The Waldorf Community in Rockland County and elsewhere in NY State have already implemented bio-dynamic farming methods and their small co-op has been open to the community at large for over 40 years. Their children learn in Waldorf schools and TV is not a staple of many of the residents of that community. They have a greenhouse producing organic produce, the Waldorf school and Sunbridge college campus and a Senior Home to care for the elderly in their community. They also have the only anthroposophic
pharmacy in NY State - based on the teachings of Austrian botonist, Rudolph Steiner.
In Isreal Agraria - is called a Kibbutz. The Kibbutz is a self-contained communal living arrangement with cottage industries like shoe manufacturing and horse breeding that sustain the entire community as well as a communal farm, kitchen, housing, etc. Many of today's kibbutzim are state-of-the-art. They also have moshav's which are semi-communal with large tracts of farmland that everyone shares plus private property.
In the U.S. west and south, there is already a movement to live "off the grid" with many people choosing to come together in the spirit of cooperation to save resources. It's not so far from the way this country started out. Farming communities had to pitch in to help one another before the industrial revolution because the terrain and climate were harsh. I think it won't be long before we
are back to this way of living. Think of the societal impact many people coming together to create a sustainable environment would have.