After Burt’s Bees, after the national monument, she could take it easy. But this famous entrepreneur can’t stop doing.
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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Regina Grabrovac believes in blueberries for all
Working among the food insecure, she hates to see surplus fruit go to waste.
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There’s trouble in the wild blueberry business
A glut of frozen berries have led to such depressed prices that farmers are taking huge losses, but a government buyback is helping.
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Retiree Pat Burns thought he’d lend a hand to Georgetown’s bureaucratic matters
Now he’s overseeing a new aquaculture project.
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The United States Postal Service issues a honey of a new stamp series
Issued Aug. 3, these stamps are dubbed the Protect Pollinators Forever series.
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‘The Pho Cookbook’ an invitation to conquer the pressure cooker
This slender volume teaches you how to make pho like a pro.
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Grant to Thomaston startup may help keep Maine elvers home
American Unagi wins a $10,000 grant from Gorham Savings.
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Scott Lindsay knows where the wild things are
We talk with him about how the wildlife biologist navigates the intersection of humans and animals.
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Cultivating the art of practical magic on a Rockport farm
Deb Soule runs Maine’s first biodynamic farm and her crop is all herbs.
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Brianne Du Clos has created a tool to help wild blueberry farmers
BeeMapper shows them where the bees are, and helps them plan for pollination.