The arrival of the Longo Maï community When they took the mill on it was nothing but a large, abandoned building, where no wool had been spun for sixteen years. The 1920 machinery was covered in cobwebs, the floor littered with rubble and years of exposure to the elements had weakened the structure itself. But the philosophy of this Swiss origin community is to keep old traditions and skills alive while living self sufficiently and independently of modern socioeconomic conventions. It seems that one only needed rolled-up sleeves, a strong belief and a good deal of patience. The result is […]