Farm to Share in the MO Ozarks

Lisa Rollens wrote:Hello permies!

    people who understand working together
    people who are energetic and self starters, not slackers or underachievers
    good  communicators
    compassionate, kind people
    healthy happy people
    people who have skills to bring to the tale [table]

If all of this tickles your brain with the possibilities, please respond!  Thanks for reading!

Lisa

Lisa Rollens wrote:Hello permies!

20 years ago I bought a beautiful farm in the Ozarks.  Being a true permie one of the first things I thought about as I got to know the place is that there is room and opportunity here for more people. (share the excess).   I've literally been looking for people that long.  The stories I could tell you about people would curl your toes!  But, I won't.   Here we are 20 years later and I am not getting any younger.  (Don't let that worry you, I've been cutting and splitting my own firewood for over 19 years!)

I am looking for several young people who can/will/and want to  learn and eventually take over the local food production systems that I have growing.  Remember the idea of a tribe?   That's what I would like create here...a place where we all work together towards common goals...sustainability, healthy and happy living and anything else we want to add.  I'm sure you are all keeping up with the supply line problems and the toxic food supply in grocery stores.  We HAVE to create a new, regenerative way of life!

Let me tell you a little about the farm, and by the way, the Ozarks is a great place to live!  Lots of cold water, clean air, very few rules and regulations and people generally leave other people alone, altho people are small town friendly.

OK, back to the farm....159 acres, approximately half grass and half trees on hills, bottom land and upland.  Spring fed creek, spring fed small 100+ year old pond, several trickle springs coming out of the bluff.  Plenty of wildlife...sometimes even more than I want!

I have a couple dairy cows, their progeny to produce beef, pigs occasionally, esp when there is a lactating cow, plenty of chickens for eggs, one hive of bees, so far, and more swarm traps out.   All the animals get non-GMO feed.  Also have growing areas all over the place.  I truly do grow most of what I eat, and if SHTF, I could do without chocolate (god forbid!) and find things to make tea and 'coffee' out of.  I can tons of  food, and do some fermenting and dehydrating.  It's a good life!

There are a lot of things going  on here that I haven't mentioned.  There is a lot of potential and plenty  of ideas for the future.  Did I mention the greenhouse??

Here's what I am looking for:

    young people who have a similar dream and want to be part of something bigger...
    people who understand working together
    people who are energetic and self starters, not slackers or underachievers
    good  communicators
    compassionate, kind people
    healthy happy people
    people who have skills to bring to the tale

If all of this tickles your brain with the possibilities, please respond!  Thanks for reading!

Lisa

Cody Gillespie wrote:I bought big piece of land in the ozarks too envisioning something similar to what you are describing.  No luck getting it to work out so far.  I'm in Reynolds county.  Hey can you tell me if you got the ticks where you are at.  My place is crawling with a pandemic of ticks, you cant go out there in the warm season they are so bad.  Advice?

Lisa Rollens wrote:Hello permies!

20 years ago I bought a beautiful farm in the Ozarks.  Being a true permie one of the first things I thought about as I got to know the place is that there is room and opportunity here for more people. (share the excess).   I've literally been looking for people that long.  The stories I could tell you about people would curl your toes!  But, I won't.   Here we are 20 years later and I am not getting any younger.  (Don't let that worry you, I've been cutting and splitting my own firewood for over 19 years!)

I am looking for several young people who can/will/and want to  learn and eventually take over the local food production systems that I have growing.  Remember the idea of a tribe?   That's what I would like create here...a place where we all work together towards common goals...sustainability, healthy and happy living and anything else we want to add.  I'm sure you are all keeping up with the supply line problems and the toxic food supply in grocery stores.  We HAVE to create a new, regenerative way of life!

Let me tell you a little about the farm, and by the way, the Ozarks is a great place to live!  Lots of cold water, clean air, very few rules and regulations and people generally leave other people alone, altho people are small town friendly.

