The climate change summit beginning Monday in Paris could be our last chance to press the reset button.
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Homegrown: Eco-friendly scarves from Maine’s Morris & Essex keeps winter chill at bay
Eliza Jane Curtis likes hand-printing textiles from natural materials that last.
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Looking for green gift ideas?
Here are some cooking tools for the sustainable kitchen. And a raspberry thumbprint recipe to sustain you on cold winter days.
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Community college links culinary and agriculture programs for farm-to-table focus
Kennebec Valley students cook with produce and meats raised on the college’s certified organic farm, the first program of its kind in Maine.
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EPA withdraws approval of new weed killer for genetically engineered crops
New information from manufacturer Dow AgroSciences indicates the chemical is probably more toxic to other plants than previously thought.
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UMaine’s ocean simulator to carry Alfond name
The ocean engineering lab will help determine if offshore wind power components withstand the sea’s buffeting.
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Solidarity Harvest corrals massive food drive to feed 8,000
Volunteers with a Brewer nonprofit, Food AND Medicine, know what it means to be without a job and help out with Thanksgiving baskets filled with Maine produce.
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EPA review raises alarm in Maine over potential increase of ethanol in gasoline
Critics say the change would cost drivers, farmers, fuel sellers and small-engine equipment owners.
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Farmers feel loss after Waterville store closure
Farmers that sold produce and products to Barrels Community Market say they are still owed money and hope the cooperative’s abrupt closure is a lesson for the local food economy.