Jacob Greenwood

For sale is 5 acres located in the rolling hills and pastures and fields of Missouri. The land is part of a 76 acre community land trust which is composed of 6 other homesteads. The farm buildings include a 3 season light clay straw cabin with an attached greenhouse, an outdoor kitchen, a chicken coop, a root cellar, a pole barn, an outhouse, and a garden shed. The land hosts almost 1/4 acre in established garden space, 1/2 acre orchard, various other fruit shrubs and trees, a 1/2 acre pond and almost an acre of space that could be used as pasture, and nearly an acre of mature hardwoods. If interested please visit https://bindlefarmmo.wordpress.com/
Also, if anyone has other suggestions for places to list my land I would be happy to hear about them. Thanks.
bindlefarm(at)gmail.com

Howdy,
The price per acre at our farm is much lower than land in the neighborhood. It was removed from the real estate market over 10 years ago and the land trust has only increased the price per acre to cover interest on the loan we had. Since the loan was paid off we decided to only increase the value by 1% each year. One goal of the land trust is to make affordable land available to people interested in homesteading. I would say our land would fall under 'pasture' (instead of row crop) and that goes for about $2,000-2,500 in this county. Also, the large local mennonite population has actually caused a large increase in land value in this specific area since it is a hub for their conference.

Howdy,
We are wanting to move to northern Vermont to be closer to family in Quebec and Ontario.
The questions from Jack I am attempted to answer below.
The lease fee is one time payment and here is words from our lease agreement- "Leaseholder shall have and hold the Leasehold for a term of ninety-nine (99) years beginning on the ___ day of ____, 20___, and shall automatically be renewed in perpetuity at no additional fee every ninety-nine (99) years, assuming that Leaseholder’s successors, heirs, or assigns are in good standing with REFCLT. "
As far as residency my ideas (somewhat flexible) are that the resident would stay in the house or cabin during that 6 month period or perhaps rent a place in the area. Part of our farm income is growing seed so I need to be here until October to fulfill contracts. In the winter I was planning on going to Vermont to work and if the leasehold is not sold by the end of winter I will return and probably for another growing season. The details will just have to be worked out when there is an interested party. The leasehold can not be transferred (sold) until the resident is a member. If a resident is not approved as a member there are two potential avenues. There residency can be extended by there request or the community's. If the resident is not accepted as a member then the leasehold is not available to them. Red Earth is open to a diverse group of people. From my experience there has been no one denied membership.
I attempted to homestead in the Ozarks with little luck and had lived at a student housing co-op so was familiar with communities. Found Red Earth's website from a link on Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage's page. I am not the first to resell. Two years ago a leaseholder left and her leasehold was purchased by Red Earth (long story). Also, last year a family left and there homestead is also on the market. So in someways this will be the first 'real' lease transfer but the process has already been defined so it should not house complications.
The future is unknown but we do not have plans to live in this area again.
Jacob

Hi,
My partner and I are looking to 'sell' our homestead in rural Missouri. The land is part of a community land trust and offers a house, guest cabin, ponds, fields, large gardens, orchard, barn, and lots of infrastructure. It is not a permaculture farm in the strictest sense. More like a hodge-podge of organic agriculture and permaculture. Lots of like-minded folks in the area. Below is a link with more information and it would appreciated if y'all shared this link with others who maybe interested.

https://bindlefarmblog.wordpress.com/

Thanks,
Jacob

Hi,
My partner and I are looking to 'sell' our leasehold at a community land trust in rural northeast Missouri. There are two more communities within a few miles of the land trust. The farm has a house, barn, ponds, large gardens, fields, orchard and numerous other outbuildings. Much of the infrastructure work has been done but there is still room to develop this homestead into your dreams without having to put in the many years of development. Below is a link with more information and please consider sharing this link with other folks who maybe interested.

https://bindlefarmblog.wordpress.com/

Thanks,
Jacob

Hi,
My partner and I are looking to sell our homestead. There is a house, gardens, fields, a barn, ponds, an orchard and just about everything else needed for a self-reliant farm. I have been living here for the last 9 years and put lots of time and energy and love into the land. Think of the project as a love child between Bill Mollison and Gene Logsdon. There is a link below with more information and pictures. Perhaps y'all would share this link with others who maybe interested as well.

https://bindlefarmblog.wordpress.com/

Thanks,
Jacob