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#3cccJournal2TwittBook *[Traveling with Robert & Elizabeth Ziegler and their two young girls, interviewing land owners who are part of 0081

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..the “Back to the Land” movement in Nova Scotia, Canada. I've done several freelance pieces bought by CBC Radio 0082

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..and intend to sell our interviews when the project is completed.]* 0083

#3cccJournal2TwittBook FEBRUARY 5, 1972: Got a ride yesterday with Chris & Annie Griffith to David Prior and Mary Troyar’s place in 0084

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..Lunenburg County. I stayed overnight and interviewed David concerning organic farming practices and produce 0085

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..sold at Sobey’s. He doesn’t wish to continue dealing with them, so he’s decided to try “Pick Your Own”. He 0086

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..likes the idea of a Community Market Catalog and tried unsuccessfully to get an open-air farmers market going 0087

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..in Bridgewater as well as a produce store with health foods sideline (“BeanSprout”). David has been growing 0088

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..organically for 3-4 years but Mary for 25.  Diet: fairly traditional; meats, cooked foods, home brew and 0089

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..cigarettes. This is their 3rd year farming on a commercial scale.  Their market garden is about ¾ of an acre. 0090

#3cccJournal2TwittBook They have: tractor, Troy-Built roto-tiller, greenhouse, a workshop where they make weaving looms they sell. Dave 0091

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..is also building a sailboat in his “spare” time. Dave handles the market garden, Mary the kitchen and herb 0092

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..gardens. They’re interested in starting a commune, so they can get more people on their place to help with the 0093

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..workload. Other back to the landers have tried to move onto land in the area but all unsuccessfully. Dave 0094

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..believes one of the biggest mistakes people make is starting with animals – biting off more than they can 0095

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..chew. He says that for the first few years they should take care of repairs, get their place in order and 0096

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..enrich their soil organically so it’s productive. Immigration has been hassling people in the area. Dave knows 0097

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..of one man being investigated. He couldn’t make a living on the land so he’s now working at Michelin Tire. 0098

#3cccJournal2TwittBook The guy was born in Toronto but lived in Texas before returning to Canada, so they started looking into his 0099

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..background, to see whether or not he was an American subversive. Materially, Dave and Mary are fairly well off 0100

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..but Dave feels they are lacking in the spiritual area. He heard Baba Ram Dass years ago and still feels his 0101

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..influence. When asked if he’d lend out his tractor he said “No”, but he would be interested in some kind of 0102

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..community exchange program where he could meet and work with members. He was surprised to hear of others 0103

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..farming organically. Dave believes a small family wanting to go back to the land should at least have a roto- 0104

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..tiller. They could easily work a half-acre of grains and a half-acre of vegetables.  He says the half-acre of 0105

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..vegetables could feed 75 people.  A community with 20 or so people could manage 5 acres with a pick-up and a 0106

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..roto-tiller, using “Plowman’s Folly” methods. TUESDAY FEB. 13: Yesterday, interview at Nova Nada; day before 0107

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..interviewed Burton of Earth Rider Farms. Robert & Elizabeth moved their belongings here and we share the 0108

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..school bus. Peaceful and I feel no animosity towards Burton or Bonnie.  Danny was here, left after we were 0109

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..here a few days. I am perceiving more and more the basic spirituality of the back to the land movement. Burton 0110

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..enlightened me, broadened my concept of the spiritual search.  This project is unfolding nicely, no push to 0111

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..manipulate people or situations. Always there is time for the children and for helping those we visit. Our 0112

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..tape recorder is a window to the inner being, a unifying force. Much learning has sprouted from the interviews 0113

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..with re-listening and discussions on our perceptions. I am amazed at the transforming qualities of just being, 0114

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..of living our beliefs. This is an example of right action, especially among those who share the organic 0115

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..consciousness. Since being here, Robert & Elizabeth have joined in Yoga and are eating mostly raw food. Burton 0116

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..has asked a lot of questions and made some changes in the communities food buying lists. At Nova Nada we were 0117

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..received lukewarmly but soon with openness. Beautiful setting, nice people. Got high interviewing Father 0118

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..McNamara. On the surface of his words Nova Nada glistened, but there were differences in approach reflecting a 0119

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..certain narrowness and hypocrisy. They stress poverty and simplicity, mortification and self-denial as rituals 0120

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..of inner transformation. Yet they use oil heaters in every cabin, spend for unnecessary luxuries for the elite 0121

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..inner circle of priests, such as expensive wines and beer, but only distribute this bounty to the peons in a 0122

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..token manner. Those who aren’t priests are the work drones. They bring in the wood and stoke the fires of the 0123

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..priests. And it appears the community spends money on superfluous material acquisitions while neglecting to 0124

#3cccJournal2TwittBook ..feed their bodily temple properly, having a “eat what is given” rule. 0125

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