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We are 28 households. We range in age from less than a year to more than 80 years. We are 26 women, 20 men, and 17 youth aged 16 and under. We work from home, commute within New Hampshire and to Massachusetts, and enjoy retirement. We attend public and private schools and we homeschool. We own our homes and rent. We value sustainability, community, farming, having fun, and living lightly on the earth.
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Greetings!
Evolution of the Nubi Cohousing Farm
The farm at Nubi comes alive in early summer: dewy, early morning harvests, exuberant pigs moving to fresh ground, the scent of fresh cut hay. While farming has been a centerpiece of the Nubi vision from the beginning, its form and organization are works in process. Fortunately, the farm's evolution has given rise to some wonderful homegrown endeavors. Issue 2 of our new newsletter format is focused on farming at Nubi.
When we and our co-founders, Shelley Goguen Hulbert and Robin Hulbert, first toured the land that has become Nubi, we immediately  saw the possibility offered by these lovely acres of historic farm and woodland located so close to the center of Peterborough. Drawn by the opportunity to counter the reigning paradigm of farming as an isolated activity, we planned to revive the farm within a cohousing community, nestled within a larger community. How better to think collaboratively about farming, community, food, food-buying, and eating? [read on...]
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Warmly,
Richard & Sage, co-founders and residents
Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm |
 | Thinking Like a Cathedral Builder | |
Interview with Todd Horner, CSA farmer, Nubanusit Farm Project
Can you capture the evolution of your involvement at Nubi?
My involvement at Nubi began by accident. I was working as an intern at a CSA in the neighboring town of Hancock. Some folks from Nubi approach ed the farmer of that CSA about doing some work with them. She was at a turning point in her own life, and so she referred them to me. It was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. There would be no way I could just dive into farming without that kind of break.
read more.. (including Todd's thoughts on community farming)
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| 7 Strategies for Raising Farm Animals Collaboratively |
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Farming collaboratively confers many advantages - the ability to assemble a large workforce, a range of skills and abilities to draw upon, shared capital expenditures, freedom to travel (rather than always being tied to the farm) - just to name a few. But it also has challenges. How do you split the work and the products? How do you navigate different opinions about care? How do you set long-term goals and follow through?
In addition to the steep learning curve anyone faces in learning to farm, we've had the additional challenge of learning to farm as a group. After several years of vegetable growing, three plus years of layer chickens and pig-raising, and experiences with different models involving horses and dairy cows, we have had our share of frustrations and fun at Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm Cohousing, and have come up with a handful of strategies that work for us. Read our 7 strategies. |
| Heard on the Nubi Path This Week |
What farm-related books or films would you recommend?
"One of my favorite films is Queen of the Sun, a documentary about bees. It paints a picture of how far removed industrial farming is from Nature, while still being heavily dependent on bees. Queen of the Sun also portrays hope in our present day situation through interviews with people who are creating bee sanctuaries to maintain the health and biodiversity of ecosystems around the Earth." -Leaf
"My favorite book is Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemmenway. I love it because it is about growing food from your home radiating outwards to create the most successful home-scale, permaculture model." -Eartheart
Read 4 more resident-recommended farming books and movies including links to reviews and trailers.
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Events: Cohousing & Monadnock Region
| Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, Farm and Food Film Series
July 12: The Real Dirt on Farmer John & July 19: Greenhorns 7:30pm in the Common House.
Monadnock Summer Lyceum, Sundays in July and August
World class speakers on social, political, educational, cultural, scientific, economic, environmental and artistic topics.
Cohousing Workshop, Albany, NH, July 13-15
Check out this Cohousing conference sponsored by the US Association just 2 1/2 hours from Nubi. This workshop is for those living in cohousing or interested in the process of joining or developing a community.
 Local Food Grower's Tour, by the Monadnock Rotary Club
July 21, 10-4pm. Visit farms in the Monadnock Region, including Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm.
Monthly Open Houses here at Nubi. Sundays August 5, September 2 (2-4pm). Tour the Common House, available homes, the farm, wood pellet boiler plant, meet neighbors. Tours also by appointment. MacDowell Medal Day, Peterborough, August 12, ceremony 12:15 pm picnic lunch on grounds 1:15 pm, followed by open studios from 2-5 pm. Nubanusit Farm Project CSA Farm to Table Feast, August 18. |
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There are three homes for sale in the neighborhood. They range in size from 2-bedroom to 3-bedroom.
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