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The guiding principle for all decisions at Listening Rock Farm is the concept of sustainability. For centuries, farming practices throughout the world have dealt with agricultural decisions in a effective but short-sighted way. Examples of this include the use of noxious herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides, which have devastating systemic effects on our environment. While we as a society have enjoyed short-term benefits in the form of low food prices and blemish-free food, we are also faced with the fact that the earth cannot sustain the abuse.

Listening Rock Farm is a large piece of land that consists of forest, field, rivers, and streams. As stewarts of this land, we are attempting to build an economically viable, environmentally sustainable farm.
 
 
 

 

ENDANGERED SPECIES
Several endangered species live in the rivers and forests around Listening Rock Farm. We are committed to remedy the environmental problems which have been causing the decline in these species.

BIODIESEL PROGRAM
Listening Rock Farm tractors are powered by fully-renewable biodesel fuel. Produced on-site from used cooking oil.

SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
The forests around Listening Rock are maintained under the Gifford Pinchot 100 Year Sustainable forestry program.

 
 
  

 

 

ALDO LEOPOLD
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."

JOHN MUIR
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."

ALBERT EINSTEIN
"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."