A Legendary Farmer that Lives on a Commune

[@KorvidRavenscraft]

Twin Oaks is about to be blown up with applicants. Looks like an awesome operation!

[@openyoureyes3969]

To bad there are not more like it

[@papajeff5486]

Excellent presentation on the veggie farm. Would be very interested in a more thorough presentation of all aspects of the community’s success, the animal farming, housing, education, energy production, waste control, etc.. Fifty years of success speaks to dynamic learning and evolution of a flexible population. Good work, you, for sharing this video and BIG THANKS. Texas

[@emilysivert2635]

What a great video! I have recently found your channel and I am loving all the videos of different farmers and how they farm. Thanks so much for doing this!!

[@JoshSattinFarming]

You're welcome. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Thanks for watching!

[@joycejune64]

OMG …. I love the entire idea!

[@paxtianodirtfrog8947]

Well done Josh, I think this is my new favorite video of your's. It helps that this is a super cool operation but I also really like how you carried out the interview. I think operations like this have a lot to contribute to the commercial market garden scene because they are not focused on profit which allows them to use healthy growing practices(such as no-till!) and perfect them on crops that aren't considered high value without having to worry about their profit margins. Cool stuff man!

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Thanks man! This was one of my favorite videos that I have done recently too.

[@stacibryant3353]

Sustainable Market Farming was my first garden book! Exceptional, detailed knowledge on vegetables and volume growing!!

[@mylesfalconer9183]

Great interview, Josh. You covered so much!

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Thank you! I really enjoyed this one.

[@catfunksfabulousfinds]

Wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@noahpharms]

Great interview Josh love her honesty!

[@amossymindset]

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story! Really enjoying your informative and honest channel!

[@JoshSattinFarming]

You are very welcome. I'm glad you have been enjoying the videos. Thanks for watching!

[@gratefuldoge8598]

Ive been working on my debts and changing my lifestyle to a minimalist lifestyle to enable me to self educate some skills and abilities into my resume. All with the hopes of finding myself a useful member of an intentional community one day!

[@ellenfisher6341]

Wow, I have lived in Virginia all my life & am only about 25 miles from there ! I never knew this community was there. I do know about Southern Exposure in Mineral, Va. & buy from them ~ GREAT VIDEO !

[@ellenfisher6341]

What a beautiful soul, Pam is !

[@bayareasparky9180]

Interesting world. Thanks for the glimpse.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

You're welcome. Such a special and unique place there. Thanks for watching!

[@HonestSawdust]

I have Pam's book already and it has been a wealth of knowledge for me on my farm. Although I don't grow at the scale she does I still try to bring as much diversity to my customers as I can. I'm still struggling with starting my own plants and I just don't know what I'm doing wrong here. I have an area setup in my microgreens building for starts but they just don't seem to ever grow as nicely as I see on your channel or from the growers that you are interviewing. I am going to resort to buying my transplants from my feed store but I fear that i won't have the variety of organic or even heirloom crops that my customers are used to from my farm. I grow a lot of hydroponic lettuce, chard, and kale in the hydroponics greenhouse but the heat of summer typically reduces the quality. Keep up the great content Josh! I really enjoy your videos and you have inspired me to start creating videos on my own farm. Although I don't have the expertise to edit my videos, I still try to get a quick update in one take so my videos are lacking in beauty. :)

[@Sean-wc4mb]

Hey im no expert and im sorry if this sounds really simple and obvious, but i saw a video a while back with someone with the same transplant problem's and it was to do with the depth of his flat's (needing deeper ones) and his spacing (sorry cant remember the space size), you probably already tried all that but just in case :)

[@Sean-wc4mb]

Oh and the light needed to be less than micro greens (More rest time), something to do with daytime for gathering energy, night time for growing?

[@andrewstacey4868]

Another great video.thanks josh!!

[@JoshSattinFarming]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@dragoniousmaximus7304]

Ayeeee! Braddah Josh, it's dragon over here in Maui. I watch and like all your vids and am super grateful for all that your doing by teaching everyone about farming and visiting all these farms, it's addicting! I was wondering if you had a harvesting video out there, on perhaps how to cut certain greens or the best way to do it. Mahalo nui loa Josh. Keep on keeping on

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Hey there! Thanks for the message. Glad you have been enjoying the videos. I have been meaning to make a harvest/wash video for a while, but never to around to it. I'll probably do one in the spring when I have more going on out in the field. I do have this one about sunflower shoots kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3eTpqOQZtZ6p6s

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

We all wish we could have 5 green houses lined up and all of our best most liked humans living communally - cannabis - garlic - salvia - mushrooms. Great video. I was concerned for a moment that people living on communes on VA have a bizarre British accent but the lady said she immigrated from UK.

