self-sufficiency

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Self-sufficiency in all areas, especially at the very top end of innovation, is likely to be one of the central tenets of the next Five Year Plan.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

Self-sufficiency is great, but it’s hardly the only life path.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020

BOLINAS, Calif. — Self-sufficiency is like perfection, said Lloyd Kahn, the guru of guerrilla architecture and dean of all things D.I.Y.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2020

Self-sufficiency in food may be a long way off but 70% of Greenland’s energy is now renewable hydropower from melt-fed rivers.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2016

Self-sufficiency does not seem to be anywhere in Vincent’s near future.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman