farmers markets
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2018
After four decades in the business, the cheesemakers at York Hill Farm retire
John and Penny Duncan were in the vanguard of local food producers in Maine, making award-winning goat cheese. Will anyone pick up their torch?
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2018
Buying locally raised goat meat in Maine is harder than you may think
The meat is in large demand among Maine's Muslim community. But stores here often sell frozen goat meat from other states in lieu of fresh meat from Maine farmers.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2017
Portland Winter Farmers’ Market hopes to move to Stevens Avenue
If the Portland City Council approves the change, the market will set up at the Maine Girls' Academy in December.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2017
Kayla Blindert sees a gleaning trove in backyard fruit
Her latest public service is canvassing Portland's fruit-foraging opportunities to help feed the hungry.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2017
Brewery cheers beloved Yarmouth tree Herbie with new beer
A product of Liquid Riot, the brew honoring what was once the largest American Elm in New England, is a pale ale with citrusy notes.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2017
Paul Naron aims to grow the best indoor farmers market in the world
Belfast already had one farmers market when Paul Naron relocated here, but he's taking his to a new level.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2017
Farmer Ben Whatley turns his parent’s land into an evolving farm
But gambling on melons didn't pay off this year.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2017
It’s a scramble to source local, organic soybeans
But it can be done, and the resulting products speak for themselves.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2017
Two new Maine cookbooks champion similar seasonal, farm-to-table ethos
Erin French's ‘The Lost Kitchen’ and Annemarie Ahearn's ‘Full Moon Suppers,’ out at the same time, are cut from the same cloth.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2017
A simple but sublime French cake unleashes powerful feelings
For a transplant to Maine, a slice of far Breton evokes not only a sense of place but also of promise.
