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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PublishedAugust 21, 2016
Hussein Muktar nurtures understanding between cultures
His gift of language helps to build farms, starting with New Roots in Lewiston, a new cooperative owned by Somali immigrants.
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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
Winthrop native helps low-income families shop at farmers markets
Emilie Knight runs SNAP at the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2016
Food festival pays homage to Maine’s revered (and reviled) red hot dog
In Dexter, planners were looking for a way to draw crowds to the town’s summer festival and hit on a meaty proposal.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2016
Maine Farmland Trust’s new president is daughter of a Litchfield dairy farmer
Amanda Beal, who was active in the process of protecting her family’s farm from development in Litchfield, will bring those skills and other expertise to her new post.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2016
Ecologist Glen Mittelhauser knows where the wild things are
His latest guide to Maine’s flora and fauna, ‘The Plants of Baxter State Park,’ will be released in the next few weeks.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2016
Aroostook County native takes reins of Maine Grain Alliance
Tristan Noyes, now of South Portland, says the family farm in Woodland will be expanding its wheat production.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2016
What has happened to Maine’s once thriving recreational sailing culture?
This most sustainable form of boating has lost out to powerboats.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2016
Lisa Moore is diving into seaweed farming
She’s been harvesting seaweed from Casco Bay for four years, and is now pursuing a lease to grow sugar kelp.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2016
An ancient tool, the scythe is also a fit for modern times
Scything, which goes back to the ancient Romans, is back in style – and one of the country’s chief suppliers of the scythe is located right here in Perry, Maine.
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