There are many people who are now looking at becoming more sustainable through their own efforts. Collecting rain water, harvesting energy from the sun, and growing fruit and vegetables are just some of the areas that people are working on. If you’re really keen, rather than growing your own food on a quarter acre block, you could consider going the whole farm route – and it’s not going to cost you the earth. One of the effects of the economic crisis that gripped the world over recent years has been the downturn in real estate prices. You don’t need me to tell you – I’m sure you’ve heard about it a zillion times, and that’s just in the last 12 months. What you may not realize is that home prices have been affected as much by location as by economic circumstances. For example, the further away from major centers a home is, the bigger the drop in prices. In the state of Maryland, there are very good rural properties of five or more acres, with decent homes of three or bedrooms, sell...