This is our monthly community delegation report. Our initial call for delegations was mid-December 2018. Since then we have already received many generous delegations from within our community, as well as from folks that saw what we are doing and want to support our efforts.

We are proud of the fact that our delegations are coming without the promise of financial incentive. Rather our delegators are supporting our effort based on what we stand for and the value we are adding to steem and to our communities.

At the time of writing this we have received:

13,308 SP in delegations

Thank you very much delegators! I want to give a special thank you to @papa-pepper, @pennsif, @yabapmatt, @diggndeeper.com, @allcapsonezero, and @realself who continue to maintain extremely generous delegations to @homesteaderscoop. Thank you!

Our use of delegations to support our community is fully transparent and is outlined below.

Here is what we are currently doing with our Steem Power:

Voting for Contributors

Our contributors are our leaders and our voices. They in part are helping steer where we are headed as a community. They are helping to highlight our vendors, explain our ethics, spur relevant discussions and engage steem as official ambassadors of our marketplace. Our contributors are receiving both beneficiary payout from our @homesteaderscoop blog as well as up-votes on their individual accounts in recognition of their team efforts.

Voting for Vendors

Our vendors are steem individuals and families that are dedicated to sustainability in their lives. Many are willing to put their financial security on the line to do so - or go to extra lengths in order to make ends meet while they pursue sustainability. Our up-votes to our vendors are meant to help provide some additional reward for our vendors as a thank you for choosing to incorporate some aspect of sustainability and/or ethical care of the earth into their lifestyle and business choices.

Voting for Excellent Community Posts

Our community account is being managed by our group of Contributors. We are sharing the responsibility of voting, commenting and re-steeming. We each take turns on a weekly basis. Our contributors will identify and up-vote excellent posts in the realm of sustainability, homesteading, gardening and related topics. We may up-vote other community members and we also tend to up-vote content that does a nice job of highlighting Homesteaders Co-op and supporting of our vision and mission.

Voting for Charitable Organizations

We are sending upvotes to @pennsif's @adollaraday charity which supports directing charitable donations to many "on the ground" charities.

Further we are upvoting @familyprotection's comments to support @canadiancoconut's work to keep families and their children together.

Voting on our own Posts for Growth

We are shamelessly voting on our own posts in order to continue to grow our SP which we can use for all of the goals we've outlined here in this post.

Voting for Witnesses by Proxy

We use our @homesteaderscoop account to vote for steem witnesses by proxy for our community members, including those that delegate 100 sp or more to our community account. Please see our latest monthly Witness Voting Report for more details.

Outgoing Delegations

We are running a retention campaign, which is currently being led by @nateonsteemit. We are delegating out small amounts of SP (~30) to #homesteading, #gardening, #permaculture, #sustainability newcomers to the steem platform. We hope to help overcome the Resource Credit (mana) limitations for some newcomers and do our part to assist in retention of new steem-comers that show promise and value for the steem community at large.

Currently we are delegating to the following new accounts. Please feel free to visit some and show them your love!

@bluntcrypto, @circulartimes, @dansgardening, @ekawaediw, @hippygirlco, @homegrownstables, @lizablove, @nancymoral, @rainbow.snake, @sinikka, @stanmr, @tarahgreen, @thepollengardens, @thunderox, @warfsterveld, @winslow-home

Incoming Delegations

In addition to asking the community at large for delegations, we are also asking our vendors for delegations. We are suggesting delegations from vendors with over 100 SP. However it is not mandatory and we will not be policing who is delegating and who is not. We are only asking to those that can comfortably afford it and want to contribute to supporting our community effort.

It is our hope that delegations come from those that believe in what we are doing for the community at large.

Now is the time for us to ask you to consider delegating. Delegating is a way for anyone to take some stake in our community. It is a vote for our efforts, our ethics and our mission. Thank you for your consideration.

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Current Delegators

Thank you very much to those who have delegated to Homesteaders Co-op!

