@whirlibird um we do chest burgers and bacon cheese burgers with all stuff from this valley but most 80 percent is from this farm. We trade for the cheese as ours had not aget yet enough. Nothing like Applewood smoked cheddar 5 year old with crispy yet chewy bacon maple cured with a toasted Portuguese crusty bun.
Everyone has chores here before breakfast get used to it.
The problem is if you are a what I call a solo a small limited family place. There are not enough hands to help with all the work. There are extra cost to feed and hose that many but the security of 30 members on a defensible piece of farm land with water is something you can not do alone. Or with a small family.
It also allows for more rounded and cross trained over lapped skills. There is some conflicts within the group but those can be managed if you have a strong leader.
It makes you a village with all the skills and trimmings that make life worth while. Our group was started by the menfolk knowing each other from service, the families integrated with some issues and a few left due to inability to follow the rules. Those that remain and new families or singles are vetted with a gòod process refined over time.
Now there are several families that have children and a single parent here with other parent at work out of here but have a cohesive plan and central location for them to meet and come here as a team. They are running to something not away from everything a huge difference.