Everything at Loop Farmstead is grounded in a coherent framework. These are the lenses we see the land through, and the reasons we farm the way we do.
Permaculture
A design system based on observing natural patterns and working with them. Three ethics: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share.
Read more →Agroecology
Farming as an ecological practice. Knowledge passed from elder to youth, adapted to place, refined through generations.
Read more →Solarpunk
A future that is decentralized, beautiful, and appropriate. Technology serves communities, not corporations.
Read more →The Manifesto
Thirteen chapters on refusal, withdrawal, and building alternatives to extractive systems.
Read the manifesto →Key Principles
- Refusal as Praxis
Not protest, but withdrawal. Building alternatives that make the extractive system irrelevant.
- Small is Necessary
Networks of small groups, autonomous cells connected by shared values. No single point of failure.
- Trust Through Action
Verify by output, not credentials. We share what we learn freely.
- Long-Term Thinking
Planting for people you will never meet. We build beyond our own lifespan.
- Technology as Tool
Decentralized, appropriate, community-serving. Ancient wisdom and modern tools together.
- Honest Labor
Earning keep through consistency, not hype. No cold calls, no persuasion.
The Economics of Enough
Planting for people you will never meet. Trust-based licensing. Impulse pricing. Revenue funds infrastructure, not luxury.
More on the economics →Anti-Capitalism and Autonomy
Exit, not reform. Withdrawal is life. Mutual aid without permission. Food sovereignty, seed saving, and infrastructure autonomy.
More on autonomy →