About this episode

John Bush interviews River and Imani about their off-grid community project at Haven Village in Tennessee.

I'm out at Haven Village right now... spending the next couple weeks on the land, connecting with members, and dialing in the private realm side of the project. So I figured there was no better time to sit down with River and Imani and pull back the curtain on what they're building out here. Haven Village is a 216-acre regenerative development in Tennessee, built entirely in the private realm... trust-stewarded land, organized through a PMA, under a ministry of nature. River and Imani aren't talking about exit and build. They're living it. Hemp homes going up, regenerative agriculture in the ground, real people moving onto real land. In this conversation we get into: - What it actually takes to develop land in the private realm... trust, PMA, and ministry structure explained- The hemp home build-out and the regenerative agriculture plan for the property- The wins, the setbacks, and the lessons you only learn by doing it- How a community like this holds together when the founders are stewards, not owners We also talk about how River, Imani, and Haven Village will be featured at Exit & Build 6 this November at Sovereignty Ranch in the Texas Hill Country... the workshops they'll…

People in this episode

Host: John Bush

Guests: River, Imani

Topics covered

• off-grid community
• private realm
• regenerative agriculture
• trust stewardship
• PMA
• community building

Keywords

• off-grid
• community
• Haven Village
• regenerative development
• PMA
• trust
• hemp homes
• agriculture
• sovereignty

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Haven Village, Tennessee, Sovereignty Ranch, Texas Hill Country

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