird habitat on your property, particularly around your orchard? Planting bird-friendly species and having a designated thicket area, plus of course birdhouses - turned so that winter winds don't blow in through the door - and a water supply will really help without having to deal with domestic poultry.

[@svetlanikolova5557]

+Jennings Ingram wild birds ? lol are you going to eat them? Because you sure eat chickens dont you? Think dude

[@dennisalanvids]

Same here. NYC to rural PA! Congrats!!!

[@joeymccollum3469]

What city are you in thesuoermom1975? I'm in Houma, La southwest of NOLA by about 45 mins drive. I'm also excited to say I'm trying like hell to utilize our land for these same purposes and reasons. I believe our Louisiana residents are quite lucky due to the Mississippi River for very rich fertile soil so it shouldn't be too hard for us to accomplish this. It'd be nice to hear from you, good luck and keep us posted!

[@FarmerDrew]

God bless the permaculture farmer! I was a store mgr with AT&T, and my wife is still an engineer. We bought 8 acres in KY and we've got about 2 dozen species of plants and poultry. I wish everyone the same lifestyle. You need it, even if you don't realize.

[@alfredhitchcock45]

I also worked for AT&T and I am Planning to buy a farm as well.

[@invisibledisaster]

what if you dont have enough to buy land?

[@who-tube]

While I agree with his sentiment (more money does not mean more happiness); his former finance career allowed him to live his farmer life. So to focus only on the negatives of his finance career, is unbalanced. The money he earned in the past has bought him his present happiness.

[@rabbjemar2562]

I could not agree more: and if he has a bad growing season there is for sure some back up money in the bank.

[@PeaceOfMake]

Well, he did say that because of it he was able to buy the property. He didn't ignore it.

[@releasetheshackles]

I see you, but there are thousands of others who do it without that leg up.

[@piotrmajchrzak3861]

There is one more problem...not enough land to do this for everyone...especially when people like Gates buying farm land in mass quantities...

[@releasetheshackles]

@@piotrmajchrzak3861 There is plenty of land available. Look how many people are wasting time and energy watering the grass in their lawns. I see cities planting tons of non nut or fruit bearing trees in medians and along sidewalks. Too many people out here walking around with defeatist attitudes when they can, literally, turn their front and back lawns into food oases with very minimal effort.

[@evidence-vs8bd]

Due to Corona, I didn't want to go to grocery stores every now and then. Bought tomato, chilli, mint plants from Home Depot 15 days ago. Started seedlings of cantaloupe, Bell pepper, cilantro, spinach, okra, papaya, spring onions (hydroponic) in just these 2 weeks. My KZbin feed is filled with 🍀😇

[@sachindakhare]

Hydroponic is not natural or organic farming

[@embrapanegrao]

I've been following some stories like this and found very interesting on how the most successful stories are from people who has made the conscious decision to educate themselves on this lifestyle. I was raised in farm and I hope to return later in my life to my roots.

[@jarvisaddison8560]

Do you need a background in agriculture or farming ?

[@embrapanegrao]

@@jarvisaddison8560 not necessarily a formal degree, but overall information on how to start, finding a location that matches your expectations, be aware of the challenges and many more.

[@jarvisaddison8560]

@@embrapanegrao thanks

[@jahidhasanshanto5579]

During Corona,just one thing hits my head.... After this disaster, farming will be the fisrt sector only save us keeping starvation specially devoloping countries.....

[@ridzwan7301]

this is real heaven of paradise...

[@user-nk8uy4rz7h]

This is almost my dream. I do want to be closer to the city but to have a moderate sized wild forest garden with high biodiversity and a couple chickens sounds perfect :). I especially love the idea of taking degraded land and restoring it slowly over my life. This is very inspirational!

[@redeye3843]

i'm gonna live my life like this when i get older. im 20, hopefully in the future i can build this dream😊 nature heals us externally and internally.

[@jaornadiaz3537]

this kind of scenery and living is what i wanted to be like with. I really love nature ❤ it's really relaxing and not polluted. How I wish I can live like that soon.

