A cautionary tale: the . The Taliferos also sold shares in the planned spa. But the dream very quickly turned into a nightmare. Seven of those. In the coming months and years, many more followed suit. The Taliferos say they spent it all, though they have yet to provide any financial statements showing where it went. However, they. As Storm Talifero told me, . We are completely committed to this in our every waking hour. Some have lost their entire life savings and are left struggling to make ends meet. Nobody but the Taliferos knows what happened to. They’ve collected an enormous amount of money that has never been accounted for.”In emails sent by the Taliferos between 2. Taliferos. But in November of last year, Storm Talifero made a shocking admission in an email to one home buyer. He wrote that of the $9. Around the same time the Taliferos also made available a document which showed that they consider their rent, food and other personal expenses “Garden Diet expenses”. Late last year, some of those who lost money. I thank them all for their courage in sharing their stories and I must also thank my friend and colleague Anna Rodgers for her assistance with this report. The home was to consist of a 2. I was promised that building on my home would commence immediately, hence the big down payment ($1. My home was to be built first on the land. My husband and father had died and I was left raising my son alone and was looking for a community in which to raise him so I was vulnerable in making this decision and acting on it. I cannot tell you how saddened this makes me. I feel so naive and so abused in this lie all the way around 3. My son played with theirs and we spent time in their home on several occasions. All while deceiving and stealing from us all and even talking about karma and spirituality. It appears they are not bothered by their past actions nor the fact they continue to make promises they. Nothing continues to be done with this situation. Edith Taliaferro (December 21, 1894. Storm Talifero has been a raw vegan for forty years. Raising Raw-Vegan Children An eBook by Storm and. The Garden Diet eBooks, by Storm Talifero. Jinjee and her husband Storm created the documentary Breakthrough about their family's journey eating. They are holding us in limbo and I am truly baffled by their behavior and irresponsibility. My son is 1. 5 now and I am in my fifties, alone in providing for his education and expenses. I was recently contacted by a member of the group who wants to make a documentary about everyone. Jinjee Talifero is on Facebook. To connect with Jinjee, sign up for Facebook today. The Garden Diet 28 Day Transition-to-Raw Program. Thoroughly integrated practices on all levels of planning, designing, and building a green home. Copyright Storm Talifero 2008. I thought he was kidding. How we were taken and ripped off? Maybe that is what he meant. The thought of continuing this to other innocent people looking to get off the grid and make a better life for themselves. May the consequences flow where they need to be for the lessons to be learned.”Home buyer B. I requested my money back within two weeks of that visit, but to date I have not had a cent of it returned to me. The Raw Vegan Village sales page had the following to say about our down payments: SNAG CONTROLQ: What if you run into a snag and can’t complete this village for some reason? A: If for any reason things don’t work out, we will refund your down- payment. DOWN- PAYMENTQ: What would happen if someone paid a down- payment but was unable, for whatever reason, to go through with a purchase? A: If you decided not to buy, we would refund your deposit. People have continued to give them the benefit of the doubt and yet. They’ve collected an enormous amount of money that has never been accounted for. It seems this “core group” spent far too long buying into their stories while Jinjee and Storm just dug deeper and deeper and deeper. I wish I’d said something to “someone” sooner, had I only known who that might be (I was one of the people the Taliferos kept out of the communications they sent the rest of the group). So I feel it’s very much in the public’s best interest that the story be told. And maybe the story is, “How could ANYONE possibly be happy with this experience?!”I was the first person to actually send them any money. But I was led to believe, by Jinjee, that there might “only” be a spot or two remaining open, and that there was a sense of urgency around making a decision. As a result I sent them $1. In essence they needed to ensure I was serious if they were going to hold a spot for us. I visited the land with Storm and later met Jinjee. Who Are Storm and Jinjee? Storm has been eating The Garden Diet for 40. Jinjee Talifero is a 44 year young mother of five very healthy. I started eating The Garden Diet. Storm has been doing the diet for 38 years. So what is The Garden Diet? Jinjee TheGardenDiet.com. We spent most of the day together and they took me out to a rather expensive meal (it was about $1. After the meal we went to meet with the realtor when they were to submit the official offer on the property. What?! That was a surprise to me and when the paperwork had been filled out the realtor asked for a check to escrow to show the land owner this was a serious offer. Storm wrote a check for $1. I left the meeting feeling I’d been punched in the stomach. Upon returning home my wife and I discussed the situation