A DIFFERENT VALUE PROPOSITION

The value proposition in the acquisition of this ranch is not measured or assessed in the typical dollar per acre exchange. This ranch is NOT valuable as a parcel that one could speculatively buy to subdivide into more sprawling subdivisions for profit. This land is protected in perpetuity and so are the surrounding ranches in this scenic section of the Crystal River Valley. This place becomes more precious each year as more crucial agricultural land is sullied into housing and commercial development. This place will remain as you see it today forever in an agricultural open space. The value proposition here then is a profound hope to continue the preservation and regeneration of living soil the bedrock of our health and well-being for generations to come. 

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“I and our team of soil laboratory technicians have personally handled Sustainable Settings’ soil samples for eight years. We run soils through over 40 different testing procedures with the Haney, PLFA and S-5 conventional soil testing methods to measure the life in the soil and test differing soils from many and diverse regional soils types and combinations of management, and we have found Sustainable Settings soils to be in the top 1% of soil health gains in the over 140,000 farm soil tests that we have conducted. Whatever it is that Sustainable Settings’ is doing on and in the ground with their “Biodynamic and Beyond”, as they call it, land stewardship they have hit on a winning combination. As a scientist I search for sound hard data and I can also say this: Not only is Sustainable Settings gaining ground their food tastes great!”

 —  LANCE GUNDERSON, Founder & Director of Soil Health and New Test Development of Regen Ag Lab in Pleasanton, NE (previously 17-years at Ward Labs in Kearney, NE as head of their soil lab division)

We came to The Roaring Fork Valley in 1997 with the goals of finding a place and healing it. We set out to explore the relationship of soil health to our health. In the last two decades we have pioneered and combined many stewardship practices and discovered how we can heal the land and ourselves. This research changed our thinking to be more aligned with Nature’s economy, encouraging shifts in our dialog with the life we co-create with in our agrarian exchanges. We discovered that Nature was not only our measure but our guide as well. Sustainable Settings has accomplished our original vision of healing a place. 

For more information or a tour you may contact Brook LeVan, Director via 970-618-8599 or email brook@sustainablesettings.org