When the Vice President of Marketing, Cameron Bonsey, joined the Coast of Maine crew within the fall of 2007, the corporate was recognized for creating distinctive, natural, and potent compost blends derived from ocean biproducts. Lobster compost, notably, was successful with native backyard facilities all through New England.
“I discovered in a short time that gardeners had been reacting emotionally to our pure, recognizable merchandise as a result of of their superb effectiveness and pure, natural impression on the crops they had been cultivating,” defined Bonsey. “Our merchandise had been nearly just like the rock stars of the backyard facilities.”
This quickly transitioned to the rising hashish business. Maine, which is thought for its progressive stance, handed its first medicinal hashish regulation 1999 that allowed sufferers to develop their very own crops. Patients quickly gathered and shared concepts, and spoke proudly of the efficiency, yield, and purity of the strains that they had developed. Local on-line boards usually detailed Coast of Maine’s Quoddy Lobster Compost blended with Pro-Mix and perlite as a tremendous mixture for rising medicinal marijuana.
At the identical time, Bonsey started noticing soil manufacturers like Fox Farm and Dr. Earth on backyard middle cabinets that had been catering to this rising market. He additionally began calling on native develop retailers to review the varied soils and vitamins out there to caregivers and finish customers.
“It blew my thoughts,” he stated. “The chemical selections had been overwhelmingly diverse, and the natural choices had been from the West Coast. It appeared like a pure option to develop a neighborhood, residing natural rising medium. In 2013 we employed a sensible and motivated chemical engineer, natural farmer, and licensed caregiver named Felicia Newman. We visited growers and caregivers collectively to grasp their wants and Felicia started the method of creating and testing blends like a mad scientist.”
“We had expertise with all these inputs; we’ve been composting for over 25 years and our workers is amazingly responsive,” says Bonsey. “With their dedication we now have a balanced, residing soil. There is not any have to flush your crops earlier than 
