We aren't involved in pork.. (or its politics)

We made this website and maintain this project in hopes of inspiring a better future for the rockhounding community.

Perhaps this text is better than bacon ipsum, the text generator output which first appeared here while creating the design for the blog. (Some of you were wondering, I know.) Greasing up the edges of normative thinking, I was willing to host a post or two about pork, while the main course remained on the smoker:

So maybe this post, or website, have nothing to do with pork, and you’ll likely never hear it mentioned again here, but if you do... Be very worried. Without further ado, we bring you the finest (and first) post that you’ve ever seen here:

The Why Behind Keep Hounding Free.

It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from the smartest person you know about right now who would have said: "There are two reasons that someone does something; the reason they tell you, and the real one."

From its conceptualization, it was apparent that KeepHF would flourish under a not-for-profit structure. With this realization it became just as clear that in order to stay that way we must remain flexible, adaptable, and agile, as we all must if we expect to stay current in today’s fast paced tech-savvy society.

I’ve recently been asked 'why are we willing to invest our talents, money, and time into a project like this?' It is because we at KeepHF think that you and rockhounding are worth it. The content on this website wasn’t posted here for us; we already have access to the provided information. We made this website and maintain KeepHF in hopes of inspiring a better future for the rockhounding community.

Our world becomes increasingly more greedy each year and it can become harder for each of us to make ends meet or provide for a family. Maybe in response to these economic hard times, some people turn to two century old ways of thinking, and the laws which enabled them, such as the General Mining Act of 1872, in order to try and make a few bucks. Nothing is wrong with that go-getter explorer attitude, in fact I believe few leaps in the industrial, energy, or tech sectors would have happened without that entrepreneurial no-fear spirit. However, I am willing to say this bluntly: there are more profitable and productive ways of spending your time and energy these days, than trying to claim a spot of land and charge people for each rock they take off of it.

What we are: a resource for accurate, up to date information, and a collective for the non-commercialization of public mineral collection sites.

KeepHF:
Together we can keep mineral-collection sites accessible and free for everybody.

-Gemmi Stone (GS)