Topic: Seeking farmers, not miners - page 2. (Read 4730 times)
Great idea! Im not in your area but I wish luck to you!
or of course interested in that topic of small scale urban farms funded by bitcoins - doesn't have to people that want to play in the dirt with me, could want to play in the dirt elsewhere 
I am seeking other people (say 2-10, though if we get more maybe we can figure out a larger scale project) that want to operate a bitcoin urban farm CSA in either Minneapolis or St Louis for next growing season (This growing season/fall/winter will be making preparations) Think of this as a hobby project, a proof of concept, and a way to get some more goods into the bitcoin economy.
For those of you that don't know what a CSA, basically you buy "shares" in a farm. Based on shares sold, you then get a proportion of all crops harvested during the growing season. It is a way to provide farmers upfront capital for work (since most out the money outlay is at the beginning of the season), to eat seasonally, to support small farms, to share risk, etc.
I have been a community gardener for many years. I have potential spaces for a small proof-of-concept urban farm in both cities (would prefer Mpls but would move back to St Louis if there was a critical mass of folks there). I am nearly positive we could find enough subscribers in either place that would want to both support a micro-scale urban farm and bitcoin.
For those of you that don't know what a CSA, basically you buy "shares" in a farm. Based on shares sold, you then get a proportion of all crops harvested during the growing season. It is a way to provide farmers upfront capital for work (since most out the money outlay is at the beginning of the season), to eat seasonally, to support small farms, to share risk, etc.
I have been a community gardener for many years. I have potential spaces for a small proof-of-concept urban farm in both cities (would prefer Mpls but would move back to St Louis if there was a critical mass of folks there). I am nearly positive we could find enough subscribers in either place that would want to both support a micro-scale urban farm and bitcoin.
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