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Forming Formed: 2003 Established: 2003
Oran Mor
Squires, Missouri,
United States
(Ozark County - We are down two miles of gravel road.)
 We are a small egalitarian community and Certified Naturally Grown farm established in June 2003 and located on 110 acres in the hills of Ozark County, Missouri. We raise dairy goats, egg chickens, and various vegetables using local organic inputs and no-till design. We work to put the principles of permaculture into daily practice, using clean and renewable energy resources and recycling our waste as best we can. For example, we run our motor vehicles off of used cooking oil from local restaurants; we compost our human manure; we use a windmill to pump our well water.
We offer a wide range of work experiences in gardening, food processing, construction, milking, cheesemaking, forestry, salvage, maintenance, and diesel mechanics.
We envision and work for a community which embraces the following values:
• Living simply in harmony with our environment, considering sustainability, ecology, and the effect of our actions on the next seven generations;
• Living with a positive, loving focus, resolving our differences non-violently, valuing cooperation and sharing, and fostering respect, honesty and responsibility in all relationships;
• Encouraging and supporting individual creative expression and spiritual development, enjoying each other, and celebrating each person's unique contribution to community.
 
Website: http://oranmor.freeservers.com
Contact:
Pearl
HC 2 Box 363
Squires, Missouri 65755 United States
Phone: 417-265-3753, 417-989-9886
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Links:
ATTRA: OM internship
Intentional Community Database: OM listing
Last Updated:1/27/2009
 
Visitors Accepted
 (You may need to bring a tent.)
Visitor Process: Contact us by email or telephone a week or two in advance of your visit. Please plan to work while you are here.
Affiliations: East Wind Community

Network Affiliations:
FEC: Federation of Egalitarian Communities
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
No Answer Provided
Population
Members(adults and children):
3
Non-member Residents:
0
Open to new members:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
(meaning unanimous agreement)
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
No
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
100% income sharing
Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt:
No Answer
(negotiable)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(From each according to ability)
Join Fee:
No
Regular Fees:
No
Land and Buildings
Rural
(ridge between two creeks)
Area:
110 acres (44.5 hectares)
(75% forest)
Land Owned By:
The community
Number of Residences:
2
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
over 50%
Share Community Meals:
Nearly all meals
(ALL the time, unless one of us is off the farm)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Other
(We eat what we have consensus to grow and buy, what's local and in season.)
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous
(We're omnivorous but frugal, and emphasize food we've grown ourselves or traded with neighbors. We only eat meat that was raised humanely, and not a lot of that.)
Alcohol Use:
Prohibited
(We have eight holidays a year on which alcohol consumption is allowed, but otherwise it is not considered appropriate.)
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited
(We wish to remain smoke free.)
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
No
(A certain reverence for the earth is essential, but no formal creed is necessary. All who value love, kindness, and non-violence are welcome.)
Educational Style(s):
Other
(Parents' discretion, with consensus.)
 
 


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