Allegheny Mountain Institute

The Allegheny Farm sits high on Allegheny Mountain, at the border between present-day Virginia and West Virginia. This land has been home to countless more-than-human beings over millions of years with humans finding home here many thousands of years ago. The farm and surrounding land is on traditional territory of the Moneton, Monacan, and Manahoac Peoples in present day Highland County, VA, bordering both Virginia's George Washington National Forest and West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest. It is situated between 4000 and 4400 feet in elevation on 550-acres of temperate forest and clearings. Headwater tributaries of the James, Potomac, and Greenbrier Rivers all begin their flow from a triple watershed divide (Eastern Continental) located on the top of the mountain.

As we grow our food, drink fresh spring water, and draw sustenance the surrounding fields and forests, we respectfully acknowledge that Indigenous and more recent settler inhabitants have stewarded this land throughout the generations. It is also home for diverse more-than-human communities which have inhabited and tended it through the deepest of time.​​​

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