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 smagnolia rated 12 months ago -
What a wonderful, refreshing article. Almost a "where are they now" story. Many thanks to Marmot of "60's & Beyond" for sharing this with our group.
Sex, Drugs, and Soybeans
In 1970, pot-smoking guru Stephen Gaskin, a former U.S. Marine, led his band of acoly...
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- smagnolia rated 12 months ago
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What a wonderful, refreshing article. Almost a "where are they now" story. Many thanks to Marmot of "60's & Beyond" for sharing this with our group.
Sex, Drugs, and Soybeans
In 1970, pot-smoking guru Stephen Gaskin, a former U.S. Marine, led his band of acolytes on a mystic trip out of San Francisco and into the American heartland. Deep in the Tennessee woods, they formed a spiritual commune called the Farm, which has morphed over its 36 years from a hippie project into a high-tech eco-think tank. Jim Windolf tells the story of the Farm in "Sex, Drugs, and Soybeans"; here's a photographic history.
You can read the full story here:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/05/thefarm200705
Albert Bates, now a tribal elder, has to laugh when he hears the hot talk of the rising Farmies. "Those kids are bringing in a lot of energy," he says. "As hippies of the 60s and 70s, we endowed our kids with this meta-program of peace, love, and ecology, and now they're holding our feet to the fire and saying, 'O.K., let's see it.' It's like we sent a reminder to ourselves down through time."
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