The document proposes transitioning to more sustainable living and farming practices through cooperative communities called "Beforests". Beforests would have small land holdings in large cooperative farms with 70-75% perennials. They would focus on sustainability over profits and community over isolation. Members would share resources, risks, produce and profits. The document describes three potential Beforest locations in India and provides contact information for more details.

1. Transitioning
Better living & farming

2. Why?
Food
Stress
Inequality
Economy
Climate
Community

3. Health
Industrial Food
Industrial Schedules

4. Economy
Growth
Externalized Costs
Inequality

5. The
Commons
Climate change
Soil - Carbon/Water
6th Mass Extinction
Science!

6. The Human
Experience
Isolation
The Games We Play
Community

7. Permaculture

8. The Beforest
Idea
Collectives
Sustainability, not RoI
Long term, not immediate
Forests, not farms
Fair Share. Earth Care.

9. The Beforest
Model
Small holdings in a large
cooperative farm
A home for all
70-75% perennials (trees)
Sustainable water, energy, food,
economy
Shared risks, resources, produce,
P&L, enthusiasm, vision

10. The Beforest
Options
A 127 acre Wilderness Collective in
Coorg with a diverse plantation.
Options from 1.1acres
A 50+ acre farming collective 75km
from Bangalore. 1.2acres each
A 94+ acre farming collective
100km from the Airport-ORR exit in
Hyderabad. 1.25 acres each

12. Connect
hello@beforest.co
+91-98451-80207 (Sameer)
+91-91672-70272 (Sunith)
http://beforest.co