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Tom Fels has written a bittersweet memoir of life on one of the better-known communal farms of the late 1960s. From the greenhouse in the spring to haying in the summer; from cold, wood-heated winters to abundant home-cooked dinners in the fall, back-to-the-land communards of the late '60s and early '70s made their way in a new and unfamiliar world. Later, relocated in cities and towns across the country, they used what they had learned to continue to explore and to influence life as they found it in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Take trip back in the book 'Farm Friends.'

About Tom Fels

Tom Fels’ four years on a communal farm provide the background for Farm Friends. Following these years (1969–73) he spent five years as a college administrator before becoming a full-time curator and writer. Some of his many exhibitions have been presented at the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. His most recent book was nominated for the Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Award, the Philip Johnson Award, and the Wittenborn Memorial Award. Named a fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and of the Huntington Library, he lives with his wife in North Bennington, Vermont.