self-sufficient

Pembrokeshire council told him he must apply for retrospective permission for the home that is self-sufficient, and also collects rain water.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

"You need to diversify the type of value chains and crops that you are currently self-sufficient, and food security becomes now in many countries a matter of national security," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The plastic home didn’t remake housing; the automated kitchen didn’t free women from domestic work; the self-sufficient home gave way to new forms of reliance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Making each region more self-sufficient would also cut tariff costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then there is the example of the religious group known as the Hutterites, who for hundreds of years have lived in self-sufficient agricultural colonies in Europe and, since the early twentieth century, in North America.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell