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Volume 17, Number 39 | November 13-19, 2025
STAYING SUSTAINABLE
It’s official!
Sustainable Settings is off the market.
Art by Larry Day
The 244-acre biodynamic ranch nonprofit was listed back in April of 2022 for over $24 million with the price increasing weekly. It topped out at $33,333,333.33 and is now deemed “priceless.” According to co-founder Brooke LeVan, the sale was always a publicity stunt. When we think of “developed land” our minds typically jump to buildings and infrastructure. At Sustainable Settings, developing the land has entailed enhancing the soil with practical and spiritual work. Lance Gunderson, director of soil health at Regen Ag Lab, professed, “We have found Sustainable Settings soils to be in the top 1% of soil health gains in the over 140,000 farm soil tests that we have conducted.” Moreover, Jared Minori, who arrived to the ranch in 2016 as an intern, has been hired as development director to propel the project further. “I am a product of Susty, which has always been an arena to cultivate one’s authentic self,” he stated in a press release. “Now I’m here to help steward our vision into reality.” The ranch is now undergoing a capital campaign to scale up vegetable and dairy production. Learn more at www.sustainablesettings.org