The Farm Community • Living in Community Since 1971 ecovillage, permaculture, keyline, biochar, climate change, ecoforestry, natural building, consensus, gift economy, communal society, bioregional, farming, hippy, hippies, san francisco, sixties, 1971, retrofuturism, utopia, psychedelic, alternate religions, alternative schools, midwifery, microenterprise The Farm is an intentional community in Summertown, Tennessee, founded in 1971 and today home to some 200 residents.