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Self-sufficiency

A man with dark brown hair and wearing a white long sleeved top stands with his arm around a woman with brown hair tied in a top knot, wearing a yellow t-shirt. Both smile into the camera and behind them is grey blue sea and green grass.

Life on the edge and off the grid is 'paradise'

Gavin and Lucy Roberts say living on their smallholding on a cliff on the Isle of Wight is "magic'.

Margaret Gallagher pictured smiling outside her thatched cottage in July 2019. She has short grey hair and glasses and is wearing a yellow floral top.

'We run our homes without mains electricity'

Following Storm Éowyn, householders who live off-grid share their tips for self-sufficiency.

Katie Roe

Family takes on new allotment to cut food bill

Mum Katie Roe says she and her husband could save about £900 a year by growing fruit and veg.

Urban farmer Eyleen Goh.

How Singapore is turning car parks into farms

The densely populated South East Asian island nation imports more than 90% of the food it consumes.

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