Sustainability
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2016
Fish with a dose of storytelling
Teach children the tales behind the fish and raise good little sustainable eaters.
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PublishedOctober 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.
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PublishedSeptember 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.
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PublishedSeptember 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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PublishedSeptember 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedAugust 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.
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PublishedJuly 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.
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