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Dan Brown

Dan Brown

Dan Brown is a Blue Hill, Maine farmer (Gravelwood Farm) who became a national figurehead of the local food sovereignty movement after a five-year legal battle with the state over selling raw milk without a license.

Apr 7, 2026

4:23
I naively said,
4:25
I don't recognize your authority.
4:27
Get the F off my property.
4:29
And then the short version is they spent the next three years explaining their authority to me.
4:33
And they did it really well to the point that I was no longer farming anymore.

32 MINS LATER

Marina HenkeCORRESPONDENT
36:53
These inspections go well because whether he likes them or not, as a business owner, he accepts that marijuana, like milk, is regulated by laws.
37:02
When I got into this business, I said, I don't care.
37:05
I'll get every damn license you want.
1:20
This is not how Dan
1:21
saw it.
1:22
I naively said, I don't recognize your authority.
1:26
Get the F off my property.
1:28
And then the short version is they spent the next three years explaining their authority to me.
1:32
And they did it really well to the point that I was no longer farming anymore.

33 MINS LATER

Marina HenkeCORRESPONDENT
34:11
These inspections go well because whether he likes them or not, as a business owner, he accepts that marijuana, like milk, is regulated by laws.
34:20
When I got into this business, I said, I don't care.

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