After years of hearing about the “tri-communities” of Northern Missouri – Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Red Earth Farms, and Sandhill Farm – we finally had the opportunity to visit the three communities yesterday. To say that it was an inspiring day would be an understatement. The three communities are vastly different, in size and in focus, but I came away from each of them feeling so invigorated and excited about the path that lies ahead as we seek to create our own homestead.
Our primary goal for this tour was to check out the basics of food, water, and shelter. How are people building in Northeast Missouri, and what kinds of materials are they using? What kinds of irrigation systems are in place for growing food? How are communities meeting their drinking water needs? What about electricity? How can we adapt what we see for our own needs as…
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