Sufficient Unto Themselves: Life and Economy Among the Shakers in Nineteenth-Century Rural Maine

Community self-sufficiency was an ideal that both defined and informed the Shaker experience in America. During the nineteenth century the Shakers at Sabbathday Lake Colony in New Gloucester, Maine—today the last remaining Shaker Colony in the nation— developed a sophisticated economic system that combined agricultural innovation, a far-reaching market-based trade in seeds, herbs, and medicinals, mill-based and home manufacturers, and “fancy goods” to supply the developing tourist sector. They practiced both selective cloture and a profound degree of market savvy as they confronted the maturing market economy. Mark B. Lapping is Professor of Public Policy at the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, in Portland. He is author of several books and many articles and is currently editing for re-publication Clarence Day\u27s classic History of Agriculture in Maine

Wanted: A Maine Woods Dialogue

In his commentary on Jerry Bley’s article on the Maine Land Use Planning Commission (LURC), Mark Lapping discusses the need for serious dialogue about the future of the Maine North Woods. He believes that LURC’s mandate needs to be altered and enlarge

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On Ethics and Ethical Development: Liberal and Professional Education-Two Solitudes?

Many have argued that ethical development could be achieved only within the context of a traditional liberal education. This view has created within modern American higher education #two solitudes," coexisting but not comminglingliberal education and professional education. Such a view is outdated and, as philosopher Mortimer Kadish has argued, is dangerous in that it actually works against the very goal of moral and ethical growth, both among those within the academy-students, faculty, and staff-and between the academy and the professions

Ameerika kõrgharidus: arengu probleemid : aulaloeng 26. septembril 1996

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Planners and Climate Change Action: An Approach for Communities

The authors discuss the role of planners in helping local communities prepare for the near-term effects of climate change, especially the impact of rising sea levels and increased storm severity

Maine’s Food System: An Overview and Assessment

From an agrarian and seafaring past, Maine’s food system has seen profound changes over the past two centuries. Grain, milk, livestock, fish, potatoes, vegetables and fruits used to come from small, family farms. Today, most people in Maine don’t know where their food comes from. Many are dependent on federal, state and local “emergency food systems” such as food stamps, food pantries, and childhood nutrition programs. Food-processing facilities, distribution systems, and value-added products are in short supply. Nevertheless, Maine has a diversity and abundance of food prod­ucts. In this article, the authors provide a historical overview and current analysis of Maine’s food system, highlighting encouraging trends and opportunities for the state