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"Back to the land" usually refers to a movement during the 1960's-1970's when thousands of people (largely young, middle to upper class Americans) left cities and suburbs for rural settlements. Individual motivations varied, but often-cited reasons included: dissatisfaction with conventional employment and lifestyles, concern about the depletion of fossil fuels, and interest in environmentalism. But as time progressed, many people left their homesteads and communes, and the movement dissipated. However, the movement produced its successes as well as its failures. Institutions such as the Farm in Tennessee and permaculture are the lasting legacy of the back-to-the-land movement. As new environmental challenges confront the world, some perceive the rise of new back-to-the-landers.

Selected bibliography

Back from the Land: How Young Americans Went to Nature in the 1970s, and Why They Came Back by Eleanor Agnew
New Pioneers: The Back-to-the-Land Movement and the Search for a Sustainable Future by Jeffrey Carl Jacob
Back to the Land: The Enduring Dream of Self-Sufficiency in Modern America by Dona Brown

External links

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-The most valuable resource of a rural person or [[community]] is the land, in effect its [[soils]]. These may be under mechanical cultivation, untilled [[permaculture]], in [[pasture]] or in native [[forest]] but if the agriculturist does not properly protect and improve his soils, his intention of forever producing food or other products based on these soils, is a lost battle to start with.
+'''"Back to the land"''' usually refers to a movement during the 1960's-1970's when thousands of people (largely young, middle to upper class Americans) left cities and suburbs for rural settlements. Individual motivations varied, but often-cited reasons included: dissatisfaction with conventional employment and lifestyles, concern about the depletion of fossil fuels, and interest in environmentalism. But as time progressed, many people left their homesteads and communes, and the movement dissipated. However, the movement produced its successes as well as its failures. Institutions such as the Farm in Tennessee and [[permaculture]] are the lasting legacy of the back-to-the-land movement. As new environmental challenges confront the world, some perceive the rise of new back-to-the-landers.
-One first produces a healthy soil then you ask of the soil what you want as to planted crops. If you realize that farming or gardening is basically the cultivation of a healthy soil, your chances of success have increased tremendously. The term ‘healthy soil' is literal for the soil is a complex living ecosystem. If the soil is given strong chemical [[fertilizer]]s, at first crops will grow wonderfully, but then as certain organisms in the soil are discouraged and others are over stimulated, the soil will become completely unbalanced resulting in weakening crops. If even more fertilizer is added in an attempt to remedy this problem, the soil's health will be even further damaged until the soil can become useless.
+== Selected bibliography ==
+* ''Back from the Land: How Young Americans Went to Nature in the 1970s, and Why They Came Back'' by Eleanor Agnew
+* ''New Pioneers: The Back-to-the-Land Movement and the Search for a Sustainable Future'' by Jeffrey Carl Jacob
+* ''Back to the Land: The Enduring Dream of Self-Sufficiency in Modern America'' by Dona Brown
-Here we will give information and request experiences of those working the soil, on organic levels and soil structure, watering, soil remineralization, effective microorganisms and related topics. Good farming!
+== External links ==
+* [[wikipedia:Back_to_the_land_movement]]
+* [http://energyskeptic.com/2011/why-back-to-the-land-failed/ The Back to the Land Movement: Why it Failed and Why we Need to Try Again Anyway]
+* [http://external.bangordailynews.com/projects/2014/04/goodlife/ The Good Life: The movement that changed Maine]
+* [http://vermonthistory.org/research/research-resources-online/green-mountain-chronicles/back-to-the-land-communes-in-vermont-1968 Back to the Land: Communes in Vermont]
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120415102924/http://208.8.185.150/backtotheland/ Back to the Land (undergraduate thesis)]
-==See Also==
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-*[[History of Soil Science]]
-*[[What Farmers did 150 Years Ago]]
-*[[Agriculture]]
-*[[Soils]]
-==External Links==
-[[wikipedia:Back_to_the_land_movement]]
 [[Category: Agriculture]]
+[[Category:Permaculture]]