Cosby Co-op

For those who love life in the Mountains.

Social/economic network for neighbors in Sevier and Cocke Counties in Tennessee.

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Store Or Starve

Started by Ning The Merciless in Emergency Preparedness Jan 21.

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Cosby Coop Calendar Project

Started by Ning The Merciless in Cosby Co-op Forum Jan 20.

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Cocke County Website

Started by Ning The Merciless in Vox Populi Jan 12.

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GypseyBarterAndShare

Started by Ning The Merciless in Frugal Living Jan 11.

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Health Aid And Regional Clinics

Started by Ning The Merciless in Home Medicine Jan 7.

Nancy Cunningham

Healthcare

Started by Nancy Cunningham in Skill Pool Jan 6.

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Interactive Unemployment Map

Started by Ning The Merciless in Emergency Preparedness Jan 4.

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Cosby Co-op Looking For A Circle Of Committed Citzen Activists To Build The Future 2 Replies

Started by Ning The Merciless in Cosby Co-op Forum. Last reply by Ning The Merciless Jan 6.

Kathy Ahweh

Healing Choices 11 Replies

Started by Kathy Ahweh in Skill Pool. Last reply by Ning The Merciless Jan 18.

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Local Food Security Enterprise Study

Started by Ning The Merciless in Vox Populi Dec. 10, 2009.

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"We are severely economically challenged..."

Started by Ning The Merciless in Vox Populi Dec. 6, 2009.

IsobellAmor

Horse painter

Started by IsobellAmor in Skill Pool Dec. 6, 2009.

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Cosby Co-op Joins The Community Exchange System

Started by Ning The Merciless in Co-op Classifieds Dec. 2, 2009.

Amelia Taylor

Hippie House Needs Roomate 1 Reply

Started by Amelia Taylor in Co-op Classifieds. Last reply by Kathy Ahweh Dec. 4, 2009.

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Smokytopia.com

Started by Ning The Merciless in Cosby Co-op Forum Nov. 24, 2009.

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Value Added Kitchen

Started by Ning The Merciless in Cosby Co-op Forum Nov. 23, 2009.

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Theenergyfarm.ning.com 1 Reply

Started by Ning The Merciless in Co-op Classifieds. Last reply by Sarah Kellum Dec. 6, 2009.

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Marketplace Application Added To Cosby Co-op

Started by Ning The Merciless in Co-op Classifieds Nov. 7, 2009.

Steve

Manure for garden

Started by Steve in Co-op Classifieds Nov. 7, 2009.

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What Is Cosby Co-op

Cosby Co-op is an economic community centered around Cosby Tennessee in the USA. The Co-operative is designed to be a place where news, survival tips, trades, and skills, can be shared for the mutual benefit of the Citizens of Cocke and Sevier Counties. You do NOT have to be a resident of Sevier and Cocke Counties to join the Co-op.

Note: This first page only lists the LATEST activity. To see all of what is offered you must click on the "Classified" tab and select from the list of categories. This is where the action is!

News;
The Co-op has added a new application under the "Marketplace" Tab to make it easier to enter and find wants and offers.

To learn about The Sevier And Cocke Counties Digital Exchange visit http://scde.trancetechno.com/

Also:
The fine folks who run Strange Brew Coffeehouse, and Cosmic Ties T-Shirts next door are having a tough time due to the closing of rt 40. They are ardent supporters of local community and we have all shared many great potlucks at the shop, so please make a special effort to drop by and buy some of their excellent coffee and t-shirts. 557 Wilton Springs Road, Newport TN

Latest Activity

James SNAKE LOOK at Your TREES BROKEN & DEAD WOOD
on Saturday
Ning The Merciless and Kathy Ahweh are now friends
January 21
Ning The Merciless added a discussion
Store or StarveA beginner’s guide to food storageby Ron ShirtzGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. ~ Proverbs 6:6I want people to store food not only for their sake, but for mine as well. I don’t want to decide which of my k…
January 21
Ning The Merciless added a discussion
The bad news is that in the year since I last looked at the website Cafepress has dropped the multi-image calendar they once offered. I've been researching other possibilities but they are all prohibitively expensive if we want a calendar that hold…
January 20
Kathy; Here is the youtube URL for How to have a home with no house payments and no utility bills! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJsDOD0dTQI&feature=player_embedded You can find it on Cosby co-op by clicking on the "videos" tab at the top of the p…
January 18
What is the link to the u-tube showing how to build a little cabin "from scratch"? I've been searching the cosby co-op website but I can't seem to find it. Thanks.
January 18
Questions are no problem, in fact I prefer the company of people with active minds. No I came to the mountains about twenty years ago, was raised in Western NY. I've always had an interest in growing things, but here in the Smokys is where I have fo…
January 14
I'm excited about this! I'm going to look up these herbs you listed and study them so I can know them better when you show them to me. Did you grow up in the Smoky Mts? Is that how you know so much about the herbs growing here? How did you learn? I'…
January 14

