UPDATE:
Home construction has started at the Riverbed Ranch!
The Academy of Self-Reliance director, Philip Gleason, is seen here marking the boundaries of where to dig the foundation for a #homesteading shareholder of the Utah OSR Land Co-op.
The OSR Land Co-op is the first of five online-but-off-grid modern homesteading communities to be built in the Rocky Mountain West. The Academy of Self-Reliance assists in this "Operation Self-Reliance" project by providing training and information resources for any family that wants to achieve greater self-reliance, whether that is on their existing land, or, as a part of an OSR Land Co-op.
Utah's OSR Land Co-op is being built at the Riverbed Ranch on the border of Juab and Tooele Counties in West Central Utah. The Riverbed Ranch is nestled between Keg mountain and the Simpson mountains, and consists of 1,245 acres of land that has been farmed since the 1950s. The land came with 2,855 acre-feet of water rights.
Shareholders receive a proprietary occupancy agreement for 2 acres of land, 2 acre-feet of water rights, and agree to build an #offgrid, passive-solar home along with a barn or shop, a #greenhouse, a well, and a garden. The co-op members can sell their surplus produce through the co-op if they so choose.
For those interested, here are two videos explaining the origin and progress of "Operation Self-Reliance":
- 24-minute video: https://bit.ly/OSR-Preparedness
- 54-minute version: https://bit.ly/OSR-Intro
Homesteading neighbors help our founder harvest his garden after his open heart surgery.
Update video showing the happenings at the 140-plus resident off-grid community, Riverbed Ranch, Utah.
Speaking of tours, here's where you can see our currently-scheduled tours and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/riverbed-ranch-27972265747
About the Riverbed Ranch
The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is a non-profit agricultural co-op organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. The co-op shareholders together own all 1,245 acres of farmland known as Riverbed Ranch. It's located in Juab County on the border of Tooele County. The acreage has been divided into 250 homesteads where families can build the online-but-off-grid homestead of their dreams.
Email [email protected] (without the 7s) for our Project Summary along with relevant links. Mention how you first heard about our little town-building project.
Survey says! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTRqJea0wXc
