Ep. 54 - Building Community, Parallel Economy, and Recession Proofing Your Life

Kurt is back and he gives an update on his homestead as well as tips from how he is building local community. And we talk about how to recession-proof your job with an entrepreneurial mindset.Community building tips:Volunteer to help people setup their garden in the Spring or clean it up in the Fall.Doing this, Kurt got free raspberry plants.Hold events and workshopsLearn new skills - as you learn skills, work up a portfolio of skills as an investment. It is a money sink, but necessary.He is coordinating with local restaurants to get food scraps for compost.NRCS application and using Fed programs for your benefit.Parallel Economy and how to recession proof your job.Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/value-parallel-economyJoin the Thriving The Future Community - Telegram Group or mailing list: https://signup.thrivingthefuture.com(This was recorded sitting on the porch and there is some wind noise in this episode)Check out our affiliate: The Smith-Homestead. They have handmade soap and candles, handcrafted items (Perpend and I like the alpaca wool caps - hand knitted by Homestead Padre himself, and lots more. If you use THRIVING as a coupon code at checkout you get 10% off.