I've often wondered how possible this was. What @justinparke has described feels like it might be the only way to be able to do this, as a community. To do it yourself on your own piece of land is likely not feasible due to the sheer amount of area needed to grow grains and legumes. Then there's the processing of it all which would be hard to find the time for without the manpower of a community. This is something we've lost in the western world.
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I think you're right, there is a major jump from being 80% self-sufficient to 100%, and Cambodians have been living somewhat off-the-grid for centuries. There are some things that are just more efficient for a specialist to do.
In Cambodia there's always a cobbler in every village, but there's no need for more than two or three, because that is a dedicated skill that takes a long time to perfect. Rice growing is another example too, that is such a dedicated job that it's hard to do much else other than grow rice.
Cambodians without money will often hire villagers with less or no land help with the rice field in exchange for x number of kilos of unhulled rice, for which they winnow, dry, and mill themselves. I think ***@fenngen is on a good path, and community can only make things that little bit easier.
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