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Stronger together: This Triad farm does more than grow food. It nurtures lives.

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Stronger together: This Triad farm does more than grow food. It nurtures lives.

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Peace Haven

Peacehaven Community Farm in Whitsett, N.C., on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

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The residents at Peacehaven Community Farm work in their own community garden.

Resident Autumn Troy talks with CEO Phelps Sprinkle at Peacehaven Community Farm in Whitsett on Thursday.

Ben Helminski is a resident at Peacehaven Community Farm in Whitsett.

CEO Phelps Sprinkle and chief strategy officer Neal Sharpe pose at Peacehaven Community Farm in Whitsett on Thursday.

Anne Harris shows her room at Peacehaven Community Farm.

Five residents already live on the property in a place called Susan's View, which has individual rooms and suites, a communal dining area and a large porch. Gardens also feature gathering spots to extend the community feel.

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GREENSBORO — When Phelps Sprinkle looks out onto the 89 acres of mostly untouched land at the back of the Peacehaven Community Farm, he sees an expansion of the housing that would allow adults with intellectual and physical disabilities a place to live and work that connects them with the world.

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Resident Anne Harris, CEO Phelps Sprinkle, chief strategy officer Neal Sharpe and resident Ben Helminski talk at Peacehaven Community Farm in Whitsett on Thursday.

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While operating on a smaller scale over the last few decades, Peacehaven has become a model community where people would live and work alongside developmentally-handicapped adults.

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Peacehaven Community Farm in Whitsett sits on land bordering Guilford and Alamance counties. This barn has long been a community landmark.

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