OSE Deep Value Proposition

Imagine being surrounded by 30 of the most exciting people on earth.

By exciting, I mean people whose core value is nonviolence - meaning not participating in environmental and social injustices associated with geopolitical compromise systems (The Matrix).

The implementation of this is a community, a replicable one, which converts local feedstocks into the lifestuff of modern civilization.

I have a dream. Factor e Farm is this experiment, on 30 acres, and I am committed to demonstrating the above is feasible even on a 30 acre scale. Years ago Michel Bauens of the Peer to Peer Foundation has questioned whether this could be The Most Important Social Experiment in the World.

Timing

With a buildup to 30 full time developers by year-end 2013, we expect the community to achieve complete autonomy by year-end 2015. This means the core GVCS 50 deployed down to the ability to bootstrap another complete economy on a 40 acre scale within a time period of 1 year for replication at a cost of $10k in materials + land.

Approach Strategy

"All revolutions start in the countryside." - ungrounded claim by MJ, but apt.

Land Stewardship Contract

The essence of our work is transformation of the world, and such transformation begins with land stewardship. Our deployment plan involves a collaborating investment from one community member who provides a land parcel on the 40 acre scale. There are strings attached: the donor sets this land up in trust, with a Board of Directors chosen from trusted OSE members - set aside as a site of permanent future heritage. The donor loses equitable interest in the land, while gaining full autonomy in collaboration with the community membership.