https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kw4wq-1a8a9f0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Join us for this deep-dive conversation with the Co-Founders of The Farmer’s Land Trust, Ian McSweeney and Kristina Villa, as we discuss the origin story of the important work they are doing to secure land tenure for young farmers while creating a solution for working farmsContinue reading “The Farmer’s Land Trust Podcast”
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2025 in Review & What’s ahead
Hi all! This is Holly Noonan, Crooked Forest’s Executive Director. As we look back on what we accomplished in 2025, I wanted to process the year we had as a way to mentally prepare for what is coming next, and to share that with you. January: Joe Kennedy and I were invited into our localContinue reading “2025 in Review & What’s ahead”
Our Home Designs
Our three small-footprint, non-toxic, fireproof adobe home designs are ready!Why does “affordable housing” have to wear out before your mortgage is over?These homes are designed to last for 300 years. What makes these affordable?1.) They are small. Small is Beautiful! 2.) They will be built on district utilities, like in an RV park or manufacturedContinue reading “Our Home Designs”
Download our App! Be part of the Solution
Hey there! you may prefer to get into mud up to your elbows rather than have a new way to be on your screen. We get that. But if you’d like to be involved in a community conversation about sustainable community development right here right now, we have created a space for you. The factContinue reading “Download our App! Be part of the Solution”
The Prospera Partners Process for Crooked Forest
Join Joe and Holly for a conversation about the organizational audit and optimization process that we went through with our nonprofit consultants, Prospera Partners. We reviewed all of our foundational paperwork before delving into a values conversation, drafting a memorandum of understanding and then designing how we would like our board process and community engagementContinue reading “The Prospera Partners Process for Crooked Forest”
New Video– Prototype Cabin
Thank you to Escher Bowers of Freeman Films for putting together this video on the construction of our Thrival Cabin Prototype! This short film is 11 minutes long and features the audio of when Joe Kennedy and Holly Noonan were interviewed on KURU 89.1 FM community radio. While we are SO proud to show youContinue reading “New Video– Prototype Cabin”
Hurray for Give Grandly 2025!
The following is the text on our Give Grandly Fundraising Page. In 2024, we purchased 52 acres in the Mimbres Valley without a bank loan. This will become our Education Campus over the next ten years. We will practice by building our designs on this land, and then move to building for the Grant CountyContinue reading “Hurray for Give Grandly 2025!”
2025 Lincoln Institute Fellowship Cohort
Our Executive Director, Holly Noonan, just got selected to the Lincoln Institute For Land Policy’s Lincoln Vibrant Communities 2025 Fellowship Cohort 🎉 In this Fellowship, she will learn to: >>>Address critical and complex challenges facing counties and cities, such as housing, climate readiness, land use and water management, transportation, municipal finance, and social equity >>>LearnContinue reading “2025 Lincoln Institute Fellowship Cohort”
February Mimbres Messenger Column
Greetings Mimbres Valley! The Board of Directors at Crooked Forest Institute would like to invite you to come for a walk with us on the 52 acres that the nonprofit purchased in October of 2024. Join us for a walk around the property on Saturday, March 22nd at 10am. It is located on the westContinue reading “February Mimbres Messenger Column”
Joe and Holly on KURU- Local Flavor
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6qzne-17eca8b Tune in for this 27 minute segment on the January 24th “Local Flavor” show, when Joe and Holly talk about the origin story of Crooked Forest Institute, and what they see coming for 2025.
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