Re: Farm Oriented Cohousing Community | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Mac Thomson (ganeshrmi.net) | |
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 08:41:55 -0500 |
Bill Hartzell wrote: > The questions for the coho-l are; Is anyone aware of an existing coho > community that operates a farm or is closely linked to one, or are we > plowing (so to speak) new ground? What are the general thoughts about a > coho community that moves beyond just living and eating together and > provides the opportunity to physically work together? Our property includes a substantial portion of irrigated farm land (60 acres of 250 total) that we plan to keep it in agriculture. We probably won't be doing that as a community project, but rather as a project of those who are attracted to farming. We plan to make some kind of arrangement with them whereby they would get to use the land in exchange for organic meat and vegies. This is all still in the dreaming/visioning/planning stage, but we already have a number of members interested. As a matter of fact, our most recently joined members already have many goats, a couple of beautiful draft horses, lots of chickens, and a huge organic garden. The look forward to moving the whole operation from the dry, rocky ridge where they currently live down to that irrigated pastureland. Even though I don't know if I'll be very directly involved in much farming, I love the idea of combining farming with cohousing. We'll be able to really nurture that farm land, which has been rather beat up on for the last few decades. Our kids will be able to romp around with all those fun little critters and experience first hand the cycles of life. And we'll be able to enjoy scrumptious, wholesome food while financially supporting our neighbors. -- Mac Thomson San Juan Cohousing ganesh [at] rmi.net Durango, Colorado Web Site: http://www.rmi.net/~ganesh "A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on." - Carl Sandberg
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Farm Oriented Cohousing Community Hartzell Family, May 12 1998
- Re: Farm Oriented Cohousing Community Lynn Nadeau, May 12 1998
- Re: Farm Oriented Cohousing Community Joe Nolan, May 13 1998
- Re: Farm Oriented Cohousing Community Mac Thomson, May 14 1998
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