Hog Farm

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Rear view of the bus

The Hog Farm ("pig farm") was an early hippie commune in the San Gabriel Mountains of California outside of Sunland-Tujunga and was founded in 1965 by Hugh Romney (aka Wavy Gravy ) and his friends. On the farm, the inhabitants of the farm tried to develop a new social system that did not correspond to the conventional American way of life . In addition to the attempt at free love, this also included experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs . The upbringing of their children followed anti-authoritarian principles , which included the presence of the children at group sex events or the tolerance of drug use by minors.

Originating from a real pig farm, the Hog Farm developed into the nucleus of the emerging hippie movement. In addition to the proximity to various rock bands, the use of brightly painted, discarded old buses, the so-called Art Cars , also attracted attention. With these their members drove through the country and organized happenings. (See in this context Manson Family ).

The band Grateful Dead belonged to the immediate environment of the early hippie commune. Some members of the activist collective The Merry Pranksters also lived on the Hog Farm.

Woodstock

At the legendary Woodstock Festival in August 1969, Hogfarmer supported the organizers. The Hogfarmer arrived ten days before the festival started. The group of Peaceniks should, among other things, de-escalate any festival participants who may be prepared to use violence. The hog farmers showed themselves to be motivated, helped set up the stage, cooked for festival goers and took care of festival goers who were disoriented due to drug use (e.g. LSD ). Even with minor injuries, such as B. the frequently occurring cuts due to bottles lying around, the group supported the doctors, some of whom had been flown in afterwards. These had to deal with sunburns and heat strokes, among other things. In view of the crowds (around 400,000) that flooded the festival, the work of the Hogfarmer remained a positive marginal phenomenon. The government of New York State considered declaring the festival site and the adjacent region a disaster area, and ultimately the district declared a state of emergency .

In December 1969, the Hog Farmer helped with the Altamont Free Concert of the Rolling Stones in the organization of visitor services.

Quotes

Quote:

  • "Woodstock, that was the people for me, that was getting along, sharing, caring, treating, feeding," wrote Lisa Law from Hog Farm, who cooked for the visitors on those days.
  • “It was the first time we were responsible for something, and we showed the world what life could be like. “We could have changed the world, given it a new order,” wrote Graham Nash .
  • Woodstock creator John Roberts on the Hog Farmer in "Making Woodstock"
The hog farmers looked after the acid sick, helped set up the stage and distributed rice to hungry hippies. The head of the pig farmers was a nice guy named Wavy Gravy . He was the star of the show for John Roberts.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin Society for the Study of Social Issues eV (BGSSF eV)
  2. ↑ Stewart Brand on Thenet.com
  3. ↑ a b news.de: On the Myth of a Generation ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.news.de
  4. ↑ Music Industry Research: 40 Years of Woodstock - Economic Debacle and Myth
  5. ↑ The Rolling Stone: The Rolling Stones Disaster at Altamont , January 1970
  6. ↑ BR-online: Pig farmers and the police  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.br-online.de  

Coordinates: 34 ° 16 ′ 40.6 "  N , 118 ° 19 ′ 28.1"  W.