The Kirksville Kiwanis Club welcomed Julia Jack-Scott to speak at their Jan. 18 meeting. Jack-Scott is with the Bear Creek Community Land Trust, which is an intentional community situated on 184 acres of land outside of La Plata. She presented on the community and its mission to uplift the health of people and the earth by weaving their lives together in an inclusive, interdependent community. Pictured, from left, are Kirksville Kiwanis Club President Dan McGurk, Jack-Scott, and Kirksville Kiwanis Club President Elect Ted Frushour.
There's a community of homesteaders that live practically in our backyard in northeast Missouri that many have never heard of. I think that's kind of the idea since they are an off-the-grid community. However, there's a new video that tells the story of how they live this unique lifestyle in a community in northeast Missouri.