[@mariamarcucci6556]

Awesome!

[@Garfunkarella]

Really great interview.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Thank you!

[@moneymikegotuvideos312]

Great video boss!

[@ericbacker1205]

Lovely.

[@dannyhughes9874]

A nice down to earth presentation. I would have liked to have seen more on accommodation, communal dining facilities, members, organizational structure ..but maybe in a following video?????? Thanks from a Kibbutz in Israel.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Thank you. There was way too much cool stuff to film there. Unfortunately I tried to cover as much of the farming stuff as possible. Also, they have rules about using cell phones and filming in different parts of the community. I would love to go back and do some more filming there in the future.

[@wildedibles819]

Very cool ideas and very well done

[@chrisandrew74]

Rainwater forthe irritation would solve the salt build up issue without the need of leaching which is also taking the soluble compost nutrition with it.

[@nathanwooldridge85]

What an interesting video. Thanks Josh. Very much a traditional way of living where products and services were only available within close proximity of where you lived. This had been still replicated on the old fashioned "high street" where you had a butcher, greengrocer, doctor, cobbler etc.

[@mimi27513]

What a dream!

[@dandan8333]

Very interesting video! Homesteading a community while farming their food takes me back to my childhood dreams. :-) I know you really enjoyed your visit and she is delightful! Thanks, I'll check out her books when I return stateside this springtime. Cheers.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Pam is awesome for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@veggiemom5]

Very interesting!

[@prieten49]

It might be a nutty idea, but maybe the topmost layer of soil that has all the accumulated salts from irrigation in it should be removed and replaced with fresh compost. Or the whole hoop house should be moved to another location. On another subject, every ten years or so, I wonder whether joining an intentional community would have been my true calling. This video brought back all those feelings again. Twin Oaks has been one of the longest lasting and most successful intentional communities. It's good to see it is still going strong. Well, now I'm over sixty and too old. But I will continue to wonder "what if...?"

[@wes4192]

She said they fix the salt issue with 2 hours of sprinkler irrigation so removing the soil would indeed be a nutty idea.

[@anthonykerr2806]

I am so envious of that size of a hoop house, wow! I'm somewhat ignorant on this, bare in mind: my immediate recommendation to help remedy too much salt is mulch to soil. It'll need less watering. I tend to recommend mulch no matter what, but to help salt is where some uncertainty comes in. Otherwise I'd love to see the perennials.

[@angelamaro1693]

Great series. I didn't know that they still have communes.you didn't touch on how they purchased the land.do they have areas for married families.?

[@JoshSattinFarming]

The community was established in 1967. I don't know too much about the history. They have different residences for families with kids, no kids, etc. You can read more about the community at www.twinoaks.org/

[@debrakessler5141]

Would have liked to have seen more infrastructure, garden beds and eating area.

[@spotteddoghomestead9940]

Interesting lifestyle

[@sandy-rr1by]

what happens when one becomes too old or unable to work anymore?

[@mominthe209]

Solyent Green 🤣

[@kirstinstrand6292]

This was a wonderful video. I've recently been thinking of Community Living. I Love to cook and am mostly vegetarian. I'm a bit of a health nut. LOL 3 weeks is to long to be away. Nonetheless, maybe I visit. 🎯

[@portiaholliday8741]

What kind of turnips and what kid of melons does Pam grow? Can she offer any insight as the best way to grow these (2) crops? I have grown both. Harlequin bugs attacked my turnips:-( My mini watermelons would have benefited from having been sown earlier.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

I have no idea, but you can contact Pam here www.sustainablemarketfarming.com/contact-pam/

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

What i wanted to do in 1967 but to many were hippy etc. And I wasn't. I grew up on a farm, tried to do back to the land by myself and just couldn't. I wonder if they need a vermacomposter who loves to cook but hates doing dishes...????

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Reach out to them. They are looking for new members.

[@HomesteadForALiving]

Marjorie Johnson there’s a Facebook group called Homestead Room Mates you might also look into

[@TiempoNuevo-ew7ty]

Now she should learn about Food Forests.... People are really liking this "New Method".

[@tonyhussey3610]

Tiempo Nuevo I wonder how you would feed 100 people all year from a food forest. I bet you would need a huge forest. I don’t know just wondering..

[@1982MCI]

If I don’t succeed with my market garden then maybe this would be a good place to move to. Wonder if they accept new residents with plenty of experience?

[@fallenfate93]

Don Pfeiffer they are open to taking new members. Check out there website to see how to join.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

I'm sure they would love some farming experience there. And yes, they are looking for new members.

[@mio.giardino]

So what happens when an able body person does not pull their weight? Also, this lady wrote a book so does she share her profits from it or get to keep it?