[@containerhouseindonesiahil561]

Very nice and inspiring! "Permaculture is a holistic way of life", it was the way most indigenous cultures were already living before being colonized. Time to return to this on a global level. Well done.

[@ChesterinFrance]

I am the lucky one, I am doing the same now in south of France! I just started in 2018, this year I got my first watermelons, what a great feeling of see these fruits! I can not put everything behind like him but I am building up my little farm up slowly, seriously it is a physical work but what I appreciate is the change of the mentality towards this material word for me.

[@JerryBrownTravels]

Great video and thank you for encouraging my wife and myself to take it to the next level in life, to take the risk and commit to the adventure. I am 72 years old my wife is 65 years old and your videos are Inspiration for us to continue an adventurous lifestyle. We've traveled to 35 countries and by seeing how you take on the challenges has given us the courage to do things that we have not felt comfortable doing. The bottom line we are getting out of the comfort zone. What advice would you give us? You're doing it and thank you for what you're doing it is appreciated all.Jerry & Lori

[@aidan4891]

My dude has contagious energy and enthusiasm

[@dropclutch1]

I am in such a depressed and defeated place so don't mind me. I have to say that looks great but I bet he had a lot of financial resources to get that started. I'm working paycheck to paycheck trying to make the mortgage payments to keep the roof over my and my kid's heads. My partner decided to leave me and I have this house that has basically no equity because of the loan. I took Geoff Lawton's permaculture course a few years ago but never really got started designing properties. Just sick of this slave life. Peace and love to you all.

[@jorgegustavoortiz7717]

Such a nice life. More and more people saving our planet. Thanks for sharing.

[@pauldavies1710]

I can relate to everything in that video. I pulled out of corporate life 7 years ago and we are just beginning our permaculture project on 6 acres in Wales chickens included. We have planted a food forest and were asked the same question about birds eating the crops and gave the same answer. It is great to see someone else successfully doing exactly what you are trying to do. It makes you feel less weird!

[@saikougassama8498]

How does it work with you now, i also want to start mine. So i'll need your advice.

[@pauldavies1710]

Not sure I can give advice Saikou, we are also at the beginning of our journey. Yesterday, we took on another 12 rescue hens because right now, with the supermarkets wobbling, it seems everyone wants our eggs. In this crisis all of our friends have suddenly begun to understand why we are doing this. When you see first hand how precarious a global supply system is, it can be a bit scary. If you want to follow our progress you can do that at www.joleenmeadows.com but we will be learning as we go so please don't expect expert advice. However it might help you avoid our mistakes. Good luck.

[@akashrathi9050]

Hey, two years already, how you guys doing? Hope you are fine 🙏

[@julian_david4556]

I love how you started this with a powerful message that many need to here. The only reason I’m working hard is to free myself and my family from our debts and buy some land

[@smiljo90]

I live in a village in Central Serbia, and I must say that we do not feel that much this COVID-19 situation because this kind of cultural-life surrounds us. It's a pleasurable experience, simple, enjoyable, you can really feel that your life is fulfilled and you're growing as a human being. 🌞🌷

[@whosthatgirl718]

Not only are they growing their own food, they are doing their part to save our planet 💗👏👏👏

[@insimplebeing]

Big thumbs up! (and clearly, eight people who viewed this work for Monsanto).

[@PlantSugar]

Now 32. :-)

[@izzimk11]

100% correct, Monsanto should be replace by a better eco company. We all dreaming of beauty nature!

[@svetlanikolova5557]

+Linh Dinh not companies. People. Individual farmers. All selling different produce on the organic markets. That will give more people work

[@Trakehner20]

insimplebeing Ewww now 94 people. What's up with that?

[@Italics62]

A joy to watch -- that's the dream for more and more of us. One day! Truly inspiring, thank you.

[@abmajidsaid3838]

Satisfaction can't be measured nor weighed and that is what satisfaction in farming is.

[@a.c.6361]

I don't have a lot of land in my property, but I make the most of it by planting in containers and I am planning to turn my front yard into a garden either this year or next when I have saved for it. I love watching videos depicting life changes that are inspiring and motivating.

