Colorado cooperative offering 'free' land

[Scammer]

DENVER - With 60 acres of donated land, a couple from Arvada has started the Meadowlark Cooperative and they're giving away parcels of property for free.

Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate say with job loss and widespread foreclosures, this future town could be the answer to freedom for a lot of people.

"When customers are having a hard time paying rent and are losing their homes and are going out on the street," said Aaron Brachfeld, Vice-President of Meadowlark Cooperative. "I feel an obligation to make sure they can make a place to stay and build a new home."

"I like the animals; I like the space," said Ashley Stephens who moved to Meadowlark from California with her husband. "I don't like the city."

She's raising roosters and other animals on her free land.

They got their animals for free on Craigslist and have built a temporary home out of otherwise-wasted wooden pallets.

"I love it," said Stephens. "The fact that I'm not working for anybody else. That I'm working for me."

It's located a few miles south of I-70 and Agate, Colorado.

Brachfeld and Choate have been working on the "plan" for more than 2 years and people started moving there 2 months ago.

They farmed land in Arvada for many years and now teach people how to farm. They are authors of several farming and agriculture books.

"All I have to do is sign my name and I get a free parcel of land, no money?" asked FOX31 News reporter Sari Padorr.

"No money," replied Brachfeld.

"We don't do a background check. We don't ask criminal history. We don't ask what religion you are. We don't ask what you intend to do.

We don't even ask what species you are."

But you do have to pay for the house you build on the free land and also agree to join the Co-op. That means once a month, you either share your crop or share a small percentage of your earnings. And you don't have to farm the land if you don't want to.

"You can make, sell and trade widgets if you want to," said Brachfeld.

If you do farm and it takes a couple of years for your crops to come in, you don't pay your share until then. That monthly money will go toward turning Meadowlark into a town that has a school, library, general store and its own doctor.

There are some rules and regulations that have been put together by its members and overseen by a lawyer, but if you don't like them, as a member you can change them.

By a vote of course, which could be held by members voting through text messaging.

"It's freedom," said Brachfeld. "It's what you need to do, it's what you want to do, and it's what you can afford to do."

 

[elbertsherriff]

these people have unsuspecting people move out and sign their rights away, when they decide they have broken their rules they take their land and steal all their stuff, dont beleive it call elbert county sherriffs office and ask

 

[Mcot]

these people have unsuspecting people move out and sign their rights away, when they decide they have broken their rules they take their land and steal all their stuff, dont beleive it call elbert county sherriffs office and ask

I have called the Elbert County sheriffs department and they said they don't have any problems with Meadowlark Cooperative, That would make you a liar sir! Call for your self and see(303-621-2027) . Allays check statements that slander!!

 

[CASPER]

I have called the Elbert County sheriffs department and they said they don't have any problems with Meadowlark Cooperative, That would make you a liar sir! Call for your self and see(303-621-2027) . Allays check statements that slander!!

this is past down from local news CBMAC did not lie if there is someone lie ing is the new reporters

 

[RichardFord]

Don't believe the hype. The man who operates this 'cooperative' is a covetous sociopath. He's running a very clever but very basic little scam.

He will tell you that meadowlark has a mortgage agreement with one bumblebee corporation. According to this mortgage agreement he will channel meadowlarks public funds to make that payment. What he won't tell you is that bumblebee corporation consists of his father and step mother, and the business address is in fact his fathers house. His daddy owns the land and gave it to him- every time meadowlark makes a mortage payment it's either going to him or his father. The brachfelds are a very powerful family in colorado, they hire one of colorados most effective lawyers. They've already had a lawsuit with elbert county and won- that's why elbert county will stay hands off if you ask them about the meadowlark cooperative.

Also, the groundwater is contaminated with sulphur and agro chemicals. Trust me when I say that moving here would be the largest mistake you've made in your life.

They actively target their advertisement at hispanics who do not speak english. Then they tell them they are signing a 'deed' to their land, a deed which says right at the top 'rental and lease agreement'. This man is not capable of shame.

 

[meadowlark cooperative]

Don't believe the hype. The man who operates this 'cooperative' is a covetous sociopath. He's running a very clever but very basic little scam.

