Looking through all the posts that I did, there arent too many of us Iowans registered.
A little about me:
I am Rick, and I am new here...
Now that I got the hard part over with....
Well, I am about to turn 40, and I want my next 40 years to be much more productive than my first with reguards to taking less from this planet, and giving more back. I am putting together a plan to accomplish that through homesteading, with a good portion of land dedicated to aquaculture. My goal is to have a model homestead drawn up on paper to be able to submit for funding.
Some highlights I would like to share:
1. Non Profit
2. 100% sustainability(or as close as possible)
3. Completely off grid
4. Offer housing/training to "residents"
5. "Residents" to provide much of the labor
Residents defined as homeless, vets, parolees, disabled, women in need, abuse victims, and the list goes on
In a nutshell, I am here to learn. I am here to post my ideas, bounce those ideas off some of you that have been there, done that, and as someones signature says, I learned 10,000 ways not to do "that"(refering to Edison and the light bulb).