The vision is of a cool green refuge from our increasingly complex and chaotic, crowded and competitive world. We are far from the honking traffic of city life.
We are a largely substance free, looking for people who are eager to roll up their sleeves and get to work building, growing, connecting and harvesting. This vision includes evening swims and quiet dinners. Sunday croquet games on a green lawn. Year-round healthy food grown on site. Vibrant community life including both scientific and spiritual experimentation, education and practice. Winter nights eating pumpkin soup by a wood stove.
This will be accomplished on a working community farm on the Rio Grande, where a small core group (6 – 10 people) manage the farm, including: small animals, orchard and gardens, using regenerative agriculture practices like composting, cover cropping, vermiculture and water harvesting. We restore and build energy efficient, locally sourced, small dwellings, greenhouses, barns and workshops. We take interns and offer classes in all manner of sustainable living, growing and building practices. The community will be funded initially by members, then become sustainable through selling produce and charging for workshops and internships.
Jeff Hood found this six acre farm in 2020. He is joined by Ananda Forest and Iishana Artra. We have recovered the old adobe farmhouse and shed, built a shop, put up a yurt and regenerated a large garden plot. We have formed an LLC and are seeking members who want to (literally) build a community. There is room (and need) for all kinds of skills, including carpentry, farming, fundraising, website development, community outreach and workshop development.
Our purpose is to inspire and support sustainable, compassionate community in pursuit of a harmonious, joyful and abundant relationship with our Mother Earth.
We are seeking up to six memberships (couples may hold a membership) with equal financial commitment. We welcome visitors to check us out and if interested engage in a 6 month trial period before before joining as partners in the Rio Grande Refuge LLC. They will then have the opportunity to build a dwelling.
email or text at the above addresses
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
We have practiced consensus building for years and are committed to using it in relevant decisions.
We envision small or tiny homes clustered around a central bathhouse/kitchen and community house, leaving plenty of space for gardens, orchards and semi wild land on the river.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: Yes
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (4 hrs/week)
We have an evolving financial agreement on expenses and income.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Waterfront access
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
interaction while maintaining independence.
Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
kitchens, dining, and social areas.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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