He will tell you that meadowlark has a mortgage agreement with one bumblebee corporation. According to this mortgage agreement he will channel meadowlarks public funds to make that payment. What he won't tell you is that bumblebee corporation consists of his father and step mother, and the business address is in fact his fathers house. His daddy owns the land and gave it to him- every time meadowlark makes a mortage payment it's either going to him or his father. The brachfelds are a very powerful family in colorado, they hire one of colorados most effective lawyers. They've already had a lawsuit with elbert county and won- that's why elbert county will stay hands off if you ask them about the meadowlark cooperative.

Also, the groundwater is contaminated with sulphur and agro chemicals. Trust me when I say that moving here would be the largest mistake you've made in your life.

They actively target their advertisement at hispanics who do not speak english. Then they tell them they are signing a 'deed' to their land, a deed which says right at the top 'rental and lease agreement'. This man is not capable of shame.

Time for fact checking, Richard Ford.
* Meadowlark owns its own land.
* Meadowlark changes leadership often. Richard Ford was once the President, and was recalled from office before even the short 3 month term was up. To avoid the shameless libel and slander Richard is known for, and as it is unessential why, it is enough said.
* Meadowlark has fought pro-se against elbert county, and continues to do so. If there were a fairy godfather, a lawyer might be handy? Unlike when Richard was President, all members know about the current legal and financial situations of the cooperative, and cooperatively manage them through committees and a structured set of bylaws.
* Meadowlark's ground water is tested and proven to be safe.
* The current Vice President and next President is a hispanic, who ensures that all documents are translated in writing and spoken into not only Spanish, but whatever language is easiest to read or hear.
* As a cooperative, the members hold the deed to the land cooperatively and lease back lands they own. This allows separation of lands without unitization, a system voted upon by the members annually. It would not be much of a deed or a scam printing "rental and lease agreement" at the top, would it Richard?

Meadowlark's phone number is (720) 295 5275, and the email to meadowlark is meadowlarkcolorado (at) gmail.com. We have an open books, open records policy, even to the public. You are free to inquire and fact check. This keeps the cooperative not only honest, but also functioning maximially: cooperative democracy really does work better than any other business model.

 

[RichardFord]

Time for fact checking, Richard Ford.
* Meadowlark owns its own land.
* Meadowlark changes leadership often. Richard Ford was once the President, and was recalled from office before even the short 3 month term was up. To avoid the shameless libel and slander Richard is known for, and as it is unessential why, it is enough said.
* Meadowlark has fought pro-se against elbert county, and continues to do so. If there were a fairy godfather, a lawyer might be handy? Unlike when Richard was President, all members know about the current legal and financial situations of the cooperative, and cooperatively manage them through committees and a structured set of bylaws.
* Meadowlark's ground water is tested and proven to be safe.
* The current Vice President and next President is a hispanic, who ensures that all documents are translated in writing and spoken into not only Spanish, but whatever language is easiest to read or hear.
* As a cooperative, the members hold the deed to the land cooperatively and lease back lands they own. This allows separation of lands without unitization, a system voted upon by the members annually. It would not be much of a deed or a scam printing "rental and lease agreement" at the top, would it Richard?

Meadowlark's phone number is (720) 295 5275, and the email to meadowlark is meadowlarkcolorado (at) gmail.com. We have an open books, open records policy, even to the public. You are free to inquire and fact check. This keeps the cooperative not only honest, but also functioning maximially: cooperative democracy really does work better than any other business model.

Let's look at this rationally. If that's possible for you Aaron. I resigned from the bogus title of 'president' because you would not open the books and let the members of the co-op inspect it's legal documents and corporate history. When I tried to pry into meadowlarks history, to safeguard the people investing money in it, you and your wife had to spend two to three weeks re-configuring the books. That's fishy enough for me.

You said meadowlarks ground water is safe. You say a lot of things Aaron. I lived there for nine months and never saw any proof of that. What I did see evidence of was the sulphur content of your water and the oily sheen on top which could only come from agro chemicals.

Members hold a 'deed' to their land? Really? I've never seen a deed that says 'rental and lease agreement' at the top. Interesting.

Good stuff. Rich.