Eastern TN vegan ecovillage sanctuary

I still say I am vegan. But pests that are destructive and will attack to bite will not get the same consideration from me, defense against them even with killing is logical. Killing happens in natural systems and I am not desiring any delusional ways to stop it which would throw off the needed balance. The vegan ethics I see is about not supporting human use of animals, which are generally kept captive all their shortened lives for that. They are not destructive and would not attack unprovoked. There is so much exploitation that is not generally acknowledged or recognized that I see preferable to not continue any involvement in, and the real sustainable ways do not need any of that. My ways that I would continue with are involving very healthy ways of eating.

I'm interested in joining a vegan community. I live in Florida. 412 956 9002

Hello fellow vegan! 🌱
My girlfriend and I are in search of off grid vegan community, and we love the sound of your place in Tennessee. My name is Jon Becher and my phone number is 330-354-0170. Or you can email me at jonbecher3@gmail.com.
We hope to hear from you! 🙏💚

Tabby andvJon, I am glad you each are looking for vegan community off grid, and I think if only there were many more, there really should be this pursuit more. It would be easier on this world with people generally living that way, which can continue in this world.

Hi. I'm also vegan and resonate with your aspirations. Feel free to reach out to me. I would also consider purchasing land nearby as well. My Instagram is @angel polkadot

Thanks,
Naomi

Naomi S wrote:Hi. I'm also vegan and resonate with your aspirations. Feel free to reach out to me. I would also consider purchasing land nearby as well. My Instagram is @angel polkadot

Thanks,
Naomi

I think we should communicate. Haven't we already?

Is anyone still active on this thread? I'm also vegan and looking for an intentional community in Appalachia. My ig is @ratboys.inc

I see Instagram is used by a few, but I am not using it and am not interested. The best way to reach me for response apart from this is with email used reaching me at vegrox@aol.com. But let me know communication already started here.

I am an older man but serious about growing what is needed of everything that can be in the location used for it, and capable too. But I know I should be with others for this, none I speak with in person will join in with me. I can't just travel for this to find what might work, I will need to know there is certainty enough and I would stay where I come to. I am "straight edge" and live just having whole foods from plants, and always still try to get along with others.

Fred Frank V Bur wrote:I see Instagram is used by a few, but I am not using it and am not interested. The best way to reach me for response apart from this is with email used reaching me at vegrox@aol.com. But let me know communication already started here.

I am an older man but serious about growing what is needed of everything that can be in the location used for it, and capable too. But I know I should be with others for this, none I speak with in person will join in with me. I can't just travel for this to find what might work, I will need to know there is certainty enough and I would stay where I come to. I am "straight edge" and live just having whole foods from plants, and always still try to get along with others.

I sent you an email.

C Oakes wrote:I sent you an email.

Alright, thanks, I see it and will respond right away there. Though stating I am old I must be sure to say that I am fit, and am really able to move around really well. It is important certainly with my plans to grow things from many seeds for having good variety of things growing for what food and things we will need, not as crops but among compatible natural growing plants of the area. I have thought of using seed-balls, have you heard of doing that?

Isabella Caro wrote:Is anyone still active on this thread? I'm also vegan and looking for an intentional community in Appalachia. My ig is @ratboys.inc

Hi, yes, I'm still looking for the right people to come help. I sent you a moosage.

Hello,

My husband and I are in Hendersonville, TN and have a holistic vegan meal service. We are VERY interested in becoming part of a plant based intentional community. Have you made any progress with your beautiful vision? Maybe we can have a call and/or visit?

Thanks,
Ananya

ananya.nicole@gmail.com
www.sunstenance.org

Ananya Wellness wrote:Hello,

My husband and I are in Hendersonville, TN and have a holistic vegan meal service. We are VERY interested in becoming part of a plant based intentional community. Have you made any progress with your beautiful vision? Maybe we can have a call and/or visit?

Thanks,
Ananya

ananya.nicole@gmail.com
www.sunstenance.org

Hi Ananya, I am still in the planning and designing phase. Right now it's just my two dogs and I. I would love people to come help but at the moment they would need to camp until another strcuture is built. I haven't made the progress that I was hoping to achieve by now. I still have trees to cut down, pathways dug, structures to build, plants to plant.

Wanting to support this vision with a new post!

I replied a couple years ago to a soil/digging question, but I'm sure by now you have experienced plenty in the realms of working with the land and have your own findings, ideas and techniques playing out :)


It's a beautiful vision that you and the other posters here have. I too would like a handful of plant-based folks to maybe one day reside where I have been experimenting here in Kentucky. I'm in the Northeast region between Cynthiana and Maysville.

