By Susan Percy

Photo by Jennifer Stalcup

Serenbe, the lust green community Steve Nygren and his wife, Marie, have created in the hill country of South Fulton County, has been called a wellness sanctuary, and environmental prototype, and agrihood, even a utopia. “We’re a little bit of all those things,” Nygren stays, “but more than that, we see ourselves as a biophilic community,” which he defines as a place encompassing a love for all living systems and a respect for the past. “Eighty years ago we just naturally understood that connectivity - with nature, each other. We had a healthier diet and lifestyle.”

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