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Unfortunately I don't know the answers to your questions. Feel free to reach out to Pam through her website www.sustainablemarketfarming.com/contact-pam/

[@bhspenceryt]

Everyone has to work 42 hours a week. You turn in a record of what hours you worked at the end of the week. Not pulling your weight is a big deal. Ultimately not working enough could get you expelled. I lived there for 6 years and for the most part everyone does their fair share.

[@bhspenceryt]

The profits from the book sales are shared with the rest of the community.

[@vahlla78]

What about the homes? Where do these 100 people live? Do they have electricity?

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Yes they have electricity. They have many buildings where people live. Everyone gets their own room. Read more about the community at www.twinoaks.org/

[@revamcconnell470]

They would benefit from a Large Freeze Dryer from Harvest Right.

[@joansmith3492]

That is not my understanding of why there is salt build up in hoop houses. I thought it is from the city or well water. I thought if you use rain water it won't happen. Is that wrong?

[@patblack2291]

Joan Smith You are correct that salts comes from irrigating with groundwater and she is correct on how it gets concentrated in the top soil fraction. If they were to implement rainwater harvest off the high tunnel, they could irrigate with salts-free water and eliminate the issue. Two seamless gutters, cistern storage, some pumps and filters to the drip tape would do it. Their approach of flushing the salts lower down in the soil works too, but using the rain is the ultimate sustainable solution.

[@chaikiankhiong]

I had plan for a no of years to start a moneyless community. Don't laugh! This was conceived over 10 years ago and not sure anything quite like it exists in this world. Basically it would invite people from everywhere to come and set up home (eventually!) but initially I have to start it first in order to show that a working example (otherwise people just don't buy it). The idea is to start as a farming-construction project and then slowly branching it out to embrace other activities like workshops/schools to show how practical skills can be acquired. People with skills are invited to take part and show how to. So would welcome all kinds. It would be a borderless community meaning no racial or country lineage. It is based on principle of humanity and becoming a world citizen. I am hoping to start it in Borneo ( a giveaway where I am from but in any case it could be anywhere! really where a decent size piece of land can be had. The idea is to be fully self sufficient in food, accommodation, energy, water and all other forms of services. It is to create an environment where a person can be living a debt free and stress free life and be in a situation where his creativity is at its best. The ultimate is to do away with all kinds of fear about our existence and living as a free spirit in order to let our inner self come to life. This is where the heart is in sync with all our bodily functions and where the magic of our true self begins to manifest. Hopefully by then we can show people there is an alternative way of living one's life which is completely different from what is the status quo from parenting, education through to life journey. I could go on.....

[@kirstinstrand6292]

What a wonderful concept. Expanding on the way of life that perhaps existed in earlier times. If you build it, they will come.

[@lindson7]

Good morning Idont speak english very well ...but i wold like to know how many litle farm in orlando ..do you know?

[@mckaybridges9229]

Hundreds

[@donisenberg3032]

Who was the artist that was on the intro music?

[@JoshSattinFarming]

"A Traveling Spirit" by Daniel Kadawatha. It's from www.epidemicsound.com/

[@uptoit100]

'....A Legendary Farmer WHO Lives on a Commune': not THAT. The same error was repeated again in speech in several instances during the commentary.

[@KNBARON]

When they start growing hemp ...I’m their .....

[@DarkMoonDroid]

25:39

[@kathleenwest2381]

Interesting. Makes no sense though to spend money buying products you produce on the farm and sell outside then spending twice as much to buy back.

[@Tagout10593]

So like Jonestown but without religion?

[@KNBARON]

Caleb Wilson ...no, like Jonestown without the Jesus juice ...🤪

[@Love18wheelz]

Jonestown was more than meets the eye..like most of similar tragedies. Religion was the cover up. Just like 911 used religion

[@abumuusaamerrickabdalkhabi4656]

Peace do they have any black ppl yet at their commune?

[@bhspenceryt]

Yes, there are a few black people there. FYI I lived there from 2005 -2011

[@abumuusaamerrickabdalkhabi4656]

@@bhspenceryt how about families, do they accept families

[@bhspenceryt]

@@abumuusaamerrickabdalkhabi4656 They do. I moved there with my son. And moving there as a family is a much more involved process.

[@autiemuse]

Actually, I am sorry to say that this is a GREAT subject that has been poorly handled regarding your filmmaking -- something more scripted with less 'talking head' while standing around would have been a great intro to this amazing woman and her community.

[@lorrilandahl6698]

Totally disagree. Watching heavily scripted content instead of a respectfully interested conversation? You can keep your hollywood.

[@SelectKiko]

you are BAAD at making interesting docs