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OUR MISSION: Shilo Farm is dedicated to cultivating community. 

Over the years, as Shilo Farm has grown, we have been blessed to see how powerfully community heals, nourishes and enlivens everything and everyone it touches.   

As we witnessed this magic being created here, we began looking for ways we could make community connection at Shilo a more integral part of people’s lives… easier to access, more enticing, and more fluidly weaving into our modern lives’ work, rest and play.

We see Shilo providing you with your community and self-care needs; be it a daily dose of connection, a weekly offering of discovery, a seasonal ritual of abundance, and/or a forever opportunity for collaboration and celebration. 

To truly manifest this vision, our programming must be intentionally crafted by the desires, needs, and values of those of you who MOST want to take part and are MOST invested in the growth of our mission in order to create a thriving connected community.  

Our offerings must speak directly to you and your desires to be meaningful.  We will succeed when you feel fortunate to have Shilo in your life, and you want to spend your precious time, energy, and resources cultivating your involvement and growth here with us.  

We have therefore decided to begin by offering Memberships, something like a CSA for farming, but instead a “CSC: Community Supported Community!” 

Everyone will always be able to drop in and enjoy our offerings a-la-carte and on special occasions… but you as a Shilo Farm “CSC” Member will be able to also get discounts on everything happening here AND be a part in co-creating our offerings, by giving your input and ideas into the very health and wellness offerings and programs that you desire.

OUR STORY: Our story began in 2012 when we realized that we weren’t able to have children. Once we came to accept this reality, we started to listen to other ways we could create and birth something bigger than ourselves. We started to listen deeply with all of our senses, to what this private, wooded 6-acre parcel, 4 miles from historic Portsmouth, NH desired to become.

In 2009 we settled in the beautiful hamlet of Eliot, Maine, and started offering monthly community fires, potlucks, stone soups, and seasonal gatherings out of our personal home. And since 2018, when we became a bonafide business, we have added on daily health-centric community classes and workshops for conscious living in our timber-framed Community Barn (Thank you Maine Post & Beam & Peacetree Carpenters).

The Raeside and Dame home, that we now call home, felt much too big for just two, so we opened up our abode to travelers; a homage to both of our wandering pasts. And now we are proud to offer unique lodging experiences in both the original Barn and the Farmhouse (through Air BnB).  It has been a joy to host over 300 families, and couples; young and old, and share our beautiful community with them.

We are most inspired when we witness connections being made, visions being birthed and opportunities created. And thus, a community center was born that would be the fertile ground for gathering community and sharing in all our amazing gifts.  

CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER PHILOSOPHY: We are also a micro farm/homestead that cultivates medicinal plants, herbs and food following permaculture principles of land management. Elderberries are our specialty.  We have a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf goats & raise organic and free-range heritage breed chickens for their eggs. Three rescue cats and a 125-pound Livestock Guardian dog called Shasta ae the protectors of the land.  Our property consists of 9 acres of woodland and edible gardens landscapes. We are located in Eliot Maine and are a mere four miles from Historic Portsmouth, NH. Come and visit us!

FOR YOU: The opportunities might vary from personal to professional but it’s here, available and we want to share the richness.