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Formed: 2000 Established: 2000
Sky Meadow Retreat Community
Stannard, Vermont,
United States
(Near Greensboro and Hardwick in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom)
The Sky Meadow
 Sky Meadow is a small family-run organic homestead and retreat center in rural Vermont. Our form of community usually involves people coming to stay with us anywhere from several months to several years. Our primary focus is supporting each other’s spiritual growth, caring for the earth, and serving others who come here on retreat. We share silent meditation, morning check-in, a community meal, and work periods, five days a week. There is no belief system or formula to follow, but rather a commitment to presence, personal accountability, and honest direct communication. Our work is maintaining the buildings and land, growing food, cleaning, cooking, and hosting groups and individuals on retreat. We offer a private room and small stipend for people who stay longer than two months. Our diet is vegetarian with a focus on local food in season. The work is physical, often outdoors, and fun.
 
Website: http://www.SkyMeadowRetreat.com
Contact:
Town of Stannard, Vermont
Phone: 802 533 2505
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Last Updated:5/7/2009
 
Visitors Accepted
Visitor Process: See information for Joining the Sky Meadow Community at www.SkyMeadowRetreat.com.
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
No Answer Provided
Population
Members(adults and children):
5
Non-member Residents:
0
Open to new members:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
By a group of elders or other leaders
(Community focalizers make long term decisions. Current residents make short term decisions.)
Identified Leader:
No Answer
(Long term residents focalize community.)
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
(Comitted long term residents form core leadership group.)
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt:
No
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(30 hours /week)
Join Fee:
No
Regular Fees:
No
Land and Buildings
Rural
Area:
120 acres (48.6 hectares)
Land Owned By:
Individual community member(s)
Number of Residences:
2
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
over 50%
Share Community Meals:
2-5 times/week
(one noon meal per working day)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
There are some dietary restrictions
(vegetarian diet)
Dietary Practice:
Vegetarian only
Alcohol Use:
Used occasionally
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
Yes
(we practice presence and comitt to daily group silent sitting meditation on work days)
Which Spiritual Traditions(s):
Other
(all paths welcome)
Educational Style(s):
Home schooling
 
 
The Sky Meadow
Cob House
Retreat Barn
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