In Dexter, planners were looking for a way to draw crowds to the town’s summer festival and hit on a meaty proposal.
Mary Pols
Mary Pols writes primarily about sustainability for Source. She came to the Press Herald in late 2013 to work on Source after a long career writing about movies. She has almost, but not quite, broken the habit of waking pre-dawn on Oscar nomination day. Mary was born in Portland and raised in Brunswick, but was away for 25 years so it’s been a thrill for her to learn about her state in the 21st century. She studied art history at Duke and her masters in journalism is from UC Berkeley. She’s happiest reporting a story in Maine’s great outdoors, whether she’s watching seaweed farmers plant a crop or eating fresh caught perch with an ice fisherman while a hungry eagle hovers nearby. History really floats her boat as well (once she wrote an entire story about the life of a very old and rare apple tree in Freeport). She lives in Brunswick with her hockey-obsessed son and their dog, a foster-fail kitten and an elderly Maine Coon.
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New leader of Maine Farmland Trust has firsthand experience
Amanda Beal will use her knowledge of the profession to preserve agricultural land and help farmers succeed.
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Bob Lawrence’s wealth of knowledge gives us food for thought
The recent retiree to Rockport understands the relationships among public health, the environment and food systems.
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Ecologist Glen Mittelhauser knows where the wild things are
His latest guide to Maine’s flora and fauna, ‘The Plants of Baxter State Park,’ will be released in the next few weeks.
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Aroostook County native takes reins of Maine Grain Alliance
Tristan Noyes, now of South Portland, says the family farm in Woodland will be expanding its wheat production.
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What has happened to Maine’s once thriving recreational sailing culture?
This most sustainable form of boating has lost out to powerboats.
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Lisa Moore is diving into seaweed farming
She’s been harvesting seaweed from Casco Bay for four years, and is now pursuing a lease to grow sugar kelp.
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An ancient tool, the scythe is also a fit for modern times
Scything, which goes back to the ancient Romans, is back in style – and one of the country’s chief suppliers of the scythe is located right here in Perry, Maine.
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A hurricane helps whet a Unity College student’s appetite for water work
Rae-Ann MacLellan-Hurd received a $50,000 fellowship for her environmental research.