[@peacepiece6845]

This is just FREEDOM... loved it.

[@PierreLaBaguette]

This person and his approach is incredible and his happiness and joy is brutally contagious!

[@andrewwu8252]

Agreed with you 100%! I lived in Los Angeles and I just bought my house 5 yrs ago and I purposely got older home with big yard and small house and we grow all kind of fruit tree as well as our own vegetables and herbs. You will be surprise what a little land can do.

[@margielavarias1490]

Wow! Thank you for sharing. God bless

[@Ungovernable74]

This story resonated with me. Thank you.

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

Good guy. I have been incrementally turning my entire property into a perennial food forest. Good to see others doing the same

[@MVPLRJohnson]

Love & light to you all! Thank you for this.

[@pilgrimressurection]

I'm struggling not to cry This is so beautiful

[@kitsurubami]

I fell in love with gardening and earth friendly practices several years ago. I discovered this passion of mine while at university when i tried to grow an apple seed on a whim. My dream ever since then has been to own a few acres outside of the city so that i can grow a permaculture food forest. I also want to be able to spend nearly all my time in the garden. unfortunately a dream like that costs $ and lots of it. I will live humbly, but property tax is a thing, and you never know when a life threatening health issue will strike. I don't know how big my savings needs to be before i can start living my dream, but the anticipation is killing me. I deeply enjoy being near plants, and growing them without the use of oil. I am not happy living the way I do now. My greatest fear is that death will come for me before I start to live the life I truly want to live. Sorry for sharing when nobody asked; I enjoy the youtube community.

[@dhf4461]

please don't lose hope and never give up in achieving your dream. keep up your work and you'll be there. just don't stop trying. life is too short to worry about fear.. grab the chance as long as we can live. cuz at the end we will regret if we never try and will be waiting for the rest of our lives if we wait until we're ready

[@claireandersongraham3581]

kitsurubami bless your clarity...& know there is a way today to begin: being honest is the first step ! You are very accurate & clear: degenerative limitations are killing us all & the earth. Find your kindred friends near you & begin...connecting, serving, playing & enjoying your dreams...& you will be well & happy every day. Or at least healing & grieving what we have all lost...

[@minervareal4195]

kitsurubami I

[@nobodynobody2924]

kitsurubami bbh

[@Infinitythenfurther]

kitsurubami I don't know if this is helpful or not but it comes from a good place, perhaps try and begin this life assisting someone else with their farm, for one example go live in a commune where there are shared gardens that everyone contributes work to. I'm not sure where you're from but here in Australia there are many and I'm aware there are in the US too. Or just work for someone who has a normal farm in exchange for a little plot on their land for a trailer or cabin and I'm sure they would trade you free range on their produce for work on the farm. Though not the dream, the sacrifice of working for someone else would gift you the opportunity to learn and master the lifestyle, without the huge initial deposit for land, and enable you to start living the lifestyle you desire right away, I say don't put it on hold immersing yourself may just bring the ultimate goal closer to you faster 🙂

[@hart796]

Excellent video! I was in Corporate finance and could not stand the greed and backstabbing. I am so happier learning and installing permaculture principles

[@animon87]

Roger Hart good to know that. Where are you learning, if I may ask?☺️

[@claireandersongraham3581]

Roger Hart blessing your every step & breath- thank you!

[@dennisalanvids]

Congrats! Doesn't it feel great!!!?

[@ladyEnchantressGarden]

I am glad to hear I am not alone in this corporate dilemma.

[@Arifkhan0203]

Grand salute for the man

[@t.h.nguyen5193]

Thank you, Andrew and the Happens Film team, very inspiring!

[@reynaldojimenez1562]

This is the life style that I would like to have. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life.

[@thiskingswingsthings]

Great film - well done, I really enjoy your vids. Andrew has done a great job, no matter how he got there. His story and attitude is very inspirational and positive. We all have our own journeys and need to look for the opportunities that present us in life. Take care.

[@happenfilms]

+The Potty Gardener Thanks :)

[@hannamontana7563]

+Happen Films you know me

[@koribwrs1961]

I always go back to this video! Very amazing wake up call....

