The mission of The Good Life Center is to perpetuate the legacy of Helen and Scott Nearing.
The Good Life Center, through its programming and preservation of the historic Forest Farm homestead, advocates for simple and sustainable living skills, social and economic justice, organic gardening, and the non-exploitation of animals and the environment.
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April 11th, 2026: Apple Tree Pruning Workshop
Seeking Resident Stewards for 2026 onwards!
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Big News!
We are honored to announce that The Good Life Center at Forest Farm has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Read more below:
Penobscot Bay Press, 26 February 2026: Forest Farm in Brooksville listed in National Register
The Ellsworth American, 24 February 2026: Good Life Center added to National Register of Historic Places
Bangor Daily News, 23 February 2026: Maine homestead of back-to-the-land icons added to National Register of Historic Places
Library Conversations: Bread Philosophy in the Nearing Library
Upcoming Exhibition: Maine's Untold Vegetarian History Exhibit, courtesy of the Maine Historical Society
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We acknowledge that the Good Life Center exists in the place we now call Harborside, Maine, which is home to the sovereign Wabanaki people. We honor and are grateful for the ancestral and contemporary Wabanaki peoples indigenous to this land in the Dawnland.