At Wagbo Peace Center, (AKA Wagbo Farm) our mission is to provide an inspirational place for people to connect with each other and with the land. Inspired by the wishes of Martha Wagbo and her sisters, Wagbo strives to create a place where sustainable living, support of natural resources, peace and justice and arts and culture are facilitated through education and demonstration.
To fulfill our mission, we offer a variety of educational programming related to sustainable agriculture, homesteading, the natural environment, creative expression, historically relevant cultural practices, personal and community resilience, peace and the intersection of all of these. Specific programs include community gatherings including celebrations of our relationship to the seasons and the land; do-it-yourself demonstrations for food and fiber production, foraging, preservation, butchering, sheering, maple syrup making; self-expression through music events, poetry readings, fiber arts skill-shares; public presentations, family-friendly farm and forest tours, field trips and demonstrations.
Watch for updates on upcoming events on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/marthawagbofarm.
For highlights of 2025, please take a look at our annual letter, below. If you are considering working for Wagbo as staff or as a volunteer please click on the link below to our staff_volunteer application form.

All of Wagbo's activities are family friendly. Whether it is wassailing in the winter or maple syruping in the spring, hikes and bon fires in the summer, we strive to ensure each activity is educational and fun for all ages.

During Full Moon Feasts we acknowledge the passing of seasons, the foods that accompany them and the community that supports us. Bring a dish to pass and after we'll focus on a topic or fun activity and make an escape from your daily routine. New schedule coming soon.

Once a month on Sundays get your creativity juices flowing as we join with others to stitch, weave, mend, paint, knit, or whatever your "thing" is. We chat and share, snack and stitch and nourish our souls together. Wagbo will serve hot tea and coffee. We will plan to host from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. but you can come anytime and stay as late as you like. See 2025 schedule here.

Learn how to use natural materails to create beautiful garments, unique household textiles or creative decor using weaving techniques and other fiber arts skills. Classes coming soon!

There are lots of ways to enjoy what Wagbo has to offer. There are wooded trails to explore, a fiber arts classroom with looms for you to try your hand at weaving. There are oppportunities if you need a space to start a small land-based business, or begin farming or gardening. Rent our outdoor pavillion or the community room for your next event!

Our Maple Syrup making has been supported by volunteer crews for several decades. Come join us and learn a thing or two about making syrup! It's really fun and it gets you connected to the the outdoors and new people.

Your support and contributions will enable us to support our programs and fund our mission. Send a check or money order to Wagbo Farm at 5745 N. M-66, East Jordan, MI 49727 or click the button below to donate on-line.

A new Fiber Arts & Culture classroom space was developed by renovating an old garage. But before the building could be fixed, stornmwater run-off was redirected and infiltrated with funding help from a Paddle Antrim Ripple Effect mini-grant. Repairs and renovations to the building were completed this fall due to generous grant funds from the Charlevoix County Community Foundation, the Great Lakes Energy People Fund, Antrim Womens Alliance, Tipp of the Mitt Fiber Fair and other anonymous donors.

Events were a hit with young folks and young at heart. As a result of program funding from the Charlevoix County Community Foundation, Wagbo offered a full schedule of programs twice per month including Stitch & Such creative circles and Full Moon Feast potlucks with a topic of interest. Many new people became friends of Wagbo. New and old visions for the future of Wagbo were conjured with the inspiration, positive energy and strength in community that bubbled up during these wonderful events.

A sculpture, “The Young Boy and the Stream”, created by the late Martha Sulfridge of Boyne City, brings to life a Hemingway not often seen–––the young boy, sturdy and resolute, who came of age here in our northern lower Michigan. Her sculpture is a masterpiece of movement and expression envisioning young Ernie battling an enormous fish and is on par with the renown works of Ernest Hemingway himself. This life size bronze was gifted to the community and will reside in a newly created garden at the Bay Township Hall in Horton Bay ofering a space for contemplation and education, now and long into the future.
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Wagbo Peace Center (dba Wagbo Farm) is seeking candidates to consult with Wagbo Board of Directors to facilitate the gathering of stakeholders and constituents to extract and consolidate ideas, visions, research findings and information to be synthesized into the development of a Strategic Master Plan in 2026 - 2027. Please review the Request for Proposals below.
We love visitors, so feel free to visit the farm Friday through Sunday, or call for an appointment.
5745 N M-66 (Mancelona-East Jordan Rd.)East Jordan, MI 49727
Open today | 10:00 am – 05:00 pm |

Join us on the 4th Sundays for "me time" as we stitch, weave, mend, paint, (or whatever your "thing" is) as we chat and share, snack and stitch and nourish our souls.
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