According to recent marketing data and trend reports, a tsunami of dietary change is beginning to wash ashore.
sustainability
Planet has a serious beef with meat, report shows
Scientists acknowledge that reducing its consumption is good for the environment, but the general population isn’t up to speed.
Maine Voices: Non-religious people can still be spiritual during the holidays
Don’t forgo religious services out of fear of feeling like a hypocrite, and do give to others, practice compassion and skip the guilt trip.
Homegrown: Handmade felt animals are a holiday hit
From unicorns to elephants, Delilah Iris’ felted creatures can be purchased ready-made or as a do-it-yourself kit.
You need a project: Work for idle gardening hands
Nothing to plant or water? Try some gardening construction this winter.
Yet another reason not to ever waste fresh herbs
Can you say cookie?
How did professor Stephen Coghlan study the human cost of homesteading?
He relied on a test subject very close to home.
Volunteers at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ herbarium help curate its collection
They mount plants the old way, glued to acid-free paper, and the new – inputting facts online, with 21st-century implications.
Another View: Creating gene-edited babies raises huge ethical issues
If they did take place, the experiments that have been described could affect our descendants in unforeseen ways.
Maine Voices: Oyster farm proposal should ring alarms along entire Maine coast
The way the Mere Point plan was handled fails to take local input into account.