and felt the risk was too high and that we’d be looking at two years or more to make a move. This was *before* we knew anything else about how little had actually been done on this project. To be honest I feel quite foolish about it now, but at the time it just seemed like a dream for us and we trusted Jinjee and Storm having been long- time subscribers to their email list . This would have been mid May of 2. And in August I wrote Jinjee to ask when we’d get our money back. She responded by saying something to the effect of “Oh! We didn’t realize you wanted your money back. We thought it was a gift to the community. I’m so sorry, we’ll get it back to you as soon as we can.”We were thinking ! You think we just GIFTED YOU $1. Got another story about how it’d be another two weeks. Six weeks passed, I wrote again. They said they’d be selling the water rights to the property and they’d pay me as soon as that happened. And then there was another excuse, and another, then the promise I’d be paid back soon with 1. I’d paid them. We had promises of being paid off after producing movies, other projects, selling websites, etc. And even after all this, things still continued to be published (videos, articles, etc) as if this was all proceeding. The farce grew larger and larger, and included more and more people. In Sep 2. 00. 9 I wrote to Jinjee, . I was sorely disappointed, after being led to believe spots were filled up and only one place was left, to discover that my $1. Not a good sign, and not particularly honest on your part. I have been patient for this past year with repeated promises that in a month or two months or whatever that our money would be returned to us, as promised . None of it was true.”I also threatened them with legal action around this time. Jinjee’s response was that any legal action was my choice but it would certainly jeopardize any remaining chance the project had of succeeding. Well, that weighed heavy on my conscience as I surely didn’t want others to lose out on all they’d invested. But that’s been a key part of their strategy in dealing with us, I believe. I think that Storm and Jinjee have somehow created a fear on the part of us that by blowing a whistle we might somehow jeopardize the return of our money. I long ago accepted that there is not any sincere effort on their part to return the money. I suppose, in ways, they remind me a little too much of some people I’ve known well in my life who freely spend other people’s money and think of it as some gift deserved for their awesomeness. It’s also clear in Jinjee’s language that this is all someone else’s fault. They have not accepted any responsibility for this result. I think we’re all decent, peaceable, loving people here . I’d love to believe Jinjee and Storm are good people, too, but I think the reality is closer to wolves among sheep. I don’t know if this is a story of metaphysical goofiness gone badly awry ? Or if it’s a matter of people authentically trying to make something happen without realizing how ill- equipped they were and not being willing to get in touch with reality, or if it’s a situation of outright fraud and theft. Anyways, I count myself fortunate it wasn’t $4. Home buyer C did not wish to disclose any identifying details.“Based on my personal experience with the Taliferos I have found them to be entirely without honor or integrity, and I believe they should be serving time in prison for their actions. Instead, they insist they had every right to use our money for any purpose they chose and have never even apologized for losing. In their minds they are always the victims. My inquiry into the laws of the State of California has revealed it is highly illegal to advertise homes for sale and declare completion dates for a subdivision of homes and a village when you own no land and need $2. Storm Talifero told the Ventura County Star he needed to build the village, NOT including land payments). There appears to be no legal or reasonable explanation for why 2. They advertised the Raw Vegan Village as a “community”, which in everyone else’s minds meant the individuals would be part of any and all decision making, especially where finances were concerned. Never did any of us agree to just turn our money over to them for them to use as they pleased. Yet they have provided no factual documentation showing what they did with our money, other than to say they spent it and it is now gone. They stole my money, committed other serious acts of deception and blatantly lied about. They never had the ability to fulfill the terms of the contracts they signed with investors in the project. These truths need to be told now to the 5. Taliferos claim are on the waiting list to get into the “Raw Vegan Village”, if and when they move forward with it, and to the thousands of health seekers searching the internet for a better way of life for their families. Based on the fact that they continue to tell the public they are raising funds to build, it is essential this warning go out to spare others unnecessary losses. I have also since met several people who. If any one of them had made a public statement disclosing the details of their experience with the Taliferos, I would have been spared, along with many others, the same incredible financial loss and emotional and spiritual agony. I’ve had many conversations with others who fear speaking out against the Taliferos.
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