OK, back to the farm....159 acres, approximately half grass and half trees on hills, bottom land and upland.  Spring fed creek, spring fed small 100+ year old pond, several trickle springs coming out of the bluff.  Plenty of wildlife...sometimes even more than I want!

I have a couple dairy cows, their progeny to produce beef, pigs occasionally, esp when there is a lactating cow, plenty of chickens for eggs, one hive of bees, so far, and more swarm traps out.   All the animals get non-GMO feed.  Also have growing areas all over the place.  I truly do grow most of what I eat, and if SHTF, I could do without chocolate (god forbid!) and find things to make tea and 'coffee' out of.  I can tons of  food, and do some fermenting and dehydrating.  It's a good life!

There are a lot of things going  on here that I haven't mentioned.  There is a lot of potential and plenty  of ideas for the future.  Did I mention the greenhouse??

Here's what I am looking for:

    young people who have a similar dream and want to be part of something bigger...
    people who understand working together
    people who are energetic and self starters, not slackers or underachievers
    good  communicators
    compassionate, kind people
    healthy happy people
    people who have skills to bring to the tale

If all of this tickles your brain with the possibilities, please respond!  Thanks for reading!

Lisa

Lisa Rollens wrote:Update

Hi everybody,  just a quick update.  I still haven't found any people yet.  I don't take it personally tho, because hardly anybody  has actually come here to visit.  I know there are folks around, but  they seem to be going other places...or maybe just 'looking'??  I don't know.  But what I do know is that things are getting really bad in this country and I am finding an urge to grow a lot of food!  This is still a beautiful farm and I really could  use some help.

Holler if you are interested!  Lisa

I am cheering for you Lisa!
Hope you find your crowd. I sure know how hard is to find like minded.
You seem to be mega skilled, if only we lived in the same country we could help each other out!
Just know I am sending you good vibes from Portugal! 🌹🤗

Elia

Lisa Rollens wrote:Hello permies!

20 years ago I bought a beautiful farm in the Ozarks.  Being a true permie one of the first things I thought about as I got to know the place is that there is room and opportunity here for more people. (share the excess).   I've literally been looking for people that long.  The stories I could tell you about people would curl your toes!  But, I won't.   Here we are 20 years later and I am not getting any younger.  (Don't let that worry you, I've been cutting and splitting my own firewood for over 19 years!)

I am looking for several young people who can/will/and want to  learn and eventually take over the local food production systems that I have growing.  Remember the idea of a tribe?   That's what I would like create here...a place where we all work together towards common goals...sustainability, healthy and happy living and anything else we want to add.  I'm sure you are all keeping up with the supply line problems and the toxic food supply in grocery stores.  We HAVE to create a new, regenerative way of life!

Let me tell you a little about the farm, and by the way, the Ozarks is a great place to live!  Lots of cold water, clean air, very few rules and regulations and people generally leave other people alone, altho people are small town friendly.

OK, back to the farm....159 acres, approximately half grass and half trees on hills, bottom land and upland.  Spring fed creek, spring fed small 100+ year old pond, several trickle springs coming out of the bluff.  Plenty of wildlife...sometimes even more than I want!

I have a couple dairy cows, their progeny to produce beef, pigs occasionally, esp when there is a lactating cow, plenty of chickens for eggs, one hive of bees, so far, and more swarm traps out.   All the animals get non-GMO feed.  Also have growing areas all over the place.  I truly do grow most of what I eat, and if SHTF, I could do without chocolate (god forbid!) and find things to make tea and 'coffee' out of.  I can tons of  food, and do some fermenting and dehydrating.  It's a good life!

There are a lot of things going  on here that I haven't mentioned.  There is a lot of potential and plenty  of ideas for the future.  Did I mention the greenhouse??

Here's what I am looking for:

    young people who have a similar dream and want to be part of something bigger...
    people who understand working together
    people who are energetic and self starters, not slackers or underachievers
    good  communicators
    compassionate, kind people
    healthy happy people
    people who have skills to bring to the tale

If all of this tickles your brain with the possibilities, please respond!  Thanks for reading!

Lisa