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 9, 2015
Rooftop gardening, and cooking lessons, come to new apartment building in Portland
Residents of the Avesta mixed-income apartments on Cumberland Avenue can grow their own vegetables and learn to prepare them in state-of-the-art garden plots and kitchen.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2015
Former owner of Bresca cooks up new plan for restaurant in North Yarmouth
The Purple House, with a wood-burning oven and a garden outside, is the next venture for chef Krista Kern Desjarlais.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2015
In Skowhegan, grains plant seeds of sustainability
The Somerset Grist Mill is helping the town to blossom.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2015
Advocates urge UMaine System to dish up local foods to students
Farmers and other groups want the university system to commit to buying 20 percent of its food from Maine producers.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2015
The story of six generations on a Maine farm, and the next one
In a new book, writer/farmer Kelly Payson-Roopchand tells the story of Somerville land farmed by one family from the early 1800s, and how her own family is bringing it new life.
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PublishedJune 11, 2015
A Maine dairy cow hits Holstein Association’s heights
Hemi, born at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, makes it to the ‘Excellent’ ranking of 95.
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PublishedMay 24, 2015
Maine effort fast-tracks genetic-modification labels
Despite resistance from industry, advocates want to bypass a ‘trigger clause’ approved in 2014.
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PublishedMay 24, 2015
Everything you need to know about GMOs in one easy place
For starters, just what are they anyhow?
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PublishedMay 17, 2015
In Maine, bunnies are back in the barn and on the dinner plate
It’s the new green meat, as sustainability drives an uptick in breeding – and serving – rabbits.
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PublishedMay 10, 2015
Children of Maine dairy farmers turn away from milk and toward artisanal cheese
Mother and daughter Karen and Anne Trenholm are among a number of multigenerational families trying to save their farms one wheel of cheese at a time.
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