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Rep. Pingree recognized for sustainable food advocacy

by Staff Report June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

Rep. Chellie Pingree has been chosen as one of six recipients of the 2017 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award.

by Avery Yale Kamila June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

BEEP Box testers report ease of cooking, a variety of interesting recipes, and foods that you would never have thought of on your own.

The rain has probably not harmed the crop, farmers say, but cooler spring weather means the berries may ripen a little later than usual.

Of course, there are options for purists such as the Down East Lobster Roll Festival – but others offer up less traditional fare.

It’s been (mostly) uphill since at his Fresh Pickins Farm in Cape Elizabeth.

Somali Bantu farmers take over an old dairy farm in Lewiston.

by Eliot Coleman May 7, 2017May 5, 2017

His letter is one of 36 from food and agriculture luminaries gathered together in a new book.

By marketing the ‘gentleman’s farm,’ real estate brokers are paying more attention to buyers’ dreams and how a listing makes them feel.

The owners of Songbird Farm want to protect against the ravages of the next drought.

As a residential building boom spreads toward his family’s century-old Westbrook farm, L. Arthur Randall Jr. draws a line at his pastures.