A roundup of farm-to-table and sustainability news
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Vinland chef brings 100 percent Maine food to prestigious James Beard House
David Levi opened the avant-garde restaurant, riding a wave of ups and downs during a year that ended with a trip to New York to cook dinner at the vaunted culinary address.
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Meet: Lynne Rowe, owner of Tortilleria Pachanga in Portland
She uses Maine organic corn to make a local variety of the delicious tortillas she discovered while living in Mexico.
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Homegrown: Different Drummer ducky
This little wooden duck is as simple as it gets, but you should have heard the “awwwws” it elicited at a baby shower last week. The duck is handmade by Frank Ridley at Different Drummer Workshop in Solon. It’s a small family business that’s been making wooden toys, mostly from white pine, since 1973. Ridley […]
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Give your daily bread delicious uses when it grows old
Easy-to-make bread crumbs add homemade goodness to comfort food and desserts.
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Grow: Chia seeds
For eating, wait for the garden seed variety. But if you are desperate to plant something now, buy the Chia Pet.
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Homegrown: Basil flower vinegar from The Maine Accent
The small family business sells what it grows in its gardens just outside Hallowell
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Sea Change: Entertained by life without television
The effects of a TV-free home may include less anxiety and more enriching activities.
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Meet: Geri Vistein, biologist and coyote advocate
A Maine defender of the wild canines is a voice in the wilderness for their upside for farmers.
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Green Plate Special: If life gives you a lemon craving, make it count
Tangy ways to use the juice, pith and peel give those shipping miles more purpose.