Circumstances like the pandemic and weather gave the state’s organic grain businesses a boost in recent years. But the dwindling number of organic grain farmers means the future of Maine’s grains economy is unclear.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State
Expect higher costs, more closures as seasonal worker shortage strains Maine restaurants
Overburdened and understaffed restaurant owners consider wage and menu price hikes to stay in business.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: In 1919, Boston’s North End experienced a disaster. It never should have happened
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Morgan Talty makes a riveting debut with this short story collection set in the Penobscot Reservation
The ‘achingly moving’ linked stories are narrated by a character named Dee, variously a child, tween, teen and adult.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist’s work moves from newspaper page to Ogunquit museum display
A retrospective of cartoons, as well as some oil paintings, from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Morin is on display at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art through Oct. 31.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Tips for clematis care from an expert
Cindy Tibbetts, of Hummingbird Farm, has expanded the varieties of clematis vines she sells and propagates.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Kennebec Journal, Life & Culture, Local & State
Belly-flopping fish adorn downtown Augusta as sturgeon art project unveiled
Volunteers spent Friday afternoon installing fiberglass sturgeon along Water Street in Augusta, as part of an art project by the Augusta Downtown Alliance ahead of Saturday’s Sturgeon Stroll Art Walk.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: Seize the day! Eat your tomatoes every which way as they ripen
Sure, preserving them for later is good. But don’t neglect the pleasure of eating fresh local tomatoes every day while the season lasts.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener’s garden update: The worries, the glories, the berries
Columnist Tom Atwell tells us how his garden grows.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘The Hotel Nantucket,’ ‘An Immense World’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.