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Distilled, the RESORA vision can be summed in three words - PRESERVE. FARM. CULTURE. In preserving, it will improve and protect the wildlife habitat and preserve a restorative landscape for human meditation and health through hiking, biking, and other low-impact activities. In Farming, it will produce revenue-generating crops and also serve as a place for teaching, learning, and the development of new agriculture techniques and technology. In Culture, it will be a place for community and social development to emerge as New Communities establishes a new public meeting ground for events, seminars, social activities, lodging, retail, classroom and conference center.

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THE VILLAGE

Resora is a 1,638-acre former plantation near Albany that was originally owned by one of the largest slaveholder estates in Georgia. When New Communities purchased this land in 2011 they set out to create a unique headquarters for the organization — both a retreat, conference center and a working farm. As Shirley Sherrod put it, Resora is envisioned as “a place where we could both farm the land and also nurture the minds of people.”

The Farm

The central farmland, organized around the remnants of a once-expansive pecan orchard, remains a working landscape: an agricultural research lab for testing, site-learning, and production.

The Farm is the working core of the property: a place for hands- on instruction and experimentation. It includes sites for farm residences, operations, and maintenance facilities creating a high functioning, self- contained, and profitable production unit that also makes essential contributions to the experience and identity of the Resora. The site actively produces pecans, satsuma oranges, and Zucchini squash among other crops.