We are a supportive cooperative farming community made up of multiple families. We share land and resources with the intention to build a permaculture food forest together on our shared 40 acres in the rural mountains of East TN. We would love for you to join us for a week or even a month to work, play, and live life together!
We are an off grid community working to restore our individual and collective relationship with nature through living more closely with the land, limiting our impact on the earth, and utilizing restorative agricultural practices to revitalize the land we live on. We currently have 3 “families” (individuals, couples, or couples with kids) that have joined our intentional community and are still seeking 6 more families or singles to join our community, to make 9 households total. For more information about intentional communities I suggest checking out IC.org.
Various members of our community have backgrounds in gardening, permaculture, foraging, self-sufficiency and homesteading, off grid living, herbalism, and other alternative medicine practices. In addition to our community, we also operate an education center aimed at sharing many of these practices with others through workshops and seasonal events, with the hope of offering regular homeschool coops in the future.
WWOOFers have the opportunity to assist in many different aspects of our community based on need and interest, including: Planting and maintaining orchards and gardens, working with goats and chickens, foraging, herbal medicine making, milling lumber, harvesting and splitting fire wood, and helping build infrastructure. WWOOFers are likely to work alongside different members of the community on different projects. We are seeking WWOOFers who are interested in learning and growing alongside us, as we continue to learn more about regenerative practices and about living and working in community.
During your stay here, we will provide lodging in either a tiny house/shed conversion, yurt, or provide an area for camping; we can discuss what options are available during our initial phone call. We will also provide access to our community kitchen in our barn and outdoor camping showers. We offer several meals hosted by different members of our community so we can all get to know you better. We also provide provisions for your other additional meals.
Set in the mountains of North Eastern Tennessee, we are surrounded by beauty, hiking, farms, and more. Whether WWOOFers decide to journey out to explore the area or spend their whole time onsite they are sure to be surrounded by the natural beauty of the land. If you are interested in a visit please reach out. We are eager to share our little slice of paradise with you 🙂
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Sheep or goat farming
Wild foraging
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Green Building
Renewable energy production
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Aquaponics
Biological pest control
Biodynamic agriculture
Holistic management
Hydroponics
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Rotational grazing
Mentoring opportunities
Woman-operated
Host type
Nonprofit / Community
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