Blog Posts

rytrwanab

PLANTING BY THE MOON

Hello again from the presently cold wet holler. Today boys and girls we are going to be talking about a subject that will be very familiar to many of you – the Moon. What, you may ask, does the Moon have to do with gardening? My answer is simple- EVERYTHING!!!!!! I have actually done some experiments with planting and not planting by the signs of the Moon and I’m here to tell you it really does make a difference in how well, or not, your garden grows.

When you start thinking of planting by the… Continue

Posted by rytrwanab on December 31, 2009 at 4:24pm

rytrwanab

Calling all dedicated gardeners

Good morning Everyone!

I hope everyone's holidays were joyous and filled with laughter.

Well, it's also that OTHER time of year.......when hard-core dirt-smiths start drooling on the way to the mailbox in anticipation of all the glossy new seed catalogs that have recently started appearing there. If you're like me by mid-February your entire coffee table will be piled high with these colorful treasures and if you were to suddenly hit the lotto you'd have about a thousand dollars worth of seeds… Continue

Posted by rytrwanab on December 26, 2009 at 11:50am — 1 Comment

Ning The Merciless

What Is A Community Exchange And How Does It Work?

Sometimes in parlous times simple ideas are the most radical of all.

A Community Exchange is an internet tool that allows Buyers and Sellers to record their transactions for all to see. As a Trader you list a series of "Offerings" which can be a product, a service, or a skill you can teach. A buyer accepts your offer and when he/she is satisfied with value received credits your account using "Mountain Bux" in the agreed upon amount. You may now use your accumulated M$ to trade for other offerin… Continue

Posted by Ning The Merciless on December 2, 2009 at 8:00am

Ning The Merciless

OPEN SOURCE INSURGENCY THROUGH SOFTWARE TOOLS

Copy/paste from John Robb's excellent site Global Guerrillas
http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
OPEN SOURCE INSURGENCY THROUGH SOFTWARE TOOLS

Many people that want to organize groups online, typically attempt to do this through a site dedicated to a specific topic, an inflammatory article/video, etc. This is a fairly arduous and suboptimal process. A better approach is to build a site that enables people to ac… Continue

Posted by Ning The Merciless on November 21, 2009 at 7:23am

Ning The Merciless

Leveraging The Internet To Make Money Locally

Leveraging The Internet To Make Money Locally


Just as no dark cloud fails to have a silver lining, so to are economic crashes fraught with opportunity. By extrapolating a bit from current trends we can deduce where the cash flow will be heading in the near term and a little hustle can place us under the money funnel when it gets there.

Before we start let me define cash flow as broadly as possible here. I don’t mean just the exchange of dollars, but include all manner of “value.” A bar… Continue

Posted by Ning The Merciless on November 19, 2009 at 8:45am

Co-op News

The Cosby Co-operative is offered as a free service to the Citizens of Sevier and Cocke Counties.

It is designed as a platform to knit together those dangling threads of social and economic impulses that make a "community" out of a neighborhood. Times were always pretty tough in the Appalachians but it looks like they are getting tougher and the sooner we all pull together and understand that no one is going to make it entirely by themselves the better off we will be. Those among us who are computer savvy understand what a tremendous resource the Internet is and this is our way of leveraging that advantage to the betterment of all.

Currently the Co-op is the fastest growing community in the Smokys and it is only a question of time before we become an economic and political force to be reckoned with. An informed, activist, polity is the very heart of both political and economic power. Seize the day!

Everybody has something to offer, skill, talent, knowledge, or products, we are all at the same table on this project. So let the trading begin! Play hard! Play fair! And no hitting.

Disclaimer Users are responsible for their own content, trades and tax consequences of bartering on the Cosby Co-operative..

W 50's Country 87.9 FM

Our very own pirate radio station right here in Cosby at 87.9FM on your radio dial. If you can't get it on your radio then try the streaming broadcasts on the Internet at...

http://w50scountry.tripod.com/

 
 
 

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