Agrobiodiversity refers to the biodiversity of edible crop species. Of the estimated 585,000 total plant species globally, it's estimated that 7000 humans use for food but only 200 are in widespread use and 3(corn, wheat, & rice) comprise 70% of total global caloric intake. This is an unfortunate trend that puts people, regions and nations in danger of starvation and breakdown of global food supply chains due to climate change, natural disaster and war. Agrobiodiversity is foundational to our health and wealth and human civilizations.

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The Agrarian Renaissance Episode 13: Homestead Movie Reaction Salon with Jonah Mesritz, James Teepe & Don Tipping.

We watched the Homestead movie from Angel Studios recently and were intrigues to see how Hollywood would depict an post apocalyptic scenario. What did they get right?
And what was overlooked?
What did we like & appreciate?

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Some friends and I recently saw the movie from Angel Studios called Homestead out in the theaters right now. We all generally liked the movie (and are looking forwards to what the ensuing series has in store) and it's nice to see this topic which has risen in popularity in recent years getting some mainstream attention.
However.....
As a homesteader and organic farmer for the past 30 years I was disappointed that they got some significant things wrong, or failed to devote more attention to these important details:

1) The movie centers on an enormous mansion in the mountains. This is just not realistic and creates a distorted view. If they had the money for this house then they could have set up a better homestead in terms of food production, which is the main point of homesteading!

2) Your Food storage is more important than your armory. I mean what do you need all those guns to defend if your root cellars and walk in coolers are inadequate and lacking?

3) Minimal gardens shown. There's no long rows of corn, potatoes and root vegetables. There should be at least an acre plus garden if you aim to feed over 80 people!

4) Lack of Livestock. Besides chickens there does not appear to be larger livestock like cows, sheep, goats for milk and meat. Animals are central to any functional homestead for feed, grazing and manure for making compost.

5) Idealized Fall Abundance. The movie is shot in what appears to be the height of harvest season around the Fall equinox with grapes, peaches and apples ripe. This is the easy time to eat from the land. Going into winter, it would have been nice to see more canning, drying and preserving.

6) Firewood! To heat and cook with fire in that huge mansion and the tent village you would need A LOT of firewood. It would have been nice to see woodlots being tended and big sheds full of wood and all the associated firewood management equipment.

7) Insufficient Infrastructure. There were minimal barns and sheds and cabins. Once again the movie centers on a huge (10,000 sq. ft. minimum) mansion and most people are left outside sleeping in tents!

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