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Costs and the Food Program

Three payments, each with its own purpose. One shared food baseline for every household. Everything beyond that is optional and pays its own way.

Details are still being finalized. Your purchase contract and recorded documents control.

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Understanding Your Dues

PaymentWhenPaid toAmount
Initiation feeOnce, at closingProperty Owners Fund$3,000 per lot
Annual assessmentEvery yearProperty Owners Fund$1,000 per lot
Co-op duesEvery monthAssociation, passed to the Farm Co-opBeing finalized

Current figures, subject to change. Fees and full budgets are published by the Stewardship Council.

The annual assessment covers road maintenance, insurance, common areas, and reserves. Monthly Co-op dues keep the farm running day to day: labor, feed, equipment, and your household's food.

The Co-op membership fee appears as its own line in the Stewardship Council budget, stated plainly, and is passed straight through to the Co-op.

Financial Resilience and Shared Costs

Financial resilience means preserving practical choices for future owners. The community has been structured so the Stewardship Council may explore responsible ways to produce shared revenue and reduce future dues if owners decide those opportunities fit the Ranch.

  • More owners: as more lots close, the cost of running the farm is spread across more households.
  • Outside Co-op members: a limited number of members who don't live in the community may eventually be allowed to join.
  • Agricultural opportunities: the Council may choose to explore grazing leases or the sale of surplus farm production.
  • Community opportunities: events or community-owned rental cabins on shared land could be considered if the Council allows them. These are separate from any privately owned guest or rental unit on an individual lot.

Possibilities, not promises

None of these sources or any reduction in dues is guaranteed. The Stewardship Council may choose whether to explore them, and major decisions remain subject to the governing documents and owner voting requirements.

Understanding Your Food Program

The Tier 1 Staples program.

Every household holds a Tier 1 (Homestead) membership in the Farm Co-op, called the Staples program. It currently centers on chicken, eggs, and dairy, with pork and beef being added as animal operations grow. No farming experience required.

ItemTarget amountFrequency
Beef (may require additional payment)~150 lbsPer year
Chicken~150 lbsPer year
Eggs1 dozenPer week
Milk1 gallonPer week

Per-household targets, not guarantees. It will take time to ramp up as herds and flocks grow.

Foundation

Eggs, chicken, dairy.

Coming soon

Beef, honey, pork.

On the horizon

Goat, rabbit, vegetables, tilapia.

The Herd: a beef bonus for Charter Members

For the first couple of years, before our own herd is fully running, Charter Members (the first 10 lots) receive a quarter cow per family per year, sourced from a regenerative, organic partner farm. The animal operation is planned to begin at the closing of Lot 10.

Optional tiers (larger shares, specialty goods, standing orders) are bought directly from the Co-op, household by household. Their cost is carried entirely by the owners who choose them, never by dues or your neighbors.

Community Farm Lease Back Program

Own your land. Partner in the purpose.

Pooling a portion of each qualifying lot gives the Ranch enough connected land to run a true rotational, regenerative farm, something no single lot could support alone. You keep full ownership of your entire lot.

Lot sizeYou ownLeased to the Community Ranch
About 3 acresFull lotAbout 1 acre (rear)
About 6 to 12 acresFull lotAbout half
  1. 1

    Regenerative, rotational grazing

    Cattle, pigs, sheep, and chickens rotate through the pastures. With the current design, each property is used only minimally through the year.

  2. 2

    Making the land better

    The goal is to build soil, restore pastures, and leave the land more productive than we found it.

  3. 3

    A pond on each lot

    Where grazing needs require, the shared farm may build and maintain a pond that waters animals and is yours to enjoy too.

  4. 4

    What the lease allows

    Livestock, fencing, gates, shelters, water lines, land management like mowing and seeding, and supporting energy systems.

Common questions

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