What area around Madison for off-grid home, small ag? (Fitchburg: moving to, land)

[organica]

Hi, we're looking for some land (2 or 3 acres) outside of downtown Madison to build a geodesic dome home and do some small-scale farming to feed our family. We will need a safe water source off of the grid, and we will be organic, so we need to know that the area has no possibility of having been polluted in the past, and there's no reason to expect it will be polluted in the future (spills, accidents/nearby chemical plants, landfills, etc.). What areas/neighborhoods would people on this forum recommend?

Also, just checking: is the Madison area very walkable (and bikeable)? To give you context, we live in Asheville, where they didn't add sidewalks to many areas outside of downtown

Thank you so much for your help! Anyone moving to Asheville, we'll be glad to tell you all about it, the good and the bad.

[toast12]

Springfield, Dunn, South Fitchburg all good choices where are you comming from

[organica]

Thanks for the reply. We will check them out. Also, are the mosquitoes bad up there? I heard just today that they are intolerable. !!