Living for the Long Haul in Rural MN: Essential components of present day self-sufficient communities

Living for the Long Haul in Rural MN: Essential components of present day self-sufficient communities

PINE RIVER — In a previous column, we discussed self-sufficient communities that existed here in rural north central Minnesota a half century ago. We presented a predominantly rural agricultural community with strong social ties that provided for many of its own needs with most of the money continuously circulating in the local community. Here we begin to consider how present day self-sufficient communities might look. Irrespective of time or pl…