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Hi everyone! I'm new here. My parents, who have a farm in IL, bought us the skip book and some others about farming and permaculture. We live in Cincinnati and have started a microschool.  We very much want it to be more nature and farm based and we want to learn more ourselves alongside our students, but our current location does not have land available to fulfill our full vision. We're looking at different ways of acquiring land, but also looking to learn the pep skills, find resources for our students, and build more connections locally. Open to any advice!
 
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To me one, does not need land to be close to nature and farming.

Do you have a garden?  That would be one of the first steps towards your dream.

There might be some State Parks or National Parks close to Cincinnati where there are hiking trails. Hiking gets folks close to nature.
 
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Thank you. Yes, we have a personal garden and we currently take field trips  every day to different parks. We are doing our best with what we have at the moment, but the goal is to grow our number of students, which would make it harder to transport, and we really want students to learn hands on. So that's the goal we're working towards.
 
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I would love to conenct on the microschool point- thats a desire of mine with our land. we are in Minnesota currently. I run a small nature gathering group weekly as well as Skill Share Sundays. I will message you. lets connect on social media or via whatsApp/text
 
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Hi Amy! I think I found you on FB and sent you a message. I'd be happy to chat more!
 
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