Here at http://htgcommunityservices.blogspot.com/ we currently have about 20 offers for land in free loan, advantageous leases or at no costs to you in a crop-sharing arrangements. These offers come in a variety of different forms and at different levels. We will have many more in the times to come, once we advertise our existence and tell about what we do.
These offer go from small local garden spots the crop of which you will share with the owner in exchange for your work input to vast tracks of desert land for you to use to raise Organic & Sustainable crops, including some to occupy at absolutely no costs whatsoever to you.
Unfortunately, all are usually far away, or at least relatively far away, from our current base of operation near Santa Monica and Malibu, CA. And we did not get any offer for a straight donations yet.
As a service to the community, and in the spirit of sharing, we already published and licensed our "ComAd" [Community Ads] Model to help people team-up locally. But we realized that we do publish ads more systematically than other people using our model might do, and will at any rate get more offers than they will, once we advertize ourselves in the media and start participating in community events. So we decided to make the offers we receive available to other interested parties, and will work closely with you if we think you are a serious candidate for not-for-profit or for-profit growing of functional Organic & Sustainable Food. All we want for our input is a tiny to small share of the output in food and whatever.
We originally started publishing these offers and the corresponding ads [ComAds] on our main blog at http://optimalgardens.blogspot.com/ , till we realized we needed a separate venue for Community Services and Ads, which is why we created the present blog in our family of related blogs. We will republish all relevant data here in a systematic fashion, as well as puyblish everything similar or related that hasn't yet be brought to you.
Consequently, HEALTH THRU GARDENING, the grass-roots non-profit which publishes http://optimalgardens.blogspot.com/ and http://personalgardens.blogspot.com/ and more, has decided to publish current land offers as well as ads from people looking for land, or desiring to participate in an effort to grow functional Organic & Sustainable Food in their communities, in addition to a whole set of model ads and posts.
Unless otherwise indicated ( a rare occurence, since it has yet to happen for the first time), this material can be republished by you under our standard copyright and licensing terms, to help you team-up locally with like-minded parties and complementary interests.
[Please nnote: Organic, biodynamic or naturally-grown food and gardens only, please! Again, if you are looking for crops of dubious nature and various toxicity, any supermarket will be more than happy to sell them to you! No need to waste your time growing them...]
If you are interested in any of the opportunities listed here, please just contact us by email. Our email is the blog's name @gmail.com. The service is free, in exchange for a tiny to small share of the crops, depending on our level of involvement.
It will take some time to collect all the offers received so far and put them in a standardized format, but here are the few first ones:
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LAND OFFER 08-019 LOCATION: INLAND EMPIRE, MOJAVE CA: .3+ Acre :
A 100x 125 lot is located 2 min. away from the City of Mojave, CA, 1.5 hours away from Los Angeles. Owner always wanted to have a garden grow on his raw land.
DESCRIPTION: The lot is a corner unit, currently without water or sewer. Owner thinks it might be possible to get for free or pay for some water via a long hose about 2 blocks long from the city, and of course water could be installed, since there water and power at an equipment yard close to the land. Exact location is where the 14 and the 58 cross. Because of the traffic, owner always thought about the idea of growing veggies and put a sign out on the highway, that is one block away and let people know that there is veggies for sale. A full-blown farm stand is also possible, of course. Grower would need to bring in a trailer home.
DEAL: The proposed deal is very reasonable: Either a straight lease at $100 per month, or no cash but crop share in form of a corresponding amount of veggies to be agreed upon. ============================================
LAND OFFER 08-017 LOCATION: INLAND EMPIRE, LANCASTER CA 93535: 1-10 Acres :
DESCRIPTION: "Free land for useage" (Butte Valley area in Lancaster CA 93535) Owner has land in the Butte Valley area in Lancaster CA 93535 he is not using at this time. If someone would like to farm it or put a trailer on it owner will allow you to stay 10 years for free, as long as you look after the property (weed abatement, etc)
We don't know for sure, but from a general knowledge of the area, we can infer that the acreage is somewhere between 1 and 10 acres, and zoned "Light Agriculture / Residential", with utilities perhaps easily available, and perhaps not. The "Street" (read: dirt road) location is probably somewhere close to 190th Street East (North of Avenue J) in Lancaster, CA 93535, an area of mostly empty subdivided land that is unlikely to be really developed anytime soon, considering that within the parameters of the limited real estate bubble bursting we have experienced so far, prices have already gone down over 50% in the area.
And are likely to go further down another 20-30% from the bubble base, if not more. When the Japanese got *their* bubble burst 10-15 years ago, prices in some areas went down 98%, so we still have yet a very long way to go. And the long awaited "Second Coming of the Great Depression" is still just around the corner...
DEAL: Totally free, for TEN years, just for you being there!============================================
LAND OFFER 08-018 LOCATION: INLAND EMPIRE, LANCASTER CA 93535: 2.5 Acres :
DESCRIPTION: Here is another property with about exactly the same situation, also in the Antelope Valley, about 60 miles east of the junction of the 5 and the 14 freeway (about 30 minutes North on the 405 ), located at 130 th and J (approximately) with no currently installed water, or utilities... 2.5 acres
DEAL: Same thing, lease at $100 a month (negotiable) or some veggies, or a combination of cash and crop.
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LAND OFFER 08-008 LOCATION: Near Universal City, CA, about .5+ Acre:
DESCRIPTION: This one is for someone local. No possibility to live on site. The property is over by Universal City. Owner eats organic already, and has a big space in his backyard ½ acre or more hillside not steep. He has fruit trees on site, and "lots of native stuff". Currently he does not water anything back there (for environmental reasons), but water is available.
DEAL: This would be a crop sharing arrangement for someone who is local, having their own place somewhere not too far away.
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Stay tuned and check out often! We have many more on file, but have yet to collect them and put them together to publish them in a standardized format at http://htgcommunityservices.blogspot.com/ .
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