The Organic Dairy Program at the Freeport farm will start with four students, who will get paid as they work and learn.
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Meet Jeremy Bell, Maine Nature Conservancy aquatic habitat restoration manager
He’s identifying Maine’s barriers to fish travel, one culvert at a time
Jason Wentworth takes the chemicals out of dry cleaning
The former legislator’s business, Greener Cleaner, offers an eco-friendly alternative.
Meet: Climate change educator Esperanza Stancioff
She leads the Signs of the Seasons program that seeks volunteers to observe birds, butterflies and buds.
Lisa Webster of North Star Sheep Farm
The new president of the Agricultural Council of Maine steps up to advocate for the state’s many ag interests, especially farmers like her.
Robert McIntyre is a champion of heritage apples
The volunteer effort he co-founded, Harpswell Heritage Apples, all started with ‘immortal’ fruit found on a run-down tree.
Meet Jonah Fertig, jack of cooperative trades
Among the Arundel man’s many projects, building cooperatives and transforming our food system rank high.
Meet: Linda Stahlnecker, the state’s dairy detective
The head of the Maine Milk Quality Laboratory respects the passion being put into cheeses, yogurts and raw milk.
Meet: Mary Quinn Doyle
The Maine writer labors lovingly to profile ‘unique’ farms in the state.
Meet: Heather Chandler, founder of the Sunrise Guide
Mainers have taken a shine to the book full of coupons for healthy, local and green businesses and its new mobile edition.