In 2001, MSNBC produce a one hour program called, A Different Drum, calling attention to two different expressions of community, The Farm, and the annual Burning Man arts festival held at a place called Blackrock City in the Nevada desert.
During the editing process, several hours of video of The Farm from 1973 was discovered in the NBC archives, enhancing the depth of the story they were able to tell about The Farm Community, showing both its original incarnation, contrasting with life in the community nearly 30 years later.