Teal Farm is an integrated, ecologically-designed farmstead that was created as a prototype for perpetual food, building and energy systems that are responsive to climate change, fluctuating energy supplies and a shifting global economy. The flagship project of not-for-profit foundation LivingFuture, Teal Farm is located in the Green Mountain State of Vermont and is being offered for sale to support LivingFuture’s next project.
Melissa Hoffman, founder & executive director, describes LivingFuture’s work as “living systems design”. It is an approach that strives to mimic natural processes and evolutionary dynamics in the re-design of physical and cultural infrastructures so that they become perpetually life-enhancing and foster creative, adaptive communities at local and global scales. Melissa believes that our actual survival is at risk, and as such it falls on us to begin the project now, to invent the structures, both physical and cultural, internal and external, which will allow our species, and the system of life as whole, to thrive beyond the enormous challenges we are only beginning to encounter. To that end, her foundation undertook the Teal Farm project, whose mission is “to create an ecologically intelligent food, energy and building system that perpetually enhances the environment and serves the evolution of its occupants”.
Set at the western base of Camels Hump State Park, Teal Farm is a world unto itself. Its 445+/- acres includes a sustainably-managed northern hardwood watershed with streams, pond, wetlands, trail network, and mountain pastures. The forest provides much of the property’s bio-fuel, as well as ideal wildlife habitat. The fenced pastures support a mixed herd of grass-fed Devon and Angus cattle that is rotationally grazed, which adds to the healthy stewardship of the land. The property has a 10± acre permaculture orchard, believed to be the largest in North America, featuring fruits, nuts, fuel-wood, berries and fertilizing groundcovers that grow in sculpted micro-climates around the buildings.
The Farm complex, surrounded by stunning mountain views, includes an 8,000-square foot c. 1865 green designed and renovated Farmhouse, an iconic 12,000-square foot Douglas Fir framed Energy Barn that houses the property’s state-of-the-art renewable energy and heating system, a converted post-and-beam barn apartment studio, a caretaker’s residence, and a utility barn/garage. The Farmhouse and Energy Barn run on renewable energy systems, and marry cutting edge technology with exquisite design and craftsmanship – arguably setting a whole new standard for green design and construction.
Teal Farm is a place of inspiration, a creative retreat, and a living laboratory intended to support innovation around issues of global importance. Tucked away in a charming New England town, Teal Farm is only one hour by plane from Boston and NYC.
The property is not protected from future development, leaving conservation tax advantages available for the next steward to explore.
Here in Vermont, high quality food and water are plentiful, our forests are healthy, and we enjoy protection from coastal flooding, hurricane-force winds, earthquakes, and devastating forest fires – all things we believe enhance investment-security in real estate.
Listing Broker: Ms. Shawn M. Smith | shawn@earthasset.com | 802.434.7798
Location: Huntington, Vermont - USA
Acreage: 445+/- acres
Status: Active
Price: Price Upon Request
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NOTICE: Offering is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice, and approval of purchase by owner. Information regarding land classifications, acreages, carrying capacities, potential profits, etc., are intended only as general guidelines and have been provided by sources deemed reliable, but whose accuracy we cannot guarantee. Prospective buyers should verify all information to their satisfaction. Prospective buyers should also be aware that the photographs in this brochure may have been digitally enhanced.