THE HOMESTEAD CREED

**TS Eliot once asked, “What life have you, if you have not life together?” because, he suggests, “There is not life that is not in community.”**

Homestead at Hog Mountain is built for community, but community isn’t something that you can go buy at the store. Like a garden, it has to be grown. And just like a garden, it needs the right conditions to flourish.

Communities and gardens need good soil if they are going to produce good crops. the soil at Homestead at Hog Mountain is a commitment to five basic beliefs that serve as a guiding creed.

WE BELIEVE there is a lived wisdom in history. We respectfully learn from those that have gone before us and strive to improve upon their successes rather than ignore them.

WE BELIEVE the terroir, the set of special characteristics that geography, geology, and climate of a certain place displayed in agricultural goods, can also have a shaping effect on we humans.

WE BELIEVE we are called to generational work that is beautiful and lasting. Thinking beyond the next few minutes, hours, days, years and even our lifetimes.

WE BELIEVE we are stewards of our particular place and must therefore use the land wisely by maintaining and honoring its history.

WE BELIEVE human flourishing happens best in community. We strive to cultivate community through good places, good food, and good drink.