Forest of Life Farm is an off-grid, hilltop farm and cooperative in Vermont dedicated to growing food, building soil, and living in deep reciprocity with the land. Rooted in the principles of mutual aid and ecological stewardship, we cultivate not only regenerative crops but also regenerative community. As a cooperative and creative space, Forest of Life supports skill-sharing, collective decision-making, and shared resources—nurturing a place where people come together to reconnect with land, learn from each other, and build resilient futures.
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"Let us be the Ancestors our descendants will thank."
- Winona LaDuke
Intention + Vision
Forest of Life Farm is on unceded Abenaki land. We acknowledge that we are stewards of a place that has a breathing and living story that preceded us. We will cultivate a place for all that encourages curiosity and provides a space to help heal the earth and care for others.
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We are committed to making the land under our care accessible to all who seek to reconnect with nature. We work to remove barriers that limit access to land, food security, and ecological knowledge.
Abenaki Land Acknowledgement
This is the sovereign homeland of the Abenaki Nation and People. We pay our respects to the Abenaki and to the wisdom of their elders and their culture.
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Forest of Life Farm is located on the western shores of the Kwanitekw (Connecticut River) in N’dakinna (Our Land) in the middle of the ancient Abenaki Nation homeland which includes Vermont, New Hampshire, northern Massachusetts, western Maine, and southern Quebec. Locally, the Elnu Abenaki Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation community is centered here in Southern Vermont and the surrounding area.
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We are aware that many newcomer families from Europe, Africa, and Asia who moved or fled to this area and the region were welcomed from the 1600s on and given Indigenous seeds and plants, shown the ways of Sogalikan (Maple Sugaring), introduced to many, crucial technologies and ways of living from canoe, toboggan, snowshoe, and basket making to ways of farming, fishing, and living with and caring for the land, waters, and air in good ways which are still widely practiced in the Abenaki homeland.
We are committed to continuing to learn to care for the land, waters, and air here in partnership with the many Abenaki Nation peoples in a better, more respectful way.
Forest of Life Farm
Andover, Vermont
forestoflifefarm@gmail.com
802-230-5807