08/24/2025
I know that to some, the idea of crowdsourcing a farm looks like asking for “handouts.” But that framing erases both the reality of the horse world today and the history of what we’ve built.
For 20 years, we’ve been rooted on the same land. We’ve built a community where kids, families, veterans, seekers, and people from all corners of the world have found access to horses outside the show world. We’ve done this without the wealth or privilege it now seems to take just to hold onto land. And then, it came time to find a new home.
Ten years ago, the farm we’re working to purchase was $450,000. Today it’s $1.3 million. That gap is the story: land that once supported public stables is now priced into the hands of only the wealthy. Each time a farm sells, it disappears into private ownership or development.
I am one of the lucky ones—I had reserves I could leverage. But even with everything I’ve put in, the gap is still enormous. That’s why I’m turning to the wider community: to build something that doesn’t just survive, but lasts.
We’re crowdsourcing a farm because our global community is large, and the price of a cup of coffee by many people can create something lasting and much needed.
For the wealthy, this isn’t a crisis—you buy the land, you move on. For the rest of us, the doors are closing. Public riding stables, the kind that give ordinary people a chance to know horses, are vanishing.
We could keep playing the lease-and-move game until the last farm is gone. Or we can take a stand now—by purchasing and conserving a historic property, putting it under easement so it can never be lost.
This isn’t just about one business moving barns. It’s about whether the horse world becomes gated for the haves, or whether there remains space for the rest of us.
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