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Well I talked to my old homegirl Judy Langston today, she said she was down. So here is what I know so far. I have about thirty chickens about to start laying and a bountiful garden about to start really producing. I have three goats(1 of the does is expecting) arriving tomorrow. So I am already well on my way to self sufficiency, but I don't want to start there. This is my calling. I am meant to do this.

I found a three acre site very close to my new house. I am about to call the guy about it to see what kind of deal we can reach on a long term lease. What I want is to come up with a group of five or six committed people to serve as the board and lease holders. I expect the monthly "Membership fee" to be around twenty five dollars per month. I don't really expect the first months to show any prolific return on this except for fresh eggs, vegetables, and maybe the joy of seeing our vision as a seed emerging into this world which we are trying to change. But, in the mid term I hope that the founding families will pretty much generate much of their household food needs on our community farm. I will do much of the groundwork for this endeavor and I can be in charge of the day-to-day as it is so near my house.

I do however have a pressing fundraising issue to announce briefly. It is not a life or death matter but if we don't act soon we will likely be another year before we can have the opportunity to get lambs from http://www.patchworkfibers.com/2009Lambs.html Jacobs lambs are one of the most critical on the heirloom list and well, they are just plain awesome. Check out the Pics. They are black and white spotted sheep with four horns...that's right four horns. too cool. It would probably be around fifteen hundred dollars for a good start on the herd, but this could instantly attract some of the desired visitors. I think they are the first major investment we should make if we can manage to raise the funds, but Judy and I are great at fundraising. I believe it can be done. Sheep are also alot less maintanance and costly to raise than alot of livestock.

So at this point I am looking for members. I will be creating our mission and putting together some ideas to spread tonight so look forward to those. Let's do this. We can create change.