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(NaturalNews) I didn't write a July 4th article this year. I was busy harvesting food out of my garden in Ecuador. Instead of celebrating geopolitical independence (which is what America's July 4th holiday is about, after all), I was celebrating my food independence.

This was the weekend that my gardens and orchards broke through a milestone, producing more than 50 percent of the food my wife and I consume daily. To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, check out what we did this weekend:

• Pulled 40 fresh avocados off the tree.
• We have hundreds of fresh, sweet tangerines off the tree each week.
• Our garden is producing large quantities of cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli.
• We have an unlimited supply of green onions and red raspberries (year-round).
• We just pulled up our first batch of home-grown peanuts.
• Our four papaya trees are producing at least one fresh papaya fruit each day.
• Fresh pomegranates are nearly ready for consumption.
• Corn, tomatoes, zucchini and potatoes are all producing large quantities.
• Celery, carrots and strawberries are ready daily, right out of the garden.
• Our herb garden is producing massive quantities of mint, thyme, lemon balm and even dulcamara (a local medicinal herb).
• The aloe vera plants are growing like crazy, producing several large aloe leaves for juicing each day.

Thanks to all this abundance, we are harvesting and juicing fresh, organic produce from our garden every single day. And keep in mind that this food production is year-round, so we have fresh food every day. It's also 100 percent organic. I use only neem oil, tobacco, garlic and natural soap as my pesticides. All the crops get sprayed with seaweed extract once a week, and we apply ash from the local sugarcane mills on a regular basis.

True freedom requires food independence

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