Thanks, this was what I was going to say. Anything you can do for yourself that _needs_ to be done, that you would have to pay for if you didn't do it, is participating in the economy.
I noted the economic impact, but I was talking at-scale, not anecdotaly. There are many states that have over-regulated this market. It now costs $15/gal for raw milk. Most people are not able to have a garden was my point.
