Two hundred regular attendees of Monday Night Class decide to accompany him. On the way they are joined by other young people. After returning to California four months later, the Caravaners decide to pool their money, buy land and stay together as a community. A thousand acres are purchased south of Nashville, TN and The Farm is founded. There are 300 members.
More members join.
Seven hundred and fifty acres are purchased adjacent to The Farm. There are more than 750 people living on The Farm, including 160 married couples and 250 children. The Farm forms a charitable organization. Over the next few years Plenty centers are set up in the South Bronx, Miami, St. Louis, Washington DC, Chicago, the Caribbean, Guatemala, Central America, Africa and Bangladesh. Also over the next few years satellite farms are formed in Wisconsin, Missouri, Colorado, Michigan, West Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, California, Virginia, Kentucky, New York, Alabama, Canada, and Ireland.