Allagash beers take on the characteristics of the atmosphere—a sort of “air-oir”—imparted from the indigenous, airborne yeasts. In their beers, you can taste Portland’s wild side.
In late August, five Brooklyn chefs descend on Annemarie Ahearn’s Saltwater Farm. On the schedule: how to make sausages, how to make headcheese, and how to pickle cucumbers.
Maine Potato Blossom Festival. On the wide-open stretch of farmland around the french fry factory grows a harbinger of hope for the fall harvest: millions of potato blossoms. (Listen).
Urban farmers: A couple blocks from Northampton Coffee, a flock of runner ducks putter around inside a pen. Welcome to Northampton’s Town Farm.
AJ Walker runs Reaching Truckers for Christ, one of the last mobile ministries of its kind and the only one in Maine. (Listen.)
Looking for a sound investment in these troubled times? Try community-supported agriculture. These days the CSA concept extends way beyond weekly vegetable deliveries.
Treadle pump: Inventor Martin Fisher designs easy irrigation tools – and his organization, KickStart, distributes manual irrigation pumps to African farmers.
Instant analog: Some artist lament the latest development by the Polaroid Corporation. Still, saving the film process might be a long shot. (Listen.)
Långfärdsskridskoåkning: Nordic ice skating, basically a cross-country ski boot crossed with what looks like a heel edge of a chef’s knife, gains traction in North America. (Listen).
CSF:Small fishermen borrow a page from small farmers, selling their catch directly to consumers. The marketing attempt follows the successful farm-based initiative, Community Supported Agriculture.
Starting from scratch: Adam Shepard went down and out with only $25. Ten months later, he had a car, an apartment and a small savings. ((Listen.)) Featured on Kottke.
Bike builder: Mike Flanigan welds bicycles together with custom-fitted frames. He’s convinced commuter bikes are the next big thing. (Watch.)
Secret Santa: John Scott might haul trash. But around Portland, he’s known as the man in red.
If bovine ruminants had their way – that is, if cows ate what they biologically adapted to eat – most breeds would be fed grass and only grass. A profile of four beef farms in Maine.
Island farmer: Second Wind Farm bucks a seemingly irreversible trend. It’s a subdivision becoming a farm. From Chebeague Island, this is Chuck Varney’s story.
East Bayside: A group hopes to sweeten Peppermint Park, an overlooked park in an overlooked neighborhood. It’s not the first time.
Teen mom: Being a teen mother is one thing. Being a teen mother and graduating from high school is another. One story from Portland High School.
The forecaster: Art Lester is a veteran meteorologist. He talks about the increasing use of computer technology, which seems to have little effect on the accuracy of predictions.
Woodworkers: Following a fire that I covered, my editor told me to go out to Stone’s Cafe. This is how a spot news story turned into a feature about a weekly gathering of the woodworkers’ lunch bunch.
Late Friday morning, Dr. Fried drove to his South Portland office: Ruth Traynor’s house. She is dying and he was there to help.
Tree-planting: A couple hundred Mormans and some trees. That’s the Youth Conservation Corps in action.
Can man: Bottle redemption requires a large accumulation of small things. Tony Serour runs the East End Redemption Center in Portland. It’s a place where all those nickels add up.
Allagash beers take on the characteristics of the atmosphere—a sort of “air-oir”—imparted from the indigenous, airborne yeasts. In their beers, you can taste Portland’s wild side
In late August, five Brooklyn chefs descend on Annemarie Ahearn’s Saltwater Farm. On the schedule: how to make sausages, how to make headcheese, and how to pickle cucumbers.
Maine Potato Blossom Festival. On the wide-open stretch of farmland around the french fry factory grows a harbinger of hope for the fall harvest: millions of potato blossoms
Urban farmers: A couple blocks from Northampton Coffee, a flock of runner ducks putter around inside a pen. Welcome to Northampton’s Town Farm
AJ Walker runs Reaching Truckers for Christ, one of the last mobile ministries of its kind and the only one in Maine.
Treadle pump: Inventor Martin Fisher designs easy irrigation tools – and his organization, KickStart, distributes manual irrigation pumps to African farmers
Instant analog: Some artist lament the latest development by the Polaroid Corporation. Still, saving the film process might be a long shot
Långfärdsskridskoåkning: Nordic ice skating, basically a cross-country ski boot crossed with what looks like a heel edge of a chef’s knife, gains traction in North America
Starting from scratch: Adam Shepard went down and out with only $25. Ten months later, he had a car, an apartment and a small savings
Bike builder: Mike Flanigan welds bicycles together with custom-fitted frames. He’s convinced commuter bikes are the next big thing.
If bovine ruminants had their way – that is, if cows ate what they biologically adapted to eat – most breeds would be fed grass and only grass. A profile of four beef farms in Maine
East Bayside: A group hopes to sweeten Peppermint Park, an overlooked park in an overlooked neighborhood. It’s not the first time
Teen mom: Being a teen mother is one thing. Being a teen mother and graduating from high school is another. One story from Portland High School
The forecaster: Art Lester is a veteran meteorologist. He talks about the increasing use of computer technology, which seems to have little effect on the accuracy of predictions.
Tree-planting: A couple hundred Mormans and some trees. That’s the Youth Conservation Corps in action
Can man: Bottle redemption requires a large accumulation of small things. Tony Serour runs the East End Redemption Center in Portland. It’s a place where all those nickels add up