Richardson: With the exception of fishing, you don't need a lot. You can just roll up your sleeves and get started. He says he has caught trout from walden pond when he was 14 years old. Richard also talks about how to grow mushrooms using logs that are soaked in water.
What did author and Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel learn from her quest to eat at least one thing she'd grown, caught, or killed every day? For starters, that just-caught fish always tastes better (unless you've caught a false albacore). That all it takes to build a coop is the will and the right power tools, and that when it comes to homegrown produce, you've got none until you've got way too much. But most of all, she tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts in talking about her book To Boldly Grow, she learned that figuring stuff out to solve problems is more delicious than the most decadent of desserts.