Embrace off-grid green living with the bestselling classic guide to a more sustainable way of
life now with a brand new foreword from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. For over 40 years John
Seymour has inspired thousands to make more responsible enriching and eco-friendly choices
with his advice on living sustainably. The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency offers
step-by-step instructions on everything from chopping trees to harnessing solar power from
growing fruit and vegetables and preserving and pickling your harvest to baking bread
brewing beer and making cheese. Seymour shows you how to live off the land running your own
smallholding or homestead keeping chickens and raising (and butchering) livestock. In a world
of mass production intensive farming and food miles Seymour's words offer an alternative: a
celebration of the joy of investing time labour and love into the things we need. While we
aren't all be able to move to the countryside we can appreciate the need to eat food that has
been grown ethically or create things we can cherish using skills that have been handed down
through generations. With refreshed retro-style illustrations and a brand-new foreword by Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall this new edition of Seymour's classic title is a balm for anyone who
has ever sought solace away from the madness of modern life.
