Here's the link to the entire documentary about SF history and The Farm.

http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Farm

There were many intentional communities with the name "The Farm" for obvious reasons. There is one still in existence in Kentucky I believe.

I lived in the Farm around 2005 and stumbled across this clip while trying to learn more about it. After a fair bit of legwork I was able to acquire the full documentary by contacting one of the makers directly. Since he posted his email in a public posting for a showing at the Roxie, I'll presume it's okay to repost his address here:

Mike Kavanagh
agitspin@riseup.net

He was willing to make me a VHS copy of the documentary, though it seems like he must have to make them one at a time... Oh, and as for whether it's any good or not, definitely so -- not only is it the best if not only video resource that details the rise and fall of The Farm, but it's fairly well edited (for being 15+ years old) and a good watch overall.

The trailer seems useless without a link to the fuller work. We don't even see what the farm eventually looked like.

This clip shows nothing of the farm- just the spot where it was made, and some shots of heavy equipment tearing up asphalt

It was not uncommon for some of the people in the town that I grew up in to have empty city lots as small farms. I question though that using city lots that have had mfg. on them to be used for growing food. What I would like to know is what the EPA report of any toxic substances was found. I would hope that anything grown on land like that would have to be labled as such for those who care about where their food was grown....

the trailer was enough to peak my interest. I have heard about this film and another film titled "Farmcore" also by Mike Kavanaugh. I have yet to find a full length copy of either one.

My Grand Father is a farmer, and I think he would say that we need more of them, and less bling bling.