Land for Lease in Snowflake, Arizona

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The Arizona OSR Land Co-op is a non-profit land developer that is creating Arizona's largest resident-owned, off-grid, self-reliance homesteading community.

The Co-op is part of the "Operation Self-Reliance Initiative". The mission of Operation Self-Reliance (OSR) is to help families and individuals transition from a city lifestyle of dependencies to a country culture of self-reliance, with like-minded neighbors, each on their own 2+ acre sustainable self-reliant homestead -- which is the core building block of an OSR agricultural land cooperative.

The foundation and core principle of an OSR community is the sustainable self-reliant 2-acre homestead. A community's true strength is measured by the well-being of all its members. By creating a network of 200+ self-reliant homesteads, each bringing their own creative diversity to their homestead, one creates a community with a wide breadth and deep depth of knowledge, skills and wisdom.

Details

Benefits of Co-op membership:

• Pick of a 2.0 to 2.4 acre lot for your exclusive use (first-come, first-served),
• Access to the co-op's tool and equipment rentals (so you don't have to buy tools you'll rarely use. Rental fees go towards maintenance.)
• Use of a cabin on the property while you build, if needed (and if available), Rental fees go towards maintenance and cleaning, and rental rates are reduced for members.
• Shared use of the community greenhouse for 1 season while you're building your greenhouse,
• Once a new member completely builds out their homestead, they become a full member and can vote for board members and on issues brought to the members by the board.
• Ability to sell your surplus produce through our co-op store,
• Group purchases of products and services needed to build your agricultural homestead,
• Eventually, you get what no other community can offer! 249 neighbors who are producing all their own food, water and power.
• We are developing a homesteading manual to take a LOT of the guesswork out of what it takes to produce all your own food. Each member will receive one.

Membership Obligations

Each new member agrees to build the following within 3 years:

• A passive solar home, of at least 600 square feet, that requires minimal energy to heat or cool. We recommend at least 800 square feet of living space.
• Shop or Barn for animals and/or storage (no minimum size)
• Greenhouse, minimum 600 square feet, 1,200 recommended.
• Garden/orchard,
• A water well and storage tanks,
• Solar power system, and
• County-approved sanitation system.

The Arizona OSR Land Co-op is legally organized as a non-profit marketing cooperative under Arizona law. The plan is to market members' surplus produce under the OSR co-op's organic foods brand. So, your 2+ acre lot will need to be agriculturally productive. There are two ways to accomplish that: 1. Owner/Operator makes the land productive, or 2. You own, but someone else operates. In other words, you don't have to live on your land, it just needs to be agriculturally productive.