Maine bucks a national trend as the value of agricultural products goes up 24 percent in five years.
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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Barak Olins of Zu Bakery
The baker does brisk trade at Brunswick farmers markets
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Green Glossary Part 2: Living la vida LOHAS
That’s ‘Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability,’ and other green terms.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Maine’s Tim Simons is a rising star on hit HBO series ‘Veep’
The Readfield actor also has roles in several movies, including one in an edgy little indie in his beloved home state.
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Justine Simon of Salt + Sea
The Maine fishmonger touts local fish and battles mislabeling.
Posted inFood, Life & Culture
Eat & Run: Wild Oats in Brunswick builds devoted following
Regulars come for the dozen or so soups, chilis du jour, salads, bread and desserts.
Posted inFood, News, Source
Why should Asia harvest the long-term elver profits?
Can Maine grow its elvers into eels and keep more money at home?
Posted inLocal & State, News
Lewiston Auburn Magazine announces possible buyer
Board members say they hope to resume publication by this summer after the publisher’s arrest.
Posted inFood, Life & Culture, Source
How the farm-to-table movement took root in Maine
Over 60 some years, the farm-to-table and sea-to-table ethos has grown up.
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Eliot Coleman reflects on four decades of organic farming in Maine
He finds himself an inspiration to a whole new generation of back-to-the-landers.