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LET THE FARM WORK BEGIN!

Thanks to our good friend & beloved market farmer Ben, we found some land in the South Valley of Albuquerque to start our farm!
FINALLLLLLLY we are so stoked to share this news! Everything about this just feels right. As the wise say, "trust your gut" - my gut is resonating with excitement!

Cameron with Ben's corn stalks

...that also means we will no longer have the time/energy to commit to Rent-A-Coop.  We've always felt like it was just our 'starter project' while we searched for land & resources to get the farm going.  Of course it is with a heavy heart that we let this project rest.  It was our eccentric entrance into the community that is now like family to us, it was our first project together (beginning only 2 months after we met) & we made some incredible friends along the way!  We could bring it back someday, though it will probably take on a different form...who knows, life is cyclical.  Though unlike most I find comfort in change, it means your still alive, still able to roll with the punches.

Since the Mile-Hi Farmers' Market has ended for the season there has been very little time to rest.  I started a second job to keep us smooth sailing, so that Cameron can leave the co-op to work full time on getting everything built & planted before the first chicken gets to the land.  We are hunkering down for the first year of starting our own business, without the safety net of city job paychecks.  Though not so long ago we were both young & broke students, trying to make $400 last us a whole month - him here & me in France...you don't live through that without gaining some skills in thriftiness, we managed & now we will manage better together.  Either way we couldn't go on just living without giving this thing a try, its so close we can taste it...and it tastes like chicken!

Joel with some of his turkeys
We are currently reading books by Joel Salatin a huge inspiration to us, and when I say inspiration I mean we've pretty much decided our first born will be named Joel or Joelle - THIS is the level of respect we have for the man, farmer, author!  Its incredible how on track he makes us feel, that the future we imagine is attainable, and that what we are doing will better our community, our society, and our Earth.



We've both, singularly, had pretty major shifts in consciousness over the past 5 years, and we believe we aren't alone in feeling we are standing at a global turning point.

  • A shift back to local because we've seen how the 'little guy' gets crushed in the global economy. 
  • A shift back to natural because the correlation between industrial food & prescription drug use is real.
  • A shift back to integrity because we weren't born to work, consume, & die while pushing aside our principals & virtues to survive. 

At least these are the changes we are hoping for, as these are the changes we've made in our own lives and we are reaping the benefits already...(as in my last post) change yourself, change the world!

soooo LET THE FARM WORK BEGIN! we couldn't ask for a better gift, a better opportunity, or a better life*



*forever grateful
jennifer




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