I love the idea of a vegan network to share food, thoughts and more. I feel like Earth is yearning and moving forward to a "new" culture that paradoxically requires stepping back and remembering the old. Like, very old...core of life type stuff revolving around the golden rule of "treat "others" as you you wish to be treated". We are the "other" in each other ;)

It's ruff tho, we all are experiencing growing pains and imperfections along this path - thats the nature of this remembering and this learning. Doing away with distractions in these modern times feels almost impossible sometimes when friends/family/jobs/etc are all seemingly hammering away to undermine our efforts. Stay strong, stay simple, stay focused and endure!

Everything is a process and in constant states of transition. For example, I'm currently in the phase of more or less isolation - going deep and contemplating the ego and duality/non-duality while trying to wrap my head around concepts of domestication.

I'm not so quick yet to invite others to my place - as I have unsettled/undecided thoughts around pets, children, couples and more. All this stirs from my own past experiences and where I am at now in life, compared and contrasted to mental, spiritual and physical potential...maybe my place would be more like a hub for single soul searchers to temporarily find refuge here and there on their journeys?

Who knows,the beauty of it exists in the fact that the works I've been doing here will outlive me, and if I keep it aligned with a VEGANIC approach, maybe someoneone will come along one day that can transform it more into an educational type center. I have been spending a lot of $ and time leveling areas, and putting down gravel for access and future accomodations, alongside the re-wilding and cultivated areas.

Maybe we can meet one day to see each others places and try to strengthen or join in to the idea of a veganic, back to the land network composed of small tribes dotted along the KY, TN, and western NC areas!

Cole Tyler wrote:Wanting to support this vision with a new post!

I replied a couple years ago to a soil/digging question, but I'm sure by now you have experienced plenty in the realms of working with the land and have your own findings, ideas and techniques playing out


It's a beautiful vision that you and the other posters here have. I too would like a handful of plant-based folks to maybe one day reside where I have been experimenting here in Kentucky. I'm in the Northeast region between Cynthiana and Maysville.

I love the idea of a vegan network to share food, thoughts and more. I feel like Earth is yearning and moving forward to a "new" culture that paradoxically requires stepping back and remembering the old. Like, very old...core of life type stuff revolving around the golden rule of "treat "others" as you you wish to be treated". We are the "other" in each other

It's ruff tho, we all are experiencing growing pains and imperfections along this path - thats the nature of this remembering and this learning. Doing away with distractions in these modern times feels almost impossible sometimes when friends/family/jobs/etc are all seemingly hammering away to undermine our efforts. Stay strong, stay simple, stay focused and endure!

Everything is a process and in constant states of transition. For example, I'm currently in the phase of more or less isolation - going deep and contemplating the ego and duality/non-duality while trying to wrap my head around concepts of domestication.

I'm not so quick yet to invite others to my place - as I have unsettled/undecided thoughts around pets, children, couples and more. All this stirs from my own past experiences and where I am at now in life, compared and contrasted to mental, spiritual and physical potential...maybe my place would be more like a hub for single soul searchers to temporarily find refuge here and there on their journeys?

Who knows,the beauty of it exists in the fact that the works I've been doing here will outlive me, and if I keep it aligned with a VEGANIC approach, maybe someoneone will come along one day that can transform it more into an educational type center. I have been spending a lot of $ and time leveling areas, and putting down gravel for access and future accomodations, alongside the re-wilding and cultivated areas.

Maybe we can meet one day to see each others places and try to strengthen or join in to the idea of a veganic, back to the land network composed of small tribes dotted along the KY, TN, and western NC areas!

Thanks for your reply. I have many of the same philosophical contemplations. When I first came out here I had an ideal vision of the land, and myself. I have made compromises of my ideals for the sake of convenience. It can be hard living this way when I am surrounded by many people who don't understand and won't try to understand. I spend much of my time in isolation from other humans. My two rescue dogs give me company, which I enjoy, mostly, but I do desire to have more of a community with humans. Sometimes I feel like I have to go through this isolation as some kind of test. I often think about whether this whole experience has been worth it. Living away from most people, there have been a lot of upfront costs, using a lot of gasoline to drive into town, buying lithium batteries, power tools and materials for infrastructure. The steep terrain makes things difficult. I made garden beds by creating wooden retaining walls held up by wooden stakes. Many of the wooden stakes have broke down, causing the wooden walls to collapse and the soil to fall out. I have hesitated on creating any more beds this way as I don't want to spend more energy to maintain them. My idea now is to create the retaining walls by stacking stone. I have a lot of digging to do, the soil here sounds similar to yours: shallow topsoil, clay underneath, and mostly sandstone below that. This winter I want to hunker down and create a plan to follow next year so that I will be more efficient. I want to have most of the garden beds built and also a passive solar greenhouse built by next winter. This experience here has taught me that I oversstimate my ability to accomplish things in my projected timeframe, so that's something I also need to work on. I like the idea of staying connected with vegan ecovillages. I have had the idea of doing this, and using the appalachian trail as a way to transport in between them