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@allcapsonezero	HipHop, Handyman, Writer, Renaissance Man	in your computer
@allyinspirit	Environmental and ephemeral art work ✽ Drawing ✽ Processes. Initiator of the Magical Moments Gallery.	Sydney Australia
@barge	Namaste	Krunkypuram
@belleamie	I'm in love with nature and intrigued by cryptocurrencies. I love singing with friends.	Seattle
@biffybirdcam	Red Pilled since 2011	Pennsylvania
@da-dawn	Saving account for building a off grid steemit community in British Columbia, and finding the best on steemit!	British Columbia,Turtle Island
@diggndeeper.com	Tools, concepts & the stories of creating a robust and peaceful society through voluntary interactions.	-
@eaglespirit	RED Radio Owner, MedicineCardMonday, & FreedomFriday Creator.	USA
@enginewitty	Witness on the chain, to maintain the mainframe... better learn the name, I play like a chess game...	Wherever #thealliance is...
@fishyculture	Just another broken human trying to make it better for all of us.	Idaho
@frejafri	mother, artist, traveler, nomad homesteader, lover of nature and wilderness. Gatherer of edible wilds and photographer of life.	All over, but born in Denmark
@immarojas	A cardiac nurse, loves photography, travel, food, sleeping and anything extraordinaire. Co-founder of @walkofhope.	Earth
@jeffjagoe	Nature, Food, Technology & Freedom	Valinor
@ligayagardener	Join us in our little garden where we enjoy living with and teaching about sustainability, renewable energy and community.	Gawler, South Australia
@makinstuff	I'm a lifelong tinkerer, and technology enthusiast. My aim is to empower others with knowledge to take care of your health, wealth, and self actualization.	AL, USA
@nateonsteemit	Nothing fancy. Striving for consistency. Doing small things for big reasons. Agorist in training.	Texas
@novacadian	Father, programmer and blockchain advocate.	Halifax, Nova Scotia
@papa-pepper	Wild-man, Gardener, Encourager, Homesteader, Lyricist, Deep Thinker, Papa, Humorist, Husband	Arkansas, USA
@pennsif	future gazer, past watcher, community builder, prepper, homesteader, seeker of self-reliance, MSP Waves Radio show host, founder of A Dollar A Day @adollaraday	Wales, UK
@ppmsilver	We manufacture and sell top quality high silver concentration products.	Salina, Oklahoma
@quochuy	Huy (for short) aka The Little Worm Farmer. Witness | Developer | Worm & Black Soldier Fly Farmer	Wyoming, NSW, Australia
@realself	-	Look in the mirror.
@riverflows	Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet	Victoria Australia
@sagescrub	A couple's adventures in homesteading. Creator of @homesteaderscoop	Oregon
@senorcoconut	Franco-American Traveler, Artist, Homesteader and The Permaculture of Things with Anarchist Tendencies	No Man's Land
@silviabeneforti	Creative woman/ artist	Italy
@steemgreen	Mining Social Awareness On The Steem Blockchain	Global
@stortebeker	Sustainability, Urban Homesteading, Natural Building, Health, Food, Healthfood, Nature, Culture, Bicycles	Mexico City
@tibfox	creator, enthusiast, global citizen, friend of all lifeforms || founder of @videomacher and @diytube + @ddaily member + @dtube.forum organization member	now and here - nowhere
@trucklife-family	Single Mama, Doula, Nature Lover, Vegan, Birth Activist and Defender of All Things Wild	The Earth
@walkerland	Kitchen Witch | Wildcrafting | Homesteading | Organic Gardening Building a Greener Kinder World	Canada
@wwf	Artist, Author, Steward of Terra Mater, Researcher and Activist. Dedicated to peace, freedom, prosperity and healthy relationships!	Tawatinaw Valley Turtle Island
@yabapmatt	Steem Witness / Developer / Creator of the Steem Bot Tracker, Post Promoter, and most recently - Steem Monsters!	Philadelphia, PA, US

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A Free Marketplace for Steem

We provide a FREE marketplace for you to transact in STEEM, SBD and USD. Our vendors are committed to sustainability, ethics and quality in their lives and work.

Unlike other marketplaces our vendors are not charged listing fees, subscription fees or transaction fees. This service is 100% free.

Support Your Alternative Economy:

1. Purchase handmade products and ethical services with STEEM, SBD or USD at homesteaderscoop.com
2. Join the conversation in our Discord Group
3. Follow our Curation Trail on SteemAuto to automatically upvote our community
4. Delegate SP to @homesteaderscoop
5. Donate to our ongoing Fundition project

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Why Delegate to Homesteaders Co-op?

Your delegations will help us grow our community and reward our members for their ethical choices and actions.

In our modern world it is not always easy to choose to live sustainably. To do so often means forgoing income potential and the status quo. Our Steem Power is used to up-vote community contributors and vendors in thanks for their efforts.

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Who is Homesteaders Co-op? Read our introduction

Want to Become a Vendor? Learn more and apply here

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Donate To Homesteaders Co-op - Help Us Keep Our Marketplace FREE

We have an ongoing crowdfunding project at Fundition. You can donate STEEM, SBD, USD (via PayPal) as well as other popular cryptos such as BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, XMR, BTS, DASH, DOGE, TRON.

Help us keep our marketplace free of commissions and fees. Homesteaders Co-op is 100% free to vendors and customers. Your donations will go a long way to help us maintain our marketplace and keep it free.

Donate to our Project on Fundition

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We Have Free Instant Steem Accounts to Share!

We have free steem invites for friends and family of steemians that are participating in #homesteading, #gardening, #sustainability, @naturalmedicine, @ghscollective, @tribesteemup, @ecotrain, @earthtribe and related communities that share common goals. Signing up to steem with our steem invites are instant and free. If we have enough free SP, invites will come along with a small delegation.

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@adollaraday - Charitable giving project