In 1971 a caravan of school buses, hand painted and shingled, careened down a dirt road in Summertown Tennessee. Having spent their collective funds on acquiring a plot of earth, their buses became their homes. These settlers were on an exodus out of the degenerating Haight Ashbury hippie scene in San Francisco. After traveling the country, with a ‘badge is your belly-button’ open membership, the caravan had grown. The Farm, as it would be known, was the last stop for these travelers. Over the next 30 years the Farm would develop and evolve into a communal settlement with a self-sufficient economy, back to nature living techniques, and also serve as a spiritual and educational center.
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The Farm
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