Sandhill Farm- 50 YR Community Seeking Members!

by Josh Clarkweiss
Category
Communities with Openings
Location
Rutledge, Missouri 63563
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Sandhill Farm is looking for new members!

Founded in 1974, Sandhill Farm is a non-profit land project in rural Missouri organized as individual households collectively caretaking our land, houses, and infrastructure.

We are currently composed of 4 adults and 2 youth that live in three houses and a cabin, tending the 150 acres of fields and forest in which we live.

Sandhill is an agriculturally focused community. We grow much of the food we eat; currently focusing on vegetables, fruit and nut trees, meat, maple syrup, and culinary and medicinal herbs. In the past (and hopefully more in the future), we grew field crops like grains, beans, sorghum for syrup, and more.

Growing food, or gathering it from the land, is a way we enjoy spending time together, and we seek to draw in those who share this interest.

We are American Tree Farm certified and actively manage our forest via invasive species removal, thinning, sustainable timber harvest, and trail maintenance.

Our homes, barns, and outbuildings are constructed utilizing lumber sawn from our forest.

Please visit our website sandhillfarm.org for more information and directions on how to apply for a visit. Filling out our visitor form is the first step towards becoming a member.


As a Member, we can offer:

  • Housing- we currently have 2 newly renovated homes available for occupation.
  • Access to 150 acres of established gardens, greenhouse, hoophouse, fields, pasture, forest; as well as barns and farm buildings- for homesteading and/or agrarian entrepreneurial projects. 
  • A culture of connection, care, and mutual aid with each other and with our land.
  • An opportunity to live in community, while maintaining one’s desired level of independence and personal autonomy.

We are looking for:

  • New members!
  • People who share our values of social justice, sustainability and living closely with a diversity of people
  • People with a generally responsible and proactive approach to community living
  • Experience or interest in consensus decision-making

The first step towards becoming a member is to fill out our visitor form. And then scheduling a call with one of our members.  Please visit our website sandhillfarm.org for a lot more information and directions on how to apply.