A sudden (much-needed) downpour made outdoor plans impossible, so a shift in focus was necessary.

The Homesteaders Co-Op concept has still been percolating in my thoughts, so tidying up the earlier diagram seemed like a productive endeavor. I left the VIVAconomy tie-ins in place, but de-emphasized them, for now, so we can go through the Co-Op side of the equation more easily. Introducing the new and improved:

HUB (Homesteads United Brand) Co-Operative!

Homesteaders Hearth

I envision this page as the homesteaders individual space. They can personalize it to showcase their homestead, administer their profile information, and track their VIVA holdings. It will also serve as a portal to the Co-Op governance entity and ballots for voting.

Education

This will be the number one priority for the Co-Op. Whether it's food preservation classes, livestock best practices, marketing know-how, home-schooling resources, or any other topic, education will be pervasive and ongoing. This page will provide links to classes, resources, and persons who have experience in their respective area of expertise.

Kitchen

A gathering place to swap recipes, learn preservation skills, links to equipment resources and local farmer's markets. This can also serve as a social media spot along with the Greenhouse. Talking gardening and recipes feels like a natural offshoot of these two spaces.

Greenhouse

Plan, track, and show off your crops! Also, provides links to growing / harvesting tips and tricks, including seed swaps, pest control, weed control, and gardening methods.

Healthy Folks

Resources for healthy nutrition, illness prevention / wellness advice, herbalists, traditional medicine, and midwives. Clusters of illness in communities would be valuable knowledge in rapid response in certain disease outbreaks.

Healthy Critters

Resources mirroring Healthy Folks, with the exception the MedicAxess records which apply to people only. The Co-Op could consider the feasibility of partnering with VIVA to expand MedicAxess to pets and livestock. Clusters of illness in animals would be valuable knowledge in rapid response in certain disease outbreaks.

General Store

All homesteaders will have a presence in the Store, if they wish. Sell what you have too much of, buy what you're running short on - and use your VIVA Coins just like fiat to do so. No fiat currency or VIVA Coins? Try a barter arrangement instead.

Bunkhouse

The 'jobs board' of the Co-Op, where you can look for work, look for workers - paid or volunteers. (Steemgigs is a good example of the concept.)

Tradeqwik Exchange

VIVA Coins, VIP retirement funds and alt coin trading occur here and will be the homesteaders 'finance department' within the Co-Op.

Discussion is open and encouraged with the goal of fine tuning the Co-Op mission. The end result, will hopefully be a working Co-Operative with input from all of its members.

Here are a few questions to get y'all started:

What you like to see a Co-Op do for you?

What skills or knowledge could you share with the Community?

Would access to classes (locally or online) be helpful to your homestead's success?

Upvote, ReSteem,

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!