We have currently about 20 offers for land in loan, lease or crop-sharing arrangement, in different forms and at different levels. This goes from small garden spots to vast tracks of desert land. Unfortunately, usually far away, or at least relatively far away [see them at our sister blog at http://htgcommunityservices.blogspot.com/ which will republish them all in a systematic fashion], from our current base of operation near Santa Monica and Malibu, CA, and no offer for a donation yet.
As a service to the community, and in the spirit of sharing, as we already do by publishing and licensing our "ComAd" [Community Ads] Model to help people team-up locally, we consider making these offers available to suitable candidates.
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 foods in their communities.
[Organic, biodynamic or naturally-grown 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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