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Dragonfly was an intentional community based north of Maynooth, Ontario, Canada.[1] It was one of three "alternative shared farmsteads" founded in Ontario in the 1960s or 1970s, alongside Dandelion Community and Morninglory Community.[2]
The Dragonfly community evolved from the Fairview Collective an anarchist community of students and activists based in Waterloo, Ontario[1] that was founded in 1971.[3] In 1978, eleven members of the community purchased 248 acres of property north of Maynooth, Ontario[1][3] and East of Algonquin Park.[2] Founders included Stu Vickars.[4]
The land owned by the community is predominantly rocky with shallow topsoil. Some parts are woodland and bogs. The site was used as a farm since the 1940s.[1] The site had a farmhouse that included a library.[2] The intentional community did political work connected to gender, nuclear, and environmental issues.[1] The community generated income by cultivating shrubs and making maple syrup.[1] Later, vegetables and flowers were grown in a greenhouse.[5] Actives at the community included printing the anti-prison newsletter Bulldozer from 1980 to 1985[1] and the alternative magazine Grub.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Back-to-the-Land: Analyzing Rural Anarchist Practice in Relation to Anarchist Theories of Community-Building: A Case Study of the Dragonfly and Black Fly Land Collectives (PhD thesis), Joanna Maria Adamiak, York University, 2018
- ^ a b c d Rudolfs, Harry (15 October 2000). "Searching for Community" (PDF). Ottawa Citizen.
- ^ a b Jim Campbell, Anarchy Down On The Farm: Who Should Feed the Chickens? Kick It Over, No 17 (Winter 1986/7) pages 15-16
- ^ Nothing's Ever Perfect/How We Live Together (radio broadcast) CFRC-FM, Jan 8, 2020
- ^ Vickars, Stu (December 2003). "Dragonfly is 25". Alternative Toronto. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
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