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Freedom House, Casa de la Libertad

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Commenced:	01/12/2013
Submitted:	27/12/2013
Last updated:	07/10/2015
Location:	Urban/Rural, Jarabacoa, La Vega, Province, DO
Phone:	829-929-7227
Website:	under construction
Climate zone:	Wet Tropical

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Freedom House, Casa de la Libertad

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Rural, Residential, Commercial, Community, Demonstration, Educational, Permaculture Local Group Transition Town Permablitz

Project Summary

My new home and project will showcase a self sustaining project, research, demonstration and educational center to show and teach people what is possible on about 1/2 acre of land

Project Description

Freedom House is my new semi secluded home 5 minutes from beautiful downtown Jarabacoa 1700 feet in elevation with 1000 feet of riverfront property. The area is covered in mountains, valleys and majestic, supernatural views.I have about a 1/2 acre of land with several centuries old canopy trees, several varieties of bananas, coffee, tropical flowers, oranges, limes.

This will be expanded upon with a wide variety of indigenous and imported varieties, worm farm, behives, ducks, gesse, chickens and appropriate agro-ecology permaculture methodologies.

This is one of several projects I am working on with local business people and community members that will address food security, soverneighty, community health and building self sustaining communites.

We are presently working on developing several research projects at different elevations in the area going all the way up to the highest peak in the Caribbean, Pico Duarte.

The objective is to research and develop varieties of fruits, vegetables, nut (macadamia and others) herbs, spices, flowers and medicinal plants for local and export markets.

I will be accepting woofers and vistors as my new home has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. And I will be building a couple Taino Bohios (thatched huts) right on the river and central to the garden, raised beds, ourdoor cooking area, including a Pompeei Oven and IMU a Hawaiian Style Earth Oven, outdoor Cabana etc.

Visitors, guests will be encouraged and welcomed. Especially those with permaculture experience interested in adding their creativity to the project!

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