Only a few vendors brave the ice at Portland Farmers’ Market
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Meet Meghan Cooper
The Prospect native is the Island Institute’s 100th ever Island Fellow
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Homegrown: Royal Rose syrups work for drinks, ice cream, you name it
Interesting flavors include Three Chile, Orange-Vanilla and Fenugreek.
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Fat and fresh Maine sea scallops a winter delight
If you can’t buy dayboat or diver scallops from a fisherman, find one of the select markets and restaurants that offer them.
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The plight of the honeybee eludes simple solutions
Specialists at a Maine conference agree there are no easy answers for curing colony collapse disorder and other threats.
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What’s That? A spork
This versatile dual-use utensil can even, in some cases, triple for a knife.
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Independent tree farmer and writer Peter Pfeiffer
The Solon grower chronicles his rebellious youth and his love for the woods in his memoir, ‘Hard Chance: Tree Farming in Troubled Times.’
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Black-operated farms in Maine grow by leaps and bounds
Nurturing the increase are Cultivating Community and other programs that help immigrants who are eager to farm.
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Blueberry jam (again!) But this one is special.
I smeared a small spoonful of Bleuberet Blimey jam on a croissant and started dreaming, at the same time, of what else this perfectly balanced jam might pair well with – goat cheese! Shrimp! Cheesecake! One of my bosses told me she used it in a margarita – a natural fit since the jam also […]