Which state is best to homestead and be self-sufficient?

My wife and I are working towards being self-sufficient. Or as self-sufficient as one can be in the 21st century. The problem is, the word "self-sufficient" has been used over and over so many times that it starts to lose its effect. I think another good term would be "indefinite...

Hi Ladies, My kids and I love to read together... so aside from the physical "do it like this" kind of teaching, I wondered if there was any other reading material you guys might suggest (other than Little House or Hatchet, have those!) that we could read together that have that kind of living...

An interesting article today in the International Herald Tribune about a study in New York on living self-sufficiently for months at a time on a barge. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/garden/04waterpod.html?hpw