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Why do we keep inventions around that fail to promote the public good? -
Right now the 63-year-old retiree from the Bronx is walking through Maine toward Canada. -
The sand dollars that Sarah Kulis turns into necklaces are caught in her lobster traps, then dyed and sealed to preserve them. -
This tour of Edgewood Nursery is part of MOFGA's Gather & Grow tour schedule. -
Step One is to wait and watch; you won't know what you have for plants until after a full gardening season has gone by. -
Until you need them to make strawberry sorbet, when they're nowhere to be found. -
This dessert requires an ice cream maker. -
This dish uses one or more ingredients diced or minced and bound with a sauce. -
Here are a few that rely on volunteers. -
It's more than just swapping out a chemical for an organic compound, experts say. You need to develop healthy soil – and to change your thinking. -
Purchase a reusable shopping bag at HomeGoods through June 27 and fund cancer care. -
Cape Elizabeth makes a weekend of it from June 29-30. -
The trend may have something to do with a three-year-old Gulf of Maine Research Institute effort to get restaurants to serve less-traditional catches. -
In her fourth season, the picture is much prettier. -
It's a simple matter of watching your budget, your "food miles" and – most important – your consumption of meat and dairy. -
Sea To Table has become a darling in the sustainable seafood movement, but an Associated Press investigation links it to some of the same practices it vowed to fight. -
This dish requires less than 20 minutes of preparation. -
South Portland artist Eve Abreu adds woodland critters to her pieces, bringing the feeling of the outdoors inside. -
When you buy a plant, it's worth finding out where, and how, it was grown. -
Start 'finding mindfulness in nature' with the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust. -
Most Maine gardeners already grow tropicals, though you may not know it. We simply call them annuals. -
As regional and global markets clamor for cold water shellfish, the state's producers look to expand their market base. -
A Santa Fe resident who has spent plenty of time in Maine, White attempts to crack the story of climate change and lobster. -
The 'little powerhouse' retiree has been instrumental in creating an herbarium that will serve as a visual library for more than 200 aquatic plants that belong in Maine. -
You can too, when you go.
