If you are within a reasonable distance of the Thumb area of Michigan and would like to discuss the potential for going into business together to build an Organic Vegtable Farm together, please contact me: grantshort@hotmail.com and learn more.
I am looking for a GROUP of people to take on a land contract on a 40 acre parcel of property to develop into a working model for people to learn from. I hope to find individuals who are just as passionate as I am about self-sufficiency in both resources and Energy!
I posted this message in the Logistics group, in response to Sam Earle's message entitled "Supply Chain and Technology". Reposting since I did not include some other groups that might be interested.
I am about ready to start a perhaps 2 month process to create an http://www.communitywiki.org/OrganizedInquiry around useful, self-sustaining financial models for Local Food Systems, and local economies in general. I plan on connecting this to several online and offline communities that are exploring or implenting ideas related to the economics of local economies.
Before I do this, it would be really beneficial to have some feedback on the questions being asked.
Crossroads RC&D, Tuscarwas County CVB, Farm Bureau, and local Chamber are pulling together a local network to enhance agribusinsess development, local food connections, and consumer services. The planning committee is meeting Jan 6 in Dover, to plan for networking, project idea generation meeting that will be held in Feb. If you are interested, email me and i will get you on the invite list!