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This study develops a proposal of retrospectively assessing sustainability. We selected the diversified farm El Mogor – in Guadalupe Valley, Mexico – with available record-books since 1954. The farm owner provided documentation of 60 years of productive diversification. We analyzed the farm record-books and the data obtained from structured interviews with the MESMIS, Green Rural Enterprises, and Emergy techniques. The farm's retrospective sustainability was described, evaluated, and represented in instructive diagrams showing the progress and adaptability to external economic, ecological, and social changes through time. The results provide a guideline to continue future evaluations and to recommend its use to other farms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]