New England is a treasure house filled with many different types of spiritual, cultural, historical, and other resources. Included in this treasure trove is a rich variety of creative people. There is a phrase, "Yankee ingenuity," that has a lot of truth in it. People of New England have been noted for coming up with solutions to challenges/problems of all types.
As Suzi Forbes Chase wrote in New England (New York: Prentice Hall, 1994): "Principles come first. Hard work second.Give a New Englander a problem and he'll study it every which way until he comes up with a solution.
"That's the essence of 'Yankee ingenuity' - that peculiar knack for making the best of any situation - of turning a negative into a positive."
There is a good example of such ingenuity in Connecticut: Matt and Ben Freund, of East Canaan (a village in the town of North Canaan). The Freund brothers have developed Cowpots, manure-fiber based seed starter pots which are designed to allow for unrestricted root growth which leads to stronger, healthier plants.
For more information about Matt and Ben Freund and their invention, please visit:
CowPots
New York Times: From Tons of Manure, a Growth Industry (26 FEB 09)
Greenhouse Product News: A Natural Alternative (August 2008)
Big Blend Magazine: CowPots
YouTube: Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe--POO POT MAKER
Freunds Farm Market
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