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This page last updated:9/3/2012
New Mexico Farmer Nomads Circuit Community
New Mexico Public Lands, New Mexico
 Proposed [forming]migratory community to occupy BLM and National Forest lands with water available capable of growing food crops. Members would occupy each site and tend gardens 14 days maximum to stay within BLM and USFS regulations, then rotate to another community site at least 25 miles away, replacing another rotatee[s] who's been tending the garden there.
No permanent structures are allowed on these multi-use BLM or USFS public lands, though if, say, a mining claim is filed [a cheap, easy means of establishing certain legitimate, defined rights of occupation], a storage for 'tools' building is allowed.
Members will need to be willing to live in tents, RVs, campers, or converted school bus shelters while occupying the sites.
The only reason 'community' is an issue is to assure crops get planted and tended at each site through the growing season, and because of the 14 day occupation limit per site.
Some rules regarding wood cutting, site cleanup and maintenance, and waste disposal will be needed, along with a rotation shedule for each member unit.
My thought is that if there's sufficient interest in this alternative lifestyle it should begin before spring planting, 2013.
 
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This page last updated:9/3/2012
 
Visitors Accepted
 (Required on multi-use public lands)
Visitor Process: Find a road and drive, bicycle, hike or ride an animal
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
Our community does not provide land or housing and is therefore not subject to fair housing laws.

Population
Members(adults and children):
0
Open to new members:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
No
(If one emerges)
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt:
Yes
(Running from debt might be a motive for membership)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(Whatever's required for tending crops, cleaning up, whatever)
Join Fee:
No
Regular Fees:
No
Land and Buildings
Rural
Land Owned By:
Other
(US Government)
Number of Residences:
0
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
over 50%
(hopefully)
Share Community Meals:
Rarely
(Depends on # of occupiers at each site)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous
Alcohol Use:
Used occasionally
(Individual choice)
Tobacco Use:
Seldom used
(Preferred because of fire danger)
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
No
Educational Style(s):
Other
 
 


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