[permaculture] Independent Freeholds

Gasper Family Farm farmer1 at gasperfarm.com
Tue Dec 2 20:33:04 EST 2008


wiki is useful here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee_simple

The term dates back to feudalism concepts; a state of affairs we are in
danger of seeing again.

Robert Waldrop wrote:
> Freehold is not a legal term, it is a traditional 
> word used to refer to a property owned by an 
> individual or family.  "Freeholders" = "yeoman 
> farmers" = Jefferson's ideal for the majority of 
> the population.  It is not a legal term, more of a 
> cultural reference.  Its roots are in England.
>
> Bob Waldrop, OKC
> www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org
> www.bobwaldrop.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd Siegel" <todd.siegel at gmail.com>
> To: "permaculture" 
> <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Independent Freeholds
>
>
>   
>> Hi Brent,
>>
>> I don't know either, but you piqued my 
>> interested so I did a little
>> googling.
>>
>> From 
>> http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/freehold-land.html
>>
>> A freehold is "Real property held under fee 
>> simple absolute in
>> possession."
>>
>> So from 
>> http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/fee-simple-absolute-in-possession.html
>>
>> Fee simple means:
>>
>> "Highest form of legal estate in freehold land 
>> denoting complete
>> ownership. 'fee simple' means ownership that 
>> will not end with the
>> death of the present owner but will descend to 
>> his or her heirs.
>> 'Absolute' means that owner's rights of 
>> ownership are not limited by
>> any condition. And 'inpossession' signifies 
>> immediacy of those rights.
>> Also called by its short form 'fee simple.'"
>>
>> Searches on "independent freehold" didn't turn 
>> up anything useful,
>> sorry.  I think he made that term up.  :-)
>>
>> According to his website, JHK is not accepting 
>> emails anymore or you
>> could have just asked him.  Perhaps try the book 
>> discussion forum on
>> KunstlerCast.com: 
>> http://kunstlercast.com/forum/index.php?board=6.0
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Todd
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Brent McMillan 
>> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Dear fellow Permies:
>>>
>>> Over the holiday break I read Kunstler's book, 
>>> "The Long Emergency."
>>> In
>>> the seventh, and final chapter, 'Living in the 
>>> Long Emergency' he
>>> states, "If the process of reorganizing 
>>> agriculture in America were to
>>> work favorably--especially in the form of 
>>> independent freeholds--it
>>> could have many benefits."
>>>
>>> Pardon my ignorance, but what is an 
>>> 'independent freehold'?
>>>
>>> Where can I learn more about them? What are 
>>> their strengths and
>>> weaknesses as an organizing structure?
>>>
>>> Sincerely:
>>>
>>> Brent McMillan, Steward of Wood Haven
>>> Avilla, Indiana, USA
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