Update 6/15/2023: I am looking to sell/rent/lend the farm to someone that loves sustainability and community and wants to try their hands at gardening, building, or whatever you’re into!
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UPDATE 6/22/21 – Disbanded. No longer accepting members, but guests or visitors may be accommodated depending on weather, schedules, current residents, etc. Please contact for more information!
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This is a re-forming community based on sustainable housing and permaculture with a specific interest in education, sustainability, resilience, larger community involvement and showing the world that it can be done better, more efficiently and more happily a different way. Independent people, working together.
Please contact us for any information, to get interested/involved or to provide valuable insight into something you’ve already tried!
June 2011: Bought the land! 14+ Acres near Fulton, IL. 60 Year old berm house, dilapidated out buildings, 2 huge greenhouses and 3 cats. Moved in and started planting trees.
2012: Started up the greenhouses and hosted a dozen WWOOFers to support a small CSA. Started retro-fit of existing house to an Earthship home. Chickens adopted. Fruit trees, bramble and bush berries, figs, kiwis and grapes planted.
2015: Addition of fruit and nut crops. Added 8 acres of partially wooded habitat and hammock spots.
2016: Asian pears, peaches, apricots and plums.
2018: Three retired goats for brush removal and to teach us and the new farm dog.
2020: Seasonal focus on gardens and perennial food production. 5 adults and 1 child in semi-permanent residence with 3 other adults, many guests and WWOOFers living and visiting. Geese and chickens and cats. Big gardens but no more greenhouses.
Sustainable permaculture. Independent people working together in an alternative family that will grow to community.
Contact us if interested! Visit, then stay for a while and see if you want to get in on the ground floor of permaculture possibility!
Email, text or call. We can also set up a time to talk via phone or web chat.
One person or partnership has ultimate authority.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Decision making is a modified consensus with overall governance and ultimate authority by an individual property owner due to the transitional state of other residents and representative investments. Gross flexibility and autonomy is provided generally. Guidelines for house and land use are created and approved by all residents.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: $50
Regular fees: $200
Labor: Yes (20 hrs/week)
Want to buy your own acre? Rent to own? We’re open to ideas! Barter! Explore the Gift Economy and shared resources. Help with work is appreciated. We’re looking to sell land at cost to future members, but co-housing is also possible.
Common House, Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Outdoor Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Recreational vehicles, Waterfront access, Internet
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
interaction while maintaining independence.
Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
kitchens, dining, and social areas.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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