By now, columnist Tom Atwell can grow vegetables in his sleep. This year, he'll focus on ornamentals.

This surprising workhorse scrubber helps you wash up anything and everything. Celebrate your clean kitchen sink with a delectable dish of Coconut Cream with Rhubarb Compote.

We know the audio was difficult to hear during Joel's speech, so we got the transcript to help share his powerful message.

And take a moment to reflect on how to cook and eat more sustainably, starting by exercising that muscle that reduces food waste.

The citizen volunteer from Portland engages everyone from fellow residents to U.S. senators to build support for reducing carbon pollution.

From beach cleanups to energy-saving tips to community composting, the York resident is working for the environment in myriad ways.

From Lisa DeSisto, publisher of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.

The Wild Seed Project founder is dedicated to returning native species and biodiversity to Maine's landscape.

The Portland nonprofit collects supplies discarded by hospitals and ships them worldwide to others that desperately need them – and reduces medical waste that would otherwise end up in the trash.

Grassroots work on a new environmental rights bill and making films about climate justice are the latest – but not last – efforts in the Edgecomb woman's lifetime of advocacy.

Are you a new gardener? Follow this timeline and our tips to get started this season.

Liberation Farms is a co-operative farm managed by the Somali Bantu Community Association in Lewiston. After years in operation, they have finally found a permanent home in Wales.

The Eastern Woodland Rematriation Collective connects food producers, distributors and consumers to create an Indigenous-controlled agricultural economy.

The face of farming in Maine: Three young women cherish the soil, their state and the planet.

The University of New England professor is working in the lab, woodlots and communities to try to develop a blight-resistant American chestnut tree.

In which our columnist tries to get over her distaste and learn a sustainable new preparation.

Too much spring cleanup can hurt beneficial native insects, some experts say. But how to balance those concerns with the needs and convenience of the gardener?

A project of the Cumberland Soil & Water Conservation District found high levels of lead in the soil of some Portland neighborhoods.

International Carrot Day was established to celebrate the healthfulness of the root vegetable.

Grandma Nan was as colorful as the Easter eggs that she used to stud the braided loaf she baked annually for the holiday.

Kindergarten lessons, like learning to share, also apply to the garden.

Deb Soule writes about her garden and herb harvesting at Avena Botanicals.

What are their impacts on the waste stream?