FS: One Hutterite Colony

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Calgarypuck commune anyone?

Soaring land prices made it impossible for the Rocky View Hutterite Colony to purchase land to expand its operations. Now the entire colony is up for sale. Its price tag: a cool $25 million.

In addition to several homes, a schoolhouse and a main building perched on rolling hills overlooking the mountains, the colony includes a diverse agricultural operation. There’s a state-of-the-art hog farm, chickens bred for meat and eggs, free-range beef and a feed mill to keep them all fed.

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...f22c14&k=63851

Wow, 25 million buys a lot of bonnets. I'm sure there's a land developer somewhere drooling over the land somewhere.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Calgarypuck commune anyone?

Soaring land prices made it impossible for the Rocky View Hutterite Colony to purchase land to expand its operations. Now the entire colony is up for sale. Its price tag: a cool $25 million.

In addition to several homes, a schoolhouse and a main building perched on rolling hills overlooking the mountains, the colony includes a diverse agricultural operation. There’s a state-of-the-art hog farm, chickens bred for meat and eggs, free-range beef and a feed mill to keep them all fed.

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...f22c14&k=63851

Wow, 25 million buys a lot of bonnets. I'm sure there's a land developer somewhere drooling over the land somewhere.

Not interested, but if you hear about the next "studding season" let me know.

[J pold]

I little of topic but, Hutterites make damn good cucumbers

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by J pold

I little of topic but, Hutterites make damn good cucumbers

Do you mean pickles? Or grow good cucumbers?

[Azure]

Originally Posted by J pold

I little of topic but, Hutterites make damn good cucumbers

How can you make cucumbers? Little off topic here, but what exactly are you getting at?

[J pold]

O.K. O.K. they grow damn good cucumbers, and no not pickles the real deal full grown cucumbers

[Azure]

Originally Posted by J pold

O.K. O.K. they grow damn good cucumbers, and no not pickles the real deal full grown cucumbers

They also grow a lot of other good things. Like buns, for example.

[Cowperson]

Great article/photo essay on Hutterites in National Geographic this month.

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n...nds/index.html

If its all about land and farming, then they would do what other area farmers are doing . . . . . selling in the Calgary area and moving into the Grande Prairie area or western Saskatchewan where they can use the same money to buy infinitely more land.

However, I think you'll see some consolidation of Hutterite colonies in the coming years . . . . . they might not be as successful as they used to be.

About ten years ago in the Grande Prairie area, I went to a Hutterite Shivaree . . . . a pretty interesting and illuminating experience with some ribald jokes and the whiskey bottle coming out.

Cowperson

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Not interested, but if you hear about the next "studding season" let me know.

So, you like "Blanket Parties," do ya?

[Neeper]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

Great article/photo essay on Hutterites in National Geographic this month.

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n...nds/index.html

I read that article in my monthy issue. It was a very good read. I had the chance to visit a Hutterite colony when I was in grade 2. It was an experience I'll never forget. Even when I was young, I couldn't imagine living such a simple life. Churning my own butter was cool though.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Reaper

So, you like "Blanket Parties," do ya?

Damn, looks like I need to add another post to the "Dirty Little Secrets" thread.

EDIT: Actually, I'll be honest, I have no clue waht a Blanket Party is, but it sounds fun.

[KevanGuy]

Originally Posted by Reaper

So, you like "Blanket Parties," do ya?

Hey, and you make a few bucks at the same time! Its win-win!

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Damn, looks like I need to add another post to the "Dirty Little Secrets" thread.

EDIT: Actually, I'll be honest, I have no clue waht a Blanket Party is, but it sounds fun.

it involves a van, a blanket and a hole.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

it involves a van, a blanket and a hole.

And an old dude seated in the corner, smoking a pipe with his arms crossed, giving you the side eye.

Easy money!!

(from what I hear)

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by J pold

O.K. O.K. they grow damn good cucumbers, and no not pickles the real deal full grown cucumbers

They grow good everything. One of the best meals I ever ate was at a Hutterite Colony during a field trip in grade 5. It's making me hungry just thinking about it. Chicken, stuffing, buns, corn, gravy, butter, pie for dessert. Maybe a cucumber was involved, I don't remember, but the whole meal was delicious. No wonder you never see a skinny Hutterite.

Did anyone else get that field trip? Thinking about it, what a crazy thing it was. We marched around there observing various Hutterites doing various Hutterite things. We even went into the school and watched the Hutterite children being schooled. It was like visiting the zoo.

[Bobblehead]

Shouldn't this thread be in the "Buy and Sell" forum?

[J pold]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

They grow good everything. One of the best meals I ever ate was at a Hutterite Colony during a field trip in grade 5. It's making me hungry just thinking about it. Chicken, stuffing, buns, corn, gravy, butter, pie for dessert. Maybe a cucumber was involved, I don't remember, but the whole meal was delicious. No wonder you never see a skinny Hutterite.

Did anyone else get that field trip? Thinking about it, what a crazy thing it was. We marched around there observing various Hutterites doing various Hutterite things. We even went into the school and watched the Hutterite children being schooled. It was like visiting the zoo.

They do grow good everything, my grandfather used to live in Lethbridge and he would always barder with the hutterites for all types of things, probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen

[gordo67]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

They grow good everything. One of the best meals I ever ate was at a Hutterite Colony during a field trip in grade 5. It's making me hungry just thinking about it. Chicken, stuffing, buns, corn, gravy, butter, pie for dessert. Maybe a cucumber was involved, I don't remember, but the whole meal was delicious. No wonder you never see a skinny Hutterite.

Did anyone else get that field trip? Thinking about it, what a crazy thing it was. We marched around there observing various Hutterites doing various Hutterite things. We even went into the school and watched the Hutterite children being schooled. It was like visiting the zoo.

That last line was the funniest thing I have read in a long time.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

(from what I hear)

Thats the thing. Nobody has ever done it, but everyone has heard of "the blanket" or "this Hutterite was in a bar in Coleman and he told my friend's brother's buddy that he could nail his daughter in the van if he bought him a drink".

I think it's Alberta's official Urban Myth.

[Eddie Bronze]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Shouldn't this thread be in the "Buy and Sell" forum?

Why? You think someone on here is going to buy it?