Sandhill Farm :: Communities Directory

Formed: 1973 Established: 1974

Sandhill Farm

Rutledge, Missouri,

United States

We are a family of friends (five adults, one child) living together on 135 acres in rural northeast Missouri. We grow our own organic food and share income, meals, vehicles, and other resources. The land includes gardens, orchards, woods, hayfields, cropland, bee yards, and pasture.

Our income is derived from foods we produce (sorghum, honey, garlic, mustard, eggs, garden surplus, and horseradish) and from administrative work for the Fellowship for Intentional Community, group process consulting, organic farm inspection, and substitute teaching.

We like to keep our lifestyle simple and healthy. While we can accommodate a wide range of diets—from vegan to omnivore—we have a primarily vegetarian diet, supplemented by meat from small-scale animal husbandry.

We tend to work hard, especially during the growing season, and get satisfaction from providing for ourselves as much as we can while maintaining close ties with neighbors, friends, and other communities.

We enjoy regular celebrations and social occasions, including weekly dinners with Dancing Rabbit, a 12-year-old ecovillage, and Red Earth Farms, a two-year-old land trust community, both just three miles away.

Sandhill is active in the communities, local foods, and organic movements. Core values include cooperation, nonviolence, honesty, and good communication.

We hold meetings regularly as needed and make decisions by consensus. We are open to new members, especially adults under 40. We strive to balance pulling together with supporting individual choices and idiosyncrasies.

People with community background and good communication skills tend to do well here. Initiative and the ability to see the broader needs of the whole group are also prized.

A visit for one week can be arranged most times of the year. We also host interns for a minimum stay of 10 weeks during the growing season. Please write and introduce yourself. Extra hands are appreciated during our growing season, especially at sorghum harvest (mid-September to mid-October).

Website: http://www.sandhillfarm.org/

Contact:

visitors
RR 1 Box 155
Rutledge, Missouri 63563-9755 United States
Phone: 660-883-5543

Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)

Last Updated:10/29/2009

Visitors Accepted

(no drop-ins)

Visitor Process: Write, call, or email, attention "visitors"; include self-introduction and what you are seeking from your visit. Initial visits are typically one week.

Affiliations: Acorn Community

:: Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage

:: East Wind Community

:: Emma Goldman Finishing School

:: Ganas

:: Twin Oaks Community

Network Affiliations:

Fellowship for Intentional Community

:: FEC: Federation of Egalitarian Communities

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

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Population Members(adults and children): 6 (one teenager) Non-member Residents: 5 (interns during growing season) Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By consensus Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: No (we all take leadership roles)	Labor and Money Financial Style: 100% income sharing Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: No Labor Contribution: Expected (no labor quota) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: No (annual interest on assets goes to community)
Land and Buildings Rural (2 mi from mennonite village, 16 mi from county seat) Area: 135 acres (54.6 hectares) Land Owned By: The community Number of Residences: 4 Cohousing: No	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: over 50% (we grow approx. 80% of our food) Share Community Meals: Nearly all meals Dietary Choice or Restrictions: We all share a common diet (we try to accomodate all dietary needs) Dietary Practice: Primarily vegetarian (occasional home grown meat and venison) Alcohol Use: Used occasionally (moderate use) Tobacco Use: Seldom used (discouraged and prohibited indoors)	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: No (all peaceful spiritual paths honored) Which Spiritual Traditions(s): Other (jewish, christian, mennonite, buddhist, pagan, eclectic) Educational Style(s): Public schooled (homeschooling and public schooling are practiced here)

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