Ben Rooney, the farm manager, says he thinks rice paddies are one answer to the state’s food insecurity problem.
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There are new roots on old Maine farmland in Lewiston
Somali Bantu farmers take over an old dairy farm in Lewiston.
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Advice to a young farmer, from Eliot Coleman
His letter is one of 36 from food and agriculture luminaries gathered together in a new book.
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One of Westbrook’s few remaining farmers stands up to sprawl
As a residential building boom spreads toward his family’s century-old Westbrook farm, L. Arthur Randall Jr. draws a line at his pastures.
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Russell Libby Awards: Scholarship recipients are already making a difference in Maine
The three award winners have their sights set on shaping their communities through agriculture.
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August Avantaggio brings local meats to downtown Damariscotta
Riverside Butcher Co. is his answer to a Maine food dilemma (and to heritage).
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Think about the soil when you think about what’s for dinner
You can do your bit to keep the climate from warming even faster.
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New food magazine to be launched in Maine in June
Edible Maine joins a network of publications across the United States with a handcrafted and local approach to food.
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Living off the grid the new-fashioned way in Thorndike
Homesteaders Frank and Camille Giglio are tapped in, and not just to their maple trees.
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How a Van Buren-based vegetable processor went from triumph to shutdown
Northern Girl found success with organic vegetables and fiddleheads but the company’s for sale after a tumultuous year and a lost Whole Foods contract.