Sandhill Farm, home to friends of Dancing Rabbit, is a small neighboring intentional community here in northeastern Missouri.
Sandhill has been practicing organic agriculture and gardening since 1974 on 135 acres, and the community provides most of its own food, including vegetables, fruits, herbs, sorghum syrup, honey, chickens, and turkeys. This video gives us a glimpse into how members of the community actually grow their own food, and how this lifestyle is central to community life at Sandhill Farm.
Hopefully this is the first of future DRTV: Neighbors videos!
The Milkweed Mercantile at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is an off-the-grid, straw bale bed & breakfast, organic cafe, and eco general store. Alline gives us a mini tour of the business, which is currently under construction, but opening soon.
The Mercantile is currently a finalist for a $10K award at Ideablob.com. Please consider voting for us if you like what we’re doing. The winnings will go towards the purchase of a wind turbine if we get enough votes. Simply visit this link and register to vote: Straw bale off-the-grid business opens!
Hello dear viewers. Despite what you may think, DRTV is not dead. It’s merely on a break, since I have been busy building a cob house the past four months. With all that stomping of mud, little time is left to capture daily life here at Dancing Rabbit.
However, there is some exciting and relevant news. [...]
Rocket stoves are superefficient wood-fired stoves that can easily be built using readily available and recycled materials. They are a common sight in cob, straw bale, and other natural building designs.
In this video, Nathan and Tony describe two different rocket stove systems, detailing the inner workings of the stoves and their unique ability to [...]
The March Hare is Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage's long-running quarterly newsletter, now in a full-fledged blog format. It's the place where Dancing Rabbit members share stories, videos, and other information about the day to day life in a rural ecovillage.
