Hungry for sustainable food? You’re not alone. People across Maine are working to recreate the state’s once thriving food infrastructure to meet the rising demand for higher quality, minimally processed food produced closer to home. As a reflection of this trend, and just in time for Earth Day on Sunday, three different sustainable food events […]
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Scene & Heard: Soiree celebrates One Longfellow Square’s growth in community
‘Partners keep finding us. I have a very busy email inbox,’ says executive director Rob Ellis.
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What’s all the hoopla?
Find out Sunday at a screening of the documentary exploring hula hoop culture — ‘The Hooping Life.’
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Portland cook wins $10,000 on ‘Chopped’
Melissa Corey, a cook at Duckfat in Portland, is the second Mainer to win on this reality TV show.
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Natural Foodie: Brewer hopes his kombucha will be your cup of tea
Brewer Reid Emmerich isn’t kidding when he says the new Urban Farm Fermentory Kombucha Culture line is “extremely small scale.” He has the blisters to prove it. When I caught up with him, Emmerich was hand-affixing labels and caps to hundreds of 16-ounce bottles to prepare for this week’s official launch of the new line. […]
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Scene & Heard: ‘250 and a senator’
PROPEL attracts both a big crowd and a speaker with a familiar name for its party to open nominations for the Entreverge entrepreneur awards.
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Augusta rally will protest food safety problems
Food for Maine’s Future plans a rally April 17 in response to recent revelations of food safety failures at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and retailers.
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Maine vodka wins award at World Spirits Competition
Twenty 2 Vodka, a premium brand distilled in Houlton, earned top honors at the recent San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The micro-distilled brand from Maine went up against 1,215 spirits from 60 countries and took home a double gold award. The competition was held March 22 to 25 at the Hotel Nikko in downtown San […]
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Natural Foodie: Easter basket full of natural holiday treats
What’s more fun than a basket full of super-sugary processed holiday treats?