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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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Meet Dan White, Localvore Today founder and CEO
Groupon-type deals will promote buying local in Maine
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Cultivating Community receives $750,000 to help immigrants who want to farm
Portland-based Cultivating Community will receive a $750,000 federal grant to continue the work the nonprofit does to help immigrants, many of them from war-torn countries in Africa, become farmers in Maine. Craig Lapine, executive director of the nonprofit group, said the grant is the largest Cultivating Community has ever received at one time. A 2009 […]
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To run their businesses, farmers need reliable Internet connections
Maine legislators propose a slew of bills aimed at providing it.
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Meet Eliah Thanhauser, Maine mushroom entrepreneur
The Portland man and two friends are growing their North Spore company, which includes an innovative CSA.
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As the scallop fishery rebounds, divers hope for a break
Some argue that diving is the most sustainable way of fishing for scallops and that the state should recognize that in its rule-making.
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Meet: Chelsea Wagner, bringing farmers to (super)market
Working in Hannaford’s Close to Home department is a natural fit for the biology major who went into farming.
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Meet: Lynne Rowe, owner of Tortilleria Pachanga in Portland
She uses Maine organic corn to make a local variety of the delicious tortillas she discovered while living in Mexico.
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Vinland chef brings 100 percent Maine food to prestigious James Beard House
David Levi opened the avant-garde restaurant, riding a wave of ups and downs during a year that ended with a trip to New York to cook dinner at the vaunted culinary address.
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Meet: Geri Vistein, biologist and coyote advocate
A Maine defender of the wild canines is a voice in the wilderness for their upside for farmers.