Goat cheese and grass-fed beef are replacing yellow cubes and rubber chicken as local food movement comes to election season.
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Time for the author’s toddler son to learn a New England ritual: Apple picking
Meanwhile, an apple CSA brings fresh, unwaxed and delicious heirloom apples.
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10 great reads for kids
These picture books offer gentle lessons about the environment, the natural world and agriculture.
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Around Maine, green is BMOC: Big mandate on campus
Sustainability efforts are being made in higher-education institutions in just about every corner of Maine.
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‘Green’ moves into the classroom
Many Maine colleges add sustainability programs to their roster.
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Meet: Laura Newman of Portland’s School Ground Greening Coalition
The group works with students and adults to design landscapes that encourage being outdoors at school.
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The Ultimate Sustainable Campus Map
We dream up a perfect green university – but it’s all happening right now in Maine.
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Cooperative Extension, at 100, still nurtures Maine farms, health
Founded to teach farmers modern techniques, the organization remains an important educational resource in agriculture, nutrition and more.
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New and classic food carriers make lunch less trashy
Put portable meals in multi-use Mason jars to reduce waste.
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Sea Change: Recess is serious business – or should be – in today’s education system
How sustainable is an educational system that fails to meet students’ innate need for energetic movement and free play?