Strawberry Fields Farm

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Home-sharing
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2022

What we do

Strawberry Fields Farm is an intentional community in the forming stages. We intend to create a family-friendly, multi-generational, rural collaborative homestead in CT or MA on land that we purchase together in 2024 or 2025.
Our primary purpose is to provide holistic housing arrangements for people, forming a quasi-extended family, to bring about a creative-healing environment for shareholding members, tenants, and guests alike. We will offer community living to those who are capable and deserve it the most, creating a retreat-like atmosphere using agriculture, the arts, music, meditation, and education.

Our Mission

We envision our community working well, living in a balanced and healing environment, offering a holistic lifestyle, and practicing and enjoying arts and cultural restoration for all involved.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving
  • Sustainability practices
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Activities
  • Property management
  • Experiences
  • Networking

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2022
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2024
  • Started living together
  • 4 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
4

How to join

We meet our prospective members via Zoom and in personal meetings, brainstorm about their desited participation levels, and eventually sign a legal contract.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Get in touch through our website.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation

Additional economic information

Join fee: $30000
Regular fees: $300
Labor: Encouraged or suggested
The fee or buy-in for joining, is to be determined. The number above is a temporary ballpark figure. We also welcome potential members with a good credit record, as we might get a loan to acquire property.

Community activities and engagement

  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association
  • Organization, Resource, or Network
  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

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Location

  • Connecticut, United States

Needs and Offers

Offer
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2 months ago

Community House in SE Portland Seeks Membership!

Ellis Street Community House is seeking kind, present, and engaged new housemates with experience in community living. We are currently 3 adults, one baby, and two cats living in a 6 bedroom, 3 bath house on ÂĽ acre of land near Powell Butte nature park and the Springwater Corridor bike trail. We expect to be joined by a shy and sweet 2 year old in the next few months. For us, living in community is a collaborative process, one that helps improve our quality of life. We’re able to eat great food, keep the place clean, maintain a garden, and hold a space large enough to host guests and events by working together. We have an extensive community library and art/craft material collection, as well as a great tea selection, stocked pantry, and functional kitchens ready for feast-making, canning, and fermentation dreams. We make kombucha, ginger beer, sauerkraut, bone broth, natto, and apple/pear butter on a rotating basis. With two fridges and two deep freezers we can save blueberries and blackberries we harvested from close by and get meat directly from farmers. We hold potlucks and other events like bonfires and game nights about once a month, and make a house dinner together weekly. We maintain a home free from artificial fragrances and voice-activated technology. The larger downstairs room is available for $740 per month. The smaller downstairs room will be available for $600 per month starting on September 1rst. The main kitchen is on the second floor. We also have private outdoor space for someone sleeping in their home on wheels available for $200-500 per month depending on the size of the vehicle. This would include membership in the community and use of the common spaces. Guest space is available for friends and relatives of residents – upstairs there is an office/guest room for longer visits, and the couches/pads in the common areas are available for shorter stays. The home has heating and cooling through an efficient heat pump, and we ju

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