Cheer Up, It’s Going to Get Worse Fridley purchased two and a half acres of land in rural Sonoma County. He planted drought-resistant blue Zuni corn, fruit trees and basic vegetables while leaving a full acre of extant forest for firewood collection. Today, Fridley and several friends and family subsist almost entirely off this small plot of land, with the surplus going to public charity. But Fridley is hardly a homegrown hippie who spends his leisure time gardening. He spent 12 years consu