Photo by Tom Godfrey
Entrepreneurship runs in the Gibson family. It’s been a way of life for Fred and Kim Gibson, who have started numerous small businesses in industries ranging from construction to health care during their 42 years of marriage.
So when the Gibsons’ son, Joe, first proposed the three of them start a cannabis business back in 2017, it wasn’t a hard sell—Joe had been researching and growing it in the family’s garage for years, furthering his education from the now-closed Northeastern Institute of Cannabis; and Kim and Fred already had an appreciation for the plant dating back to when they were high school sweethearts.
