Buy a farm, live off grid, and start a community—you hear people talking about this all the time. Well, back in 2020, as the pandemic was hitting a peak, we crowdfunded a 400 acre property with a campsite, golf course, and RV park in Wells Gray, British Columbia, Canada, with the intention of building a community.

I read a quote once by Robert Heinlein, and I’m paraphrasing: a human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, pitch manure, and program a computer. Specialization is for insects. I’d probably add to that: train an AI, 3D print a tool, make a video, and plant a garden. But this quote sums up the direction of our project.

I wanted to become a more capable and well-rounded person, and I wanted to give other people the opportunity to do the same.

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