To 'reclaim the commons'

Land’s Sake Farm in Weston, Mass.

“We must rebuild functioning communities with closer ties to the land not just in nostalgic fantasy, not just in token preservation but in substantial daily practice. We must reclaim the commons.’’

Brian Donahue, in Reclaiming the Commons: Community Farms and Forests in a New England Town. The town is Weston, a very affluent suburb west of Boston.