One of the principles of permaculture, value diversity. I met someone in the neighborhood who was interested in a trio of our rabbits to start breeding for meat. Instead of selling him the rabbits, I wondered if he might have anything we could use around the homestead instead. Turns out he had too many ducks so I offered to trade one for one. Now we have chickens, geese, and ducks increasing the diversity of our fowl. Another benefit of distributing breeding stock instead of selling the meat is that now I've increased the overall resilience of my neighborhood. We will all be more capable of cooperation in hard times. I've built some social capital with a another neighbor, all while avoiding the fiat system. We are also working out a trade for some gravel to improve the roads at the homestead. It feels more and more people are rejoining and opting out of fiat. Even if they don't know or care about Bitcoin, they are finding ways like homesteading and bartering. I'm bullish!
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