Editing Zendik Farm (section)

=== Boulevard, CA (1986-1991) ===
Funds from the sale of the Topanga compound were applied to a 75-acre farm on Tierra del Sol Road, near the Mexican border south of Boulevard, CA. Late in the winter of 1986 the Zendik community moved onto the farm with about 20 people.

The main house was quickly expanded and rehabilitated. Living spaces were in buses, trailers and improvised huts built with reclaimed materials; and most spaces were shared by two to four members.

An ambitious vegetable garden was established, along with a small but growing herd of dairy goats and an assortment of chickens, ducks and geese.

The publishing operation generated the bulk of their income, and part of the group worked full-time producing a new "mag" every few months. The novel "Blackhawk" (later released as "Bop!") was also published during this period.  The Zendik Farm Orgaztra began releasing cassette tapes of Wulf's poetry set to music; and they started producing and selling t-shirts with their silk-screened designs. Teams of street sellers would spend weekends hawking these products in the San Diego, Los Angeles, or San Francisco Bay areas; and distribution went nationwide beginning in 1987.

By the end of the 1980's the community's population grew to 40. The farming operation tried to expand into field crops, but the available water proved to be inadequate so they began exploring for a region with a hospitable climate and adequate water. The search focused on central Texas, and a foothold was established in Austin when Wulf and a skeleton crew rented a house there over the winter of 1990-91.

They immediately started producing programs at Austin's public access TV studio and releasing them on public access channels in Austin and elsewhere. Late in the winter they located and purchased 300-acre farm near Bastrop; and the remainder of group moved from Boulevard to Bastrop in the spring of 1991.

There was a brief stint in [[Central Florida]].<ref name="WCP">{{Cite web|url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/242579/who-are-these-people/|title=Who Are These People?|date=November 4, 2005|website=Washington City Paper}}</ref> Transitioning from an orange grove, the commune settled near Asheville, [[North Carolina]]. Despite the move being in part to help Wulf's weak lungs, Wulf died in June 1999 at the age of 79.<ref name="WCP" /> Zendik Farm's last relocation was to [[Marlinton, West Virginia]] with roughly 60 members.<ref name="WCP" /> By 2013 the commune had ultimately disbanded, possibly as a consequence of Arol Zendik's death in 2012, at age 72.<ref name="HP" />

Their mission was to save the earth from Ecollapse (a term that Zendik coined to describe the collapse of Earth's ecology) and was founded in hopes of inspiring humanity to cooperate and stop destroying the planet.<ref name="LA" /> To minimize their environmental impact and further reject the outside culture and [[consumerism]], they would sew their own clothes, use composting toilets, build housing using recycled materials, etc. They practiced self-reliance by growing their own organic food and raising poultry and goats. They loved animals and had many dogs, horses, peacocks. guinea hens, cats and a parrot named Zugar.<ref name="WP" /> The importance of ethical environmental conservation became a reason for frugality. Zendik Farm had a [[library]] consisting of second-hand books which covered subjects such as practical [[first aid]], herbalism and [[Western esotericism|esoteric philosophy]].<ref name="LA" />

Zendik Farm was not religiously affiliated, however they had a belief system and presented themselves as spiritual. Although they did not believe in a divine nature, Zendiks venerated Wulf & his philopsy of Ecolibrium & Creavolution. They studied his teachings and his philosophy was the central focus of Zendik Farm.<ref name="WP" />

They claimed to value autonomy yet also a sense of [[collective responsibility]]. Every resident had a space that was designated to them that allowed them to express their creativity. However, the majority of things that include money, tasks, food, and the last name Zendik, were shared. Additionally, when someone gave birth to the child the community would take the responsibility of raising them, oftentimes making it hard to decipher who is the actual mother of the child. [[Wulf Zendik]] believed sex in society came with possessive attitudes that had the potential to lead to jealousy and violence.<ref name="LA"/> His solution was to create an “erosocial” committee where members would have to announce another member they wanted to have sex with, then get it approved by the committee that would ask the other member if they were interested.<ref name="WCP"/> Arol believed this would remove the possessiveness that came along with sex and would save members embarrassment in case of rejection.<ref name="LA"/>

For money, Zendik Farm would publish magazines they would later sell to people outside of the farm. This 32 to 64 page newspaper would be produced a few times a year and sold on the weekends in nearby cities.<ref name="LA"/> They would also sell other Zendik [[propaganda]] that took form in poetry, artwork, bumper stickers, CDs, essays, and cartoons that expressed their message “Stop Bitching, Start a Revolution”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sociosound.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/zendik-farm/|title=Zendik Farm|date=August 30, 2010|website=Sociosound}}</ref> On these trips to sell their newspeak, they would also try to recruit members for their commune. They looked for people who felt they did not belong in society and were interested in a new culture that Zendik Farm was trying to create.<ref name="LA"/> There was also a common belief that it was okay to lie and steal from those outside of Zendik Farm. The outside world was known as the “Deathculture” and everybody who was a part of it was known as a “square”.<ref name="LA"/>