Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage (Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm, NH)
From: 111rmp (111rmpgmail.com)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:34:22 -0700 (PDT)
Here is a little bit on our experience with land use.

At Nubi Neighborhood we have the following enterprises 
- a 50-share CSA run by an onsite farmer, 
- a "chicken club" operated by neighbors, 
- bee hives (one neighbor), 
- orchard (group of neighbors),
- horses (private owners, but leased to neighbors and lessons) 
- cows (off site owners), 
- pigs (neighbor group) and,
- fruit.  

Anyone using the land formally goes to the appropriate team (in these cases
the Farm Team) and develops a Land Use Agreement (LUA) that clarifies the
rights and responsibilities of each party (the group using the land and the
community).  The Farm Team acts as the liaison for any concerns neighbors
and/or tenants have.

We recently wrote a blog post on raising animals cooperatively with 7 tips
for making it work.  You can read it at
http://blog.nubicoho.org/2012/07/7-strategies-for-raising-farm-animals-colla
boratively/ 

It all isn't perfect but it sure isn't agri-business!   The CSA is hosting a
harvest party and pig roast this weekend - so we must be doing something
right. If you would like more information feel free to contact us through
nnfcoho [at] gmail.com.

-Richard Pendleton
Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm Cohousing
Peterborough, NH
www.peterboroughcohousing.org 


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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage (Nessa Dertnig) (Sharon Villines)
   2. Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage (Nessa Dertnig) (Sheilah Davidson)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:56:33 -0400
From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Land Use on Coho Acreage (Nessa Dertnig)
To: Judith Bush <jbush [at] together.net>, Cohousing-L
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On Aug 13, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Judith Bush <jbush [at] together.net> wrote:

> Related to what Sharon V wrote today on the temporariness or permanence of
granting use of land, our experience at Cobb HIll is that people investing
themselves in the work of growing food or raising animals, want "tenure" for
their projects.  Maybe some things can be short-term experiments, but many
cannot.  There are big implications for members who aren't present when
these early projects are launched. 

Good correction. Growing crops requires long preparation of the land. You
don't just go out and grow a garden, or abandon it.

When I visited the land where Legacy Farm is planning to build in Rosendale,
NY, it seemed as if a certain cleared space would be perfect for building
but they were choosing instead to build on a wooded plot. When I mentioned
this, they explained that the cleared land was farm land and had been farmed
for many years previously. It was more valuable to them than the wooded
plot.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines, Washington DC
"Logic will get you from A to B.  Imagination will take you everywhere."
Albert Einstein






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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:20:25 -0400
From: Sheilah Davidson <sdavidson [at] hvc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Land Use on Coho Acreage (Nessa Dertnig)
To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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Thanks for sharing this, Sharon!
I'm happy to report that, although we are still challenged to find the funds
to build our houses, this year, along with community support, we now have a
community supported agriculture (CSA) farm on the farmland we preserved!
See http://binnewaterfarm.org/
Sheilah

On Aug 15, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:

> 
> 
> On Aug 13, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Judith Bush <jbush [at] together.net> wrote:
> 
>> Related to what Sharon V wrote today on the temporariness or permanence
of granting use of land, our experience at Cobb HIll is that people
investing themselves in the work of growing food or raising animals, want
"tenure" for their projects.  Maybe some things can be short-term
experiments, but many cannot.  There are big implications for members who
aren't present when these early projects are launched. 
> 
> Good correction. Growing crops requires long preparation of the land. You
don't just go out and grow a garden, or abandon it.
> 
> When I visited the land where Legacy Farm is planning to build in
Rosendale, NY, it seemed as if a certain cleared space would be perfect for
building but they were choosing instead to build on a wooded plot. When I
mentioned this, they explained that the cleared land was farm land and had
been farmed for many years previously. It was more valuable to them than the
wooded plot.
> 
> Sharon
> ----
> Sharon Villines, Washington DC
> "Logic will get you from A to B.  Imagination will take you 
> everywhere." Albert Einstein
> 
> 
> 
> 
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