Our way of dying is not sustainable.
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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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Fish with a dose of storytelling
Teach children the tales behind the fish and raise good little sustainable eaters.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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New nonprofit urges Mainers to plant wild native seeds
The 2-year-old Wild Seed Project says native animals depend on native plants.