Stowe Farm Community

An Intentional Farm Community located in Colrain, Massachusetts

Winter greenhouse tea & poetry

by

As the peaked winter light of January yielded to the growing strength of mid-February’s sunshine, the winter greens in our greenhouse awaken also, visibly perking up as the days lengthen – just like us! Even deep winter days can be pretty comfortable in the Stowe Farm Community greenhouse – a nice place to gather for… [Read More]

Connections

by

*from “The Amish use tech differently than you think. We should emulate them.” by By Jeff Smith, The Washington Post, Feb. 17, 2020 It can often feel as if modern life does little to encourage healthy connections between people.  The logistics of making a living and meeting core family needs combined with dispersion of extended families… [Read More]

“Where is the Lawnmower?!!” – Sharing Tools in Community

by

We humans bring our backgrounds and baggage to whatever communities we find ourselves in – whether that’s a workplace, spiritual or activist, or even a book group. This is especially true in co-housing, as our very intention is to build community by interacting more closely with our neighbors than in a traditional neighborhood. We join… [Read More]

Four generations of amazing and beautiful women!

by

Emma: Ten years ago my husband Ed and I moved into the intentional community we now call Stowe Farm Community. We retired early and wanted to share our gardening skills with others because our children were grown and we needed to downsize. My mother taught me to garden and “put by ” vegetables when I… [Read More]