A Lesson in Ecovillages: How “The Farm” Fared in the 21st Century

VIDEO: THE FARM

Their idealism gave rise to the local and organic food movement.

By Brooke Minters and Kate McLean for The Ration

Some stayed, most left. It’s been forty years since busloads of hippies caravanned to Tennessee to go “back to the land,” and create a commune — The Farm. The seeds they planted helped give rise to today’s organics movement.