Welcome!

Hello everyone and thanks for reading!
This is a blog about the creation of something amazing, almost magical, for our community... A place where children can play and learn, and adults can get their hands dirty too! Or if they aren't feeling the call of the outdoors, they might learn to can like Grandma used to... or just relax and enjoy a cup of kombucha under the trees.
This is a place where animals, plants, and people function together so they may all be happier and healthier.
This is a place where the past meets the future to create a community focused on making the world a better, more sustainable place to live through positive action.

Marcella Barnes was my grandmother, and taught me much of what I hold dearest today. The three most important concepts she imparted were: kindness, education, and the environment. These values are all applied in every aspect of the Marcella Barnes Modern Homestead Community (MBMHC). She was also a foster mother, and so we plan to eventually develop a foster child home, with space for special needs foster children.

To start with, we need a few things
1) People- to buy into the land as well as to "rent" on the land, and to volunteer and donate
2) Land- a post on this coming soon (essentially part private, part NP owned cooperating)
3) Funding- through donations, Kickstarter, private investors, fundraising dinners/auctions, "taxes" on goods from the MBMHC, etc
4) Become a charitable nonprofit- I am completing drafts of all paperwork required for this, but need people and funding to take it further    
5) People! Pass this along, share it, talk about it, ask questions about it! The more people know and get involved, the greater the chances of success!


Please contact me if you are interested in helping in any way:
Services-legal, tax, real estate, building code, web-based, etc
Donations- financial, seeds/starts, machinery use for initial build, construction materials, etc
Involvement- Board Member, buy into land, live-in member, volunteers, etc

Ongoing (largely draft) information is available here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzHKKVLW9dERVGF5SWtTOGVxWlU&usp=sharing

Many thanks to www.permies.com for getting me on my way!