If you believe it’s that simple, you should look into it.
The biggest problems are water access and soil quality. Generally speaking, all of the land that is good for farming is not wilderness, it’s already owned and in use by somebody. If you have to spend money to irrigate and more money to make the soil into something that can grow food, you’ll be broke long before you’re self-sustaining.
And, spoiler alert; even if you manage to get land with water access, you are going to go through hell to get the rights to use that water in any meaningful way. Try something as simple as rain water collection with mout the rights? Best case is a massive fine.
If you believe it’s that simple, you should look into it.
The biggest problems are water access and soil quality. Generally speaking, all of the land that is good for farming is not wilderness, it’s already owned and in use by somebody. If you have to spend money to irrigate and more money to make the soil into something that can grow food, you’ll be broke long before you’re self-sustaining.
And, spoiler alert; even if you manage to get land with water access, you are going to go through hell to get the rights to use that water in any meaningful way. Try something as simple as rain water collection with mout the rights? Best case is a massive fine.