The only places in the US that don't have a freeze once a year is south of LA, Ca. South of Corpus Christi, tx and south of Tampa, fla. That's from memory and likely needs further confirmation. Myself I'd pick a midrange state and plan on a greenhouse that works in that climate. You can grow a lot of food using vertical hydroponic techniques along with canning to store, which should be in a root cellar or something similar. Most of the places that don't freeze are either too expensive or you wouldn't want to live there. You don't have to grow food 12 months a year to feed your family and with a proper greenhouse you can likely have 10 months of growing season for many veggies. Spend time figuring out the above issues and pick a place to live where you will enjoy the other aspects of life besides growing food.

You can live off the land in tx... plenty of game and good ranching/farming... but you have to be tough as nails and imo, you need at least 50 acres minimum, depending upon area, to have enough cattle to have a bull to have yearly beef production. Goat ranching is easier, imo, but you have to have a specific type of fence to keep them in.

Not sure about growing crops but a Gravity filter and Steripen will let you drink water from pretty much any lake, stream or river... mine were delivered yesterday

Florida for sure. Most of our southern states have a climate that allows a winter garden. But it is specific plants like turnips, beets, kale, collard greens. Don’t know what else. Look for the USDA growing zones and you can see the growing seasons of each state.

South Texas has crops growing year round.

Niki Jabbour, a Canadian living in Nova Scotia wrote a book called The Year-Round Vegetable Garden you should look into.

I only use a few of her techniques and grow vegetables roughly ten months out of a year.

Freezing and canning easily covers the other two months.

During Obama's second administration he contacted Florida's governor to place available land in the development track over to the agriculture track. An order.

Florida was needed and going to have to grow more food for the rest of the country due to climate patterns changing having to do with longer cold weather, like in the 1700's, when new englanders had to migrate.

So there is that. Climate cooling...

We’ve been looking at land for a second home or bug out Mississippi has some nice land for cheap. Near Biloxi which is coastal drive inland and it becomes wooded, beautiful and about $1,000 an acre

Find somewhere in a hidden valley, far away from any civilization or other farms. I'm sorry to tell you but they are going to poison any farmland that they don't/can't control. They will fly over your land and spray it with herbicide. Why do you think Gates and the Chinese have been buying so much farmland?

But first, start saving seeds, organic, heirloom seeds are best. Avoid F1 or GMO seeds, but anything is better than nothing. Even keep seeds from vegetables you buy at the supermarket. Get wheat, barley, rice, maize seeds too. Keep your potatoes and grow them spring and fall. Keep your seeds in your refrigerator. They will last 7 years at least. Learn how to save seeds. There are plenty of books you can download. Seeds will not be available when you need them.

Even as far north as North Carolina, you can grow some things year round, especially if you build even the simplest greenhouse. I've had tomatoes until the middle of December. There were a couple of light frosts before that, but I covered the tomato plants with pine straw and plastic to insulate them and keep the frost from falling onto the leaves.

You can plant greens (for salads and cooking), root crops, and peas in August and September in my growing zone. September is also the time to plant garlic.

I just checked some local stores, and seeds are very scarce. I couldn't find any fruit trees at all, even though the time to plant them is coming up.

All of the above relates to lower altitudes. If you move to the hills or mountains, you will need a heated greenhouse for sure to get anything in the dead of winter. What you should do is preserve your harvest from the spring, summer, and fall. Then you'll have stored food to eat during the winter.

Here in the low desert there's always something, but it will not be at all like the north. Unless you like living on nopalitos and citrus, you would be better off to accept some frost and build a greenhouse. Water and exposure are more important.

Fresh water is life. Any where that you can find a steady supply of fresh clean water is what you want. Foothills of any mountain range generally has great water supply. All along the Appalachian mountain range or Rockies. The further south you go, the milder the winters, therefore the longer the growing season

Canadian here too. Been thinking the same. Maybe we can go together. Bad thing though is that you have to have the shot to cross the boarder.

As long as you can somehow provide the proper conditions, you can grow anything,anywhere.

Winter time doesnt stop the marijuana growers,does it? Nope.

For 250,000 Euros you can buy a "golden passport" to live on the Mediterranean Greek island of Crete where there's almost never frost, most people speak English and many own goats!

Below ground growing with a hothouse roof can be done year round. 9m Crually looking into how to set up a year round in Idaho. I'll be piping in hot spring water to heat the greenhouse into he winter. Vertical growing areas etc.

Although it's infested with WAY too many Democrats, west Tennessee has arable land, mild winters, and many off-the-grid kind of places still left. The southern part of middle Tennessee might also be viable. East Tennessee, where I live, has semi-mild winters but frequent zero-degree weather in winter such that only a good greenhouse would work for growing things

Will you be giving up your canadian citizenship then?