Newbie permies couple looking for adventure!

Hello all you lovely people! My better half and I are looking for an adventure this summer. We are new to the permaculture things but are able bodied, healthy, and eager to learn and meet new friends! We are both vegan, respect our planet and all the earthlings that dwell in! We currently reside in Minnesota and would love to travel out of state or country in the coming months to help on s homestead! Both of us are going back to school on the fall. I (Evan) for horticulture and her (Mercedes) for early childhood development. We are 26 and 24 years old respectively but I say we have "old souls." We do not drink, smoke, do drugs or anything of that sort. We love our senses to much for that! We enjoy hiking, painting, listening to records, living sustainably, and thrift shopping! We would love to come work on your land in exchange for food and shelter! Our dream is to one day own property near a mountain range, living in an earthship, and return the favor! We are excited to meet all you wonderful new friends and look forward to our future travels and adventures! If you have any information on a homestead or farm looking for a couple hard working humans please let us know and we will give many virtual hugs (real ones if we meet in real life!) Thsnk you for reading our post and I hope this day for you has been fantastic! To health and happiness - Evan and Mercedes

would love to have you visit northeastern pa, whether just passing through or to consider settling in. see http://bit.ly/land2sharePAfarmLink and http://bit.ly/land2sharePICS, then PM me for more info if you'd like. In any case, WELCOME to permies!
~laura

Hello! I have a farm in southern Virginia, and have been working to create a community here. Not really looking for temporary people, but if you need a place to stay overnight/for a short while, would be glad to have you visit. Interested in learning and sharing, new ideas and ancient ones. Have horses, a few cattle, 200 acres, poultry, dogs, and a cat. Working towards a well-structured group of people, some of whom will live on-site, with different skillsets--a community of people who support one another and are in turn supported. Not so much focused on the money, but I have lots of land and infrastructure, etc. to share--as long as we are all GIVERS it can work. NO TAKERS WANTED. "The more you Give, the more you Get," my mama always told me. (Actually, she said SHARE.) Anyway, wishing you the best. You look like wonderful people!

Hi, We have an organic /permaculture apple orchard and sheep dairy in Vermont and are looking for 2 people to come live and work with us for the summer. Check out the job description http://catehillorchard.com/2016-farm-workers-positions and if you are interested, send me an email.

You guys look sweet! Envy those vegan donuts.

We have a large vegan garden but not the time or capacity to host WWOOFers. Maybe someday.

In the meantime good luck with your search! If you're looking for farms free from animal captivity, check out http://www.goveganic.net/ for listings of vegan-organic farms across North America.

Laura Emil wrote:would love to have you visit northeastern pa, whether just passing through or to consider settling in. see http://bit.ly/land2sharePAfarmLink and http://bit.ly/land2sharePICS, then PM me for more info if you'd like. In any case, WELCOME to permies!
~laura

Thank you for the welcome Laura! We would love to make it out your way some day soon! The history of the Eastern part of the United States alone is appealing to me! If those walls could talk haha!

Krystina Szabo wrote:Hello! I have a farm in southern Virginia, and have been working to create a community here. Not really looking for temporary people, but if you need a place to stay overnight/for a short while, would be glad to have you visit. Interested in learning and sharing, new ideas and ancient ones. Have horses, a few cattle, 200 acres, poultry, dogs, and a cat. Working towards a well-structured group of people, some of whom will live on-site, with different skillsets--a community of people who support one another and are in turn supported. Not so much focused on the money, but I have lots of land and infrastructure, etc. to share--as long as we are all GIVERS it can work. NO TAKERS WANTED. "The more you Give, the more you Get," my mama always told me. (Actually, she said SHARE.) Anyway, wishing you the best. You look like wonderful people!

You sound like a wonderful person as well Krystina! Thank you for the kind words and invite! Virginia sounds like a great place! We were looking at Asheville, NC as a resting place after graduating college. Not to far away! I will be getting my degree in horticulture and throughout that will be honing my building and woodworking crafts! We would love to find something like you have mentioned once we are educated! We are now adopting a minimalistic life style and I agree with your Mama! Donating our unused items to people who can better utilize them feels great! We are now going to have time to volunteer our services to the humane society and habitat for humanity as we have less and can give more! It's exciting to find all these like minded people in one place on the internet. I wish I could me everyone here and give them a hug or high five for being awesome!

Maria Schumann wrote:Hi, We have an organic /permaculture apple orchard and sheep dairy in Vermont and are looking for 2 people to come live and work with us for the summer. Check out the job description http://catehillorchard.com/2016-farm-workers-positions and if you are interested, send me an email.

Hello Maria and thank you for the invitation! We will definitely check it out. Just by the brief description it sounds like a fantastic place to be! You had me at apple orchard

Jay Muir wrote:You guys look sweet! Envy those vegan donuts.

We have a large vegan garden but not the time or capacity to host WWOOFers. Maybe someday.

In the meantime good luck with your search! If you're looking for farms free from animal captivity, check out http://www.goveganic.net/ for listings of vegan-organic farms across North America.

Thank you for the information Jay! That is a fantastic resource! If the vegan donuts would stay edible through the mail I would send you some!

If you decide to come out west we could probably host you in northern Utah for a bit. Small 1/2 acre homestead in town, we are just getting started so lots of projects going on all the time to pitch in with. Nice mountain views, easy access to the mountains, spare bedroom, Indian food.

Liz Spring wrote:If you decide to come out west we could probably host you in northern Utah for a bit. Small 1/2 acre homestead in town, we are just getting started so lots of projects going on all the time to pitch in with. Nice mountain views, easy access to the mountains, spare bedroom, Indian food.

You had me at Indian food Liz! We would love to make it to Utah in the near future and thank you for the offer! The scenery looks fantastic!

You guys could check out Dacres in Dorchester NH.


They offer lots of workshops in sustainable agriculture, forestry, woodworking, herbs, gardening, blacksmithing, Full moon community potlucks and open mic, etc etc. They often take interns for the summer. Lots of very smart fun educated people with philanthropic views...focus on building community.

You will not be bored and will learn a ton.

Dacres.org

Lynn Chase wrote:You guys could check out Dacres in Dorchester NH.


They offer lots of workshops in sustainable agriculture, forestry, woodworking, herbs, gardening, blacksmithing, Full moon community potlucks and open mic, etc etc. They often take interns for the summer. Lots of very smart fun educated people with philanthropic views...focus on building community.

You will not be bored and will learn a ton.

Dacres.org

Hello Lynn,

Thank you for the information! We will definitely check it out. Everything you mentioned sounds like something out of a dream! I want to know about all of it! I can only imagine all of the amazing people that we would meet! Thank you again for mentioning it! So many exciting adventures to be had!

good day!
i noticed you said "looking to stay in Asheville"
i know of a commune style farm in asheville that does baked goods, alternative fuel, yurt houses,
landscaping a tea packaging place on their farm themselves
(they go to markets with about 15 teas from around the world).
interesting friendly group. met them at Mother Earth Fare. let me know if you're still looking
(at least you'll want to go try their baked goods... whoa...)
kevin    gad@saphar.net