John Bunker lives and raises apples on his land at Palermo, in central Maine. He is part of the Back-to-the-Land movement from the 1960's and 1970's Listen to the interview Read the transcript … [Read more...]
Back to the Land
In the 1960's and 1970's a generation of Mainers came to find an alternative lifestyle and work the land in harmony with nature. These are some of their stories
Cynthia Thayer
Well, my mother, of course, said, “Oh, what a waste of your education!” and she thought it was absolutely the craziest thing she’d ever heard. She came to really love it here, though. She came in the summer, every summer for a month. And my friends, a lot of them, I think were feeling, “Wow, I’d love to do that, but I don’t really have the guts.” And some people thought … [Read more...]