Regenerative living consultant Wendy Marie Crews seeking optimum and fitting relocation, preferably long term, and opportunities that align with her extensive experience and passions. From the Driftless region in the Midwest where she homesteaded 30+ years, worked in property and people care and tirelessly championed regenerative movements for 4 decades, she is now most fired up about;
Supporting and mentoring small and large scale food sovereignty.
Catalizing education to rechannel institutional food service to clean, local homemade, free of packaged, processed, additives and corporate blood money.
Finding aligned individuals to collaborate with both personally and professionally.
Water to swim and boat!!
Objectives of This Post:
To Find: 2 or three potential places that qualify with the “Criteria” list, for Wendy Crews to relocate to. Identifying areas that align with my personal and professional requirements.
I am open to Finding Possible Caretaking and Exchange Positions That Are a Good Match: Exploring roles that offer mutual benefits and align with my skills and passions.
Elder farmers, I will consider alternative exchange models for you leaving me the farm.
And also open to possible employment opportunities paid that align with my expertise, mission and values.
What I Bring to the Table
Decades of homesteading experience in site planning and land use.
Experience growing annual and perennial food systems, indoor and out, in the Midwest, CA and the tropics.
Experience growing mushrooms, keeping bees(WI) and maple syrup;
Long time forager
Culinary arts teacher
Expertise in active and passive thermal mass systems in the homestead.
Smiling Fork Farm to Table Homesteading Folkschool: Classes, Apprenticeships and events
A dream of having an enclosed greenhouse, possibly submerged, of food trees, shrubs and perennials.
Years of experience in construction building, painting, green cleaning and caretaking.
Lemonade Language Academy Online, Interpreting, Spanish , English
A base in Costa Rica that could potentially become part of this cooperative dream.
Desire to work with young grow-preneurs
Ideal Potential Match:
Your school or platform to teach my:
One Small Garden Mastery (link in master)
Real Food Culinary Academy (link in master)
Free monthly; One Homespun Revival
4) More at Wendy Crews Offer Master
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Professional Experience:
Hospitality: Restaurants, hotels, catering.
Construction: Framing, roofing, siding, remodeling, drywall finishing.
25+ years as owner of a green cleaning business (commercial and residential).
Painting: Residential, commercial, certified lead remediator.
Language and interpreting services.
Practical Skills:
Woodlot management, firewood production, driving 4x4.
Site planning, water management, growing systems design.
Maple syrup production, mushroom cultivation, beekeeping.
Active and passive thermal mass in the homestead, including root cellaring.
All preservation arts, specializing in dehydrating.
Foraging, singing, event planning
Organizational Involvement:
Midwest Renewable Energy Association member and fair participant for 26 years.
Active roles in The Valley Stewardship Network, Transition Town Viroqua, Community Rights with Paul Cienfuegos, The Natural Step Program in Viroqua, WI, Kickapoo Woods Cooperative.
Criteria:
Climate: Suitable for year-round gardening, lack of snow removal equipment.
Affordable and proximity to freshwater bodies suitable for swimming and kayaking.
A diversity of organic fresh food available and affordable, farmers market, cooperative.
Reasonably close to stores providing gardening and building materials
Rural, quiet, mountain or small townish, I want to hike blissfully, breathe clean air and hear predominantly nature sounds.
Concious community nearby.
Space: Ample space to grow and teach from.
These are not required, but desired
Being Car-free
Space to build an outside oven, tub, pond (or 3!!), solar dehydrator, grow mushrooms, maybe keep bees, etc. I have a dream of an enclosed greenhouse, possibly submerged, full of predominantly food trees, shrubs and perennials followed by self seeding varieties. An endeavor like this begs more than one steward and or a maintenance budget.
Wendy is an early morning person, super organised and tidy.
She is a plant based eater, alcohol free and noise sensitive(tv, radio). And she loves to dance and sing in the daytime, and throws a great party.
5 or 6 of my friends may eventually move close to me, so are there nearby rentals, homes and land available?
I am interested in Louisianna, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansa, Kentucky, Tennesse, West Virginia, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and accept any criteria qualifying offers.
March 21—--I imagine 3 months to sell all belongings and be ready to move.
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Wendy envisions joining or seeding a cooperative rooted in shared values, mutual care, and collaborative effort. Ideally an intergenerational model (6-12)—of individual households of like-minded individuals, families, or couples who decide to live logistically in the same location, so as to facilitate sharing. Pooling resources and working together to enjoy economy, security and support :
Conspiring collaboratively to economise essentials, sharing [possibly; A vehicle, a washing machine, hot tub, maybe internet at only 4 locations instead of 12, a garden, a pressure cooker, a non google phone. Imagine knowing someone will water your plants or feed your dog if you cant.
Additionaly this may foster sharing skills, talents, experiences and wisdom. This seed idea has the potential to blossom into bonds of mutual care and trust functioning as a cohesive unit. The power,potential and security of living in this manner are unlimited.
Having read “The Ringing Cedars “ series, by Vladimir Megre, commonly known as the the Anastasia books, she dreams of collaborating with followers.
The first cooperative will be for personal living, the second desired cooperative would be for entrepreneurial ventures.Wendy wants to work with others with aligned vision.
wendycrews@gmail.com
CR +506 8915 2461
