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Sustainability

Published
October 16, 2016

Horse-powered farms aren’t old-fashioned anymore

More new farmers are finding using animals rather than tractors creates a unique work environment.
Published
October 9, 2016

Fish with a dose of storytelling

Teach children the tales behind the fish and raise good little sustainable eaters.
Published
October 2, 2016

Albie Barden preserves native varieties of flint corn for future generations

His abiding interest in Native American foodways has given him insight into the spiritual significance of growing food.
Published
September 18, 2016

Maine heirloom apple trees bear satisfaction today, fruit for future years

Pay your love of the fruit forward by planting a tree or two. Or nine.
Published
September 18, 2016

Zero-Waste Challenge could turn improving Earth’s health into habit

University of Maine at Augusta faculty and staff will do their best this year to refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot.

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Published
September 14, 2016

USM ready to get students started in Maine’s food scene

The university hopes its food studies program will help bring the state's fragmented food system together, train the workforce and bring in some much-needed tuition revenue.
Published
August 21, 2016

Let your garden grow wild and it’ll surprise you

Landscape designer Larry Weaner tells homeowners to let their gardens evolve, as the terrain would in nature.
Published
August 14, 2016

How do cruise ships stack up in environmental impact?

Portland is set to see its biggest cruise ship ever this month. And carbon footprint-wise (and counterintuitively) bigger may be better.
Published
August 7, 2016

New nonprofit urges Mainers to plant wild native seeds

The 2-year-old Wild Seed Project says native animals depend on native plants.
Published
July 28, 2016

South Portland planners back Mill Creek zoning changes, reject utility monitoring

A majority of Planning Board members voted against proposed utility benchmarking, saying it would be an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.