Zendik farm

Zendik Farm (Zendik Arts) is an intentional community founded in 1969

They create and sell music CD's, as well as magazines and books, including Wulf Zendik's early autobiographical novel "a Quest Among the Bewildered". The farm is currently located on 200 acres that border the Monongahela National Forest in the mountains of West Virginia. It was originally located in California and has moved several times, first to the outskirts of Austin, Texas and then, briefly, to central Florida. From Florida, they moved to the outskirts of Asheville, North Carolina; then finally to Marlinton, West Virginia.

The original leader and founder of the community was Wulf Zendik (1920-1999). The community teaches, tests and expands upon the social, political, and spiritual premises and principles established by Zendik. Following Wulf's death, Arol Zendik now spear heads the movement. Wulf and Arol's daughter Fawn is also an important decision maker for the farm.

They also produce and sell t-shirts carrying their motto, "Stop Bitching Start A Revolution."

Some people, including a small minority of ex-members, have accused Zendik of being a "cult." The same has been said of most lasting communes and anti-establishment religions. There is currently no anthropological or sociogical consensus as to what a "cult" is, beyond a derogatory label for an unconventional belief system and its adherents.

Zendik has existed for 38 years making it one of the longest lasting communities of its type.

External links

• the Zendik web page
• Zendik Podcast
• An ex-Zendiks recovery journal
• A discussion by ex-members
• article by Joe Tarr
• Wulf Zendik and his Zendik Farm
• A dream, a plan, a Zendik
• Washington City Paper Cover Story: Who Are These People?
• Washington Post article: A Green Alternative
• The JasonRivera.com war against the Zendiks