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PublishedOctober 18, 2021
Maine potato harvesters are having a good year
After a below-average yield in 2020, farmers are reporting a crop that is larger than average in 2021.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2021
Maine to investigate more than 500 sludge sites for contamination by ‘forever chemicals’
With $30 million in state funding, officials plan an unprecedented effort to test sites statewide for chemicals known as PFAS and assist people affected by the pollution.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2021
Farmington Fair opens to sunny skies, drawing crowds
The 180th fair made a comeback this year after it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic last year.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, through the decades
Fifty years of organic farming, local food, fabulous fairs, advocacy and more.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2021
Victor Grange in Fairfield receives visitors at open house
The grange has worked hard to make repairs and has replaced the foundation and windows, rebuilt the front entrance and replaced two furnaces, among other projects.
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PublishedJune 23, 2021
Maine lawmakers enact series of bills to tackle pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Janet Mills gives Maine one of the nation's strictest standards for PFAS in drinking water.
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PublishedMay 12, 2021
Committee unanimously endorses bill requiring disclosure of ‘forever chemicals’ in products
Lawmakers in both parties embraced the bill on the same day Gov. Janet Mills proposed spending an additional $40 million to address PFAS contamination in Maine.
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PublishedApril 22, 2021
Our View: The food we throw away is hurting the planet
More than a third of all food produced is thrown away, and it produces greenhouse gases at an alarming rate.
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PublishedApril 4, 2021
Sure, it’s Easter, but what about that other holiday?
International Carrot Day was established to celebrate the healthfulness of the root vegetable.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2021
Mills seeks more federal support, action on ‘forever chemicals’
In a letter to Maine's congressional delegation, Gov. Janet Mills wrote that PFAS contamination is 'a national problem that ultimately requires a federal response.'
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