The Haven Games leaderboard tracks your real progress toward real independence. It works when YOU share what you're doing in the real world — and bring it back here to inspire, challenge, and equip the rest of us. Each level reflects where you actually ARE — what you've built, what you've learned, what you've shared. Climb the ranks and unlock free content, resources, and opportunities along the way. THE LEVELS: 🌱 SEED — You showed up. That's step one. Welcome. 🌿 RISER — You've started engaging and applying. Something in your home or on your land has changed. You're showing up here and connecting. 🍂 FORAGER — You're learning how to find what you need. Observation and resourcefulness are opening doors — online and at home. 🛠️ CREATOR — You're building systems and sharing them. Photos, videos, real results. Solutions you made are being tested and talked about. 🛡️ GUARDIAN — Others can count on you. You're showing up in comments, encouraging members, making posts, and helping keep this a safe and strong space for all our families. 🌾 STEWARD — You're managing resources through the regenerative paradigm. You're starting to see your land and your life through the lens of Permaculture Design. 🔮 VISIONARY — You can see where this is going — and you're helping others get there. You're spreading the message AND taking real physical steps toward your local TIAG Community. ⛰️ AMBASSADOR — You're pioneering. You've unlocked 40% recurring commission by helping others join TIAG — and you're funding your dream homestead while doing it. 👑 SOVEREIGN — You're living it. Storing, securing, and sharing food, water, shelter, and surplus resources from home. Others are watching and following your lead. 🏆 MASTER — You've passed it on. The principles are alive in people around you BECAUSE OF YOU. You've established a TIAG Guru Crew and a developing TIAG Community HUB in your region. HOW TO CLIMB: → Engage here — ask questions, share knowledge, make posts → Apply the principles in your real life — document it, photograph it, share it

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“There are those who say you should not take action because it is doomed to fail, and those who say you should not do anything because it will all work out. Either way, nothing happens.” — Mark Twain

The Haven Initiative is the heart of the TIAG Community. It's where families come to learn, apply, and eventually TEACH the regenerative principles that make real self-sufficiency possible — not as a concept, but as a lived practice. You can think of the Haven Initiative group as the primary On-Ramp to all things TIAG. From here, niche areas and focused work-groups pioneer community initiatives and programs across the 4 pillars of self sufficiency: 1. Food 2. Water 3. Shelter 4. Surplus THE BIGGER PICTURE: The Haven Initiative is one of several communities inside the TIAG Network, which includes: 🐝 The Natural Beekeeping Community — treatment-free, chemical-free, feral genetics, swarm traps, and Regenerative Apiaries Everywhere 🌸 IAM (Independent American Mama) — Rianna's movement for God-centered mothers raising the next generation with truth, courage, and purpose 🌍 And the physical TIAG HUBs — regional demonstration sites and food networks anchored by certified permaculture designers and working circular economies in your own REAL physical towns, cities, counties and land. And others. But this community — the Haven Initiative — is where it all starts. Your in the right place! WHAT WE'RE BUILDING TOGETHER: The goal isn't just to learn permaculture. The goal is a circular economy that supports YOUR family — rural or urban — with minimal to no outside imports required to maintain freedom at the food, water, and shelter level. Every home producing a surplus. Every community connected by trade, trust, and shared mission. Every family — sovereign. The lens is Permaculture Design. The proof is your land, your home, your community. This is what we're demonstrating right now at the Mysliwiec Family Farm in the Missouri Ozarks — and what we're helping YOU build wherever you are. "TIAG is Regenerative Communities Everywhere."

Welcome everyone! We're so glad you're here. The Haven Initiative is the founding community of the TIAG Network — and if you're new, this is the best place to start. TIAG stands for The Independent American Gardener. It's the community vision brought to life by Jamon Mysliwiec and his family — rooted in one simple, radical conviction: EVERY family deserves to be free, fed, and sovereign — on their own land, in their own community, by their own hands. This community is built on the 4 Pillars of Self-Sufficiency: 💧 Water | 🥕 Food | 🏠 Shelter | 📦 Surplus Whether you're starting with a single raised bed or managing a multi-acre homestead, you belong here. We meet you where you are and walk with you toward where you're going. WHAT TO DO FIRST: ✅ Introduce yourself in the comments below — tell us who you are, where you're from, and what brought you here ✅ Earn your first 5 points to unlock full community access — posting, DMs, and free courses ✅ Explore the resources pinned in this community ✅ Check out the Haven Games post to understand how ranking works and what you unlock as you grow This isn't just a digital community. It's the on-ramp to something physical — regional TIAG HUBs, local food networks, and families across America building real sovereignty together. We're building ours right now at The Mysliwiec Family Farm in the Missouri Ozarks. And we want to help you build yours. Welcome home! Let's grow. 🌿 — Jamon Mysliwiec | The Independent American Gardener — Rianna Mysliwiec | The Independent American Mama "A Food Forest in Every Yard and a Mentor in Every Home."