“How do you take this mysterious, wild, ancient plant and domesticate it?”

—Sarah Redmond

I learned that my childhood had been part of a grand experiment.

After more than 30 years producing and servicing custom sailing and motor yachts, Lyman-Morse in Thomaston tacked in a different direction during the 2008 recession.

“We have conditions drawing from the hot-water tap more than the cold-water tap.”

—Carla Guenther

“The wholesale price for hemp products is about 10 or 15 percent of what it was last year.”
—Ben Edwards

“Now whales are being found in great abundance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.”

Obviously, returning to traditional life-ways doesn’t pay the way tourist industry jobs do…

There is no quick fix and it’s going to be hard, but the economy will come back stronger…

The scope of the work being proposed implicates government, civil society and all sectors of the economy.