My name is Dakota me and my partner Vincent, are youngster newbie who have gotten deeply .. well obsessed to be honest with trying our best to work with nature instead of against it. We originate from the west of Canada though we are often found running around on different continents. This will be Vincent & mines third year âfarmingâ nonstop, usually spending the summers in Canada working on various farms and then the Canadian winter abroad where we might be able to farm somewhere else. We try to take this time abroad to learn about other climates, plants, ideas and lifestyles. As each year passes we find ourselves drifting deeper and deeper into
permaculture principles. My first internship four years ago being spent on a large scale organic vegetable farm too now, finding myself farm sitting in the diverse rolling hills of Limoncito Costa Rica, on a farm that produces almost no waste and is working towards becoming completely self-sufficient. Being able to have worked on so many different farms has given us the opportunity of trial and error and with being able to constantly meet new people we get some many different insights and ideas from some truly brilliant minds.
And though our hearts love the traveling life, we have begun to really start thinking about starting projects of our own. Because yes working and helping change theses farms weâve been on has been a dream but we always end up leaving at some point and never really get to see the full fruit of our time and
energy.
We have contemplated the idea of buying
land but traveling farmers arenât the most well off and private land doesnât really interest us that much. My partner and I are looking to start working towards building (or joining!!) a community centered small scale âfarmâ ( for lack of a better term) . We want to help move a community closer to self-sufficiency by growing food, baking, working with materials found locally to build eco houses and alternative structures,brewing beer!! working toward having a free school; creating a learning space for people in the community to come share and learn from one another, growing a
medicinal garden so people neednât rely on pharmaceuticals, learning how to personally
reuse the things we consume and not just send them AWAY & to treat natures gifts as exactly that and not as âresourcesâ.
And this is where you guys come in the permies of the world!! Is there anyone out there who;
is looking to maybe start something along the same lines who might be looking for people to do it with?
Anyone who knows of a community/people who is already up to this stuff who might be looking for help ?
Anyone who has some extra space on their land who would be willing to let us do some of these things in exchange for some sort of barter be it work , food from the garden ect. ?
We dont have our hearts set on any part of the world in particular. We have worked in some very different climates so are very open to where . The most important thing to us is finding some like-minded people to do it with
We would love to talk more with anyone who might have advice or insight on any of these ideas as well.
