40 years after it was founded, The Farm Community, a commune in rural Tennessee, continues to thrive. In a recent visit to Malaprops Bookstore and CafĂ©, author Donald Stevenson, the community’s resident historian, told the story of how a group of visionaries continue to make it work.
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