[@Jamacianmistake2010]

Thanks for sharing, Andrew you’re living my dream, I’m happy for you.

[@jessicahinrichs6628]

I just love this video!! I now know I have to just start with what I have rather than waiting for something big to happen. The growing starts now for me!!

[@skylerwolf2009]

Sir, this was the most helpful video I've ever seen, in terms of my entire life. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@esloan2174]

God Bless you! Thanks for sharing. More just isn't better. Staying with a simpler life is a blessing.

[@WadeZwie]

Thank you for all who participate in this film.

[@Betterworldforyou.]

Hats off for your beautiful garden . That is my dream you are living . Thank you for sharing...

[@internationaldirector2917]

Happy for you Sir look forward that I can also duplicate even 10% of what you've done in my country Philippines and in mission countries Nepal and Vietnam. God bless and more power.

[@neelampaul8035]

Do you have your missions in india too please? Would like to know more about your missions. So happy to know you are into missions. Blessings and prayers. Jesus is coming soon. [e-mail]

[@siokhongchen-sabot9337]

Love it! My sister has a sustainable farm off Stingray Bay on Arapawa Island in New Zealand. My father helped her planted all those fruits trees years ago. Now he is 86 and will be visiting in 2020. I hope to be able to join him to visit my sister again. I love her place and had visited dozen times. Keep doing what you are doing - I am working on my backyard to make it edible in League City, TX, USA.

[@francoislabuschange756]

What a beautiful peace of land. Verry inspiring.

[@okmogi]

Real superheroes live like this.

[@ParveenKumar-rk6zi]

That's the way to live life.👌 What we all are facing in our day to day life is ratrace. Greedy people are disturbing nature and natural resources, making life depressing and noisy. We need to learn the way of living from this documentary.

[@zenaidahunt1848]

Thank you for sharing the permaculture farming. It’s very inspiring and encouraging.

[@kaziaguy9592]

I've watched this video around twice a year since it first came out. Still such an amazing space to look up to. Thank you for sharing

[@Woolgatherer_R]

Thank you so much for sharing this little film. It's so heartening... A great encouragement to some of us who want to or are planning to make this shift now. Thanks again 😊🙏🏼

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Excellent story and documentary. Very inspirational! We have just begun this very same journey.

[@mayvelinedelamerced93]

It makes me want to quit my present job and start a new life like this. This is very inspirational for someone like me..thank you

[@hadiabdulsalam77]

It is a wonderful experience to share and good wisdom! Thank you so much!

[@off-griddad720]

I love how excited he is while telling about all his stuff! So childlike joy :)

[@zemfirasafina8766]

Yes! You've noticed! Ppl don't talk about it enough (

[@tinanoel9541]

Enjoyed the film. You have done a good job at presenting an important issue. More examples of diverse people becoming aware of the need for change is a big challenge. You have stepped up to make a difference. Thank you.

[@thechaosgardener]

Beautiful homestead. Thanks for sharing!

[@theultimatenonebelievr9379]

All the best And Thank you.

[@jandeligans2834]

This is so inspiring! I could watch this everyday just to feel more hopeful. I am trying to grow a lot of my food and he is right about the joy that is inherent in that. Wonderful video and I totally agree with it's message.

[@faisalm161]

absolutely love it! I feel so trapped in the rat race. I wish I had a piece of land and enough knowledge to do half of what you do.

[@sandhya292]

blessed man... be happy always like this

[@chenru5384]

Hi Andrew. Wished I came across your video early. It's just awesome what you have achieved. Congrats!

[@jacobtimothyvlog3628]

yummy I was feeling hungry while watching him eating fresh and organic produce from his yard. thanks for sharing!

[@delphine4683]

That amazing , honestly with u , you could totally start it now just by using ur backyard , I am planting anything I could on my balcony ,start small , keep working , the change will come , tks for sharing !!

[@reidiko341]

thank you for making this videos and spreading awareness. Much love to you and your projects overall🌞💖💖

[@theokirkley]

I'm so inspired by you all. Thank you!