Pearl Forge is a community-centered conservation landscape rooted in a simple belief: healthy communities require healthy relationships—with each other and with the land.
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Located on more than 80 acres of protected farmland, prairie, woodland, and wetland in the Town of Genesee, Pearl Forge is stewarded as a living landscape where agriculture, ecological restoration, creativity, learning, and community intersect.
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Protected through a conservation easement and shaped by a commitment to long-term stewardship, the property provides a place for people to gather, learn, create, reflect, and reconnect with the natural world. We believe conservation is not simply about protecting special places. It is about helping people develop meaningful relationships with those places so they become active participants in their care.
Whether you are attending a workshop, hosting a retreat, camping beneath the stars, volunteering on a restoration project, or simply spending time outdoors, we hope Pearl Forge helps you reconnect—with the land, with others, and with something larger than yourself.
Ways to Experience Pearl Forge
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Bring people together for workshops, retreats, educational programs, wellness experiences, meetings, and creative gatherings.
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Experience a quiet night immersed in nature through our rustic campsite.
Join volunteer workdays and stewardship projects that restore prairie, improve wildlife habitat, support regenerative agriculture, and strengthen the health of this living landscape.
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Farm & Land Partnerships
Pearl Forge is growing through collaboration. From regenerative grazing and local food systems to future community spaces and mission-aligned enterprises, we're looking for partners who want to help shape what comes next.
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We believe healthy communities are built through connection—to the land, to one another, and to a shared sense of purpose.
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Pearl Forge exists to provide fertile ground for those connections to grow. By opening this landscape to educators, artists, conservationists, wellness practitioners, community organizations, and neighbors, we hope to create opportunities for learning, creativity, stewardship, and belonging.
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Today, that means supporting others who are bringing people together through workshops, retreats, gatherings, and shared experiences. Tomorrow, it means continuing to grow a rural commons rooted in community, stewardship, and place.