{"id":1205,"date":"2016-05-19T15:42:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T15:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?page_id=1205"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:36:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?page_id=1205","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4288\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xFO6vDARSyUyUesc9eKKQ-1-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xFO6vDARSyUyUesc9eKKQ-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xFO6vDARSyUyUesc9eKKQ-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xFO6vDARSyUyUesc9eKKQ-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/xFO6vDARSyUyUesc9eKKQ-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bent Pine Farm is the heart and soul of the Fairhaven Learning Project. \u00a0 From this modest acreage in West Central Florida we see our family growing up; \u00a0 we plan for a healthy future, and share what we have experienced with others.<\/p>\n<p>We try to seize\u00a0opportunities as they come along to create a thriving learning community that literally returns us to our roots.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, in the soil building stage, there are lots of discouragements, stresses, and heart breaks, \u00a0but also small triumphs, big hopes, and continual assurances that we have chosen the right path.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Homesteading<\/p>\n<p>Thelma &amp; Ray<\/p>\n<p><!--\/\/\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/bentPine_logo_sm-150x150.png\" alt=\"bentPine_logo_sm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1206\" \/>Bent Pine Farm -\n\nThere are significant words that need to be written, read, and acted upon in order for future generations to thrive. \u00a0As citizens in a democratic society we have an opportunity to shape the future to be better than the present. \u00a0We have the obligation to teach our children how to build sustainable, self-sufficient communities, how to respect others, and how to touch\u00a0lives to make those lives better.\n\nExplore our online community and know that these digital words connect to real places and real people who have difficulties and dreams, thoughts and ideas, \u00a0skills and talents that will help us recapture what has been lost in the quest for 'economic progress'.\n\nOur community is all about small changes now that will bring about big changes in the future. \u00a0Join us ...help us rebuild our families, discover again what is really important, and change our communities for the better.\n\/\/--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bent Pine Farm is the heart and soul of the Fairhaven Learning Project. \u00a0 From this modest acreage in West Central Florida we see our family growing up; \u00a0 we plan for a healthy future, and share what we have experienced with others. We try to seize\u00a0opportunities as they come along to create a thriving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?page_id=1205\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7igqH-jr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6574,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1205\/revisions\/6574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}