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The hippie homesteaders of Fundy Hills
Building a self-sufficient homestead was a dream shared by many in the 1960s and 1970s. If you lived that dream or know someone who did, share your stories with us.
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Heather Holm
Submitted:
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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There was quite a concentration ofback-to-the-landers and other differently-minded young people in the
Wolfville area of Nova Scotia's
Annapolis Valley, starting in the early
1970s. It was the beginning of what
became known as the "alternative
community" in the area, which still
exists, having lead the way to cultural
changes in natural food, midwifery,
environmentalism, alternative health
care, spiritual and personal growth
movements, etc. There were some
intentional communities early on, but
the movement as a whole led to a loose
"unintentional community" that still
feels itself to be different than the
"mainstream" community around it, even
while its "members" take leadership in
many areas. I actually wrote a Masters
thesis on it. |
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Alix Anttila
Submitted:
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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My father was a back-to-the-lander. He
and a group of like-minded friends
bought property in Ompah, ON in the
early 1970s. They called their grand
experiment Lothlorien Farm.
Although the idealism it began with has
been tempered with practicality over the
years, Lothlorien Farm still exists to
this day. People have come and gone in
the past thirty years, but many still
live and work on the property.
My father never settled on Lothlorien
Farm, (though he remained a member of
the community), and I grew up in Ottawa.
We visited the Farm on weekends and
holidays. Growing up, I never realized
that not everyone my age had an odd
second family living in the country.
When I mentioned "the Farm" to my school
friends, I would have to explain that it
wasn't an actual farm, but a group of
houses and workshops (and of course a
geodesic dome).
We are only now coming to the point
where the question of what happens to
Lothlorien Farm in the future is
entering our minds. It is an odd sort of
inheritance for us children, who unlike
our parents, did not choose the idealism
of back-to-the-land but were born into it. |
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Robert W. Sare
Submitted:
Saturday, April 19, 2008
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There were lots of self sufficient movements in the 60s and 70s here in the U.S. The best that lasted is called The Farm in Summerville,Tenessee. It was California movement that traveled around in school busses until it found a place that wanted them to homestead. Look up on Wikipedia for The Farm. Find it at: or Look up on Yahoo.com. You can call them at 931-964-3574. They have quite a story.
I traveled quite a bit in Canada, coast to coast but I don't have a good hippy story for you. Lots of younger people trying to make a go of it, though!!
Hope you don't mind Yanks horning in!!
Best Wishes,
Bob Sare
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Dennis Edell
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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I was part of a community of about 50 couples and others who settled/homesteaded on PEI in the early 70s. Professor David Weil has written about them and they were, a few years ago, the subject of a display at the Confed Centre art gallery in PEI by Megan Williams. It was a very unique moment in time. And a very unusual phenomenon in that many of us did not know each other, came from many different places, yet we all showed up at the same time, same place with the same dream. Dennis Edell |
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