Gerau Luzito MY STORY: English language learners from Portland Adult Education share their story in their own words. My name is Gerau Luzito. Luzito signifies respect. My name came from my f... Read more
How a Local Food Business Black Dinah Chocolatiers Manages Safety, Sustainability and Sweetness by Marilyn Miller Close your eyes. Imagine you have a month off one summer. Now imagine that y... Read more
Algae Blooms Indicate Too Much Nitrogen from Fertilizer and Pollution by Bridget Chase In July the Friends of Casco Bay began to report sightings of green slime at Back Cove and Mill Creek.... Read more
Adam Baske Talks Socially Responsible Tuna PelotonPosts is a monthly dispatch from PelotonLabs, a co-working community on Bramhall Square in Portland’s West End. PelotonLabs member Adam Bask... Read more
THE AMOS FARM: Season’s End and Putting Your Garden to Bed by Christian Torp You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield, but on the seventh year you shall let it res... Read more
Mexico Mango and Traveling Fruits by Nancy Dorrans This week I ate the most delicious Mango… It was perfectly ripe, perhaps a tad over ripe, colorful, juicy, sweet and tangy. Absolute perfec... Read more
Faith leaders gather at St. Luke’s to say minimum wage is a moral issue by Tony Zeli Question 4 on the November ballot has seen a lot of endorsements roll in over the past weeks. Some... Read more
Rescued food is how one local nonprofit is battling hunger. by Tony Zeli “There is so much food… I don’t know if it’s about not having food,” says Mary Zwolinski of food insecurity in Portla... Read more
The Locker Project Is Making It Normal to Take Food Home from School by Tony Zeli “Mother, they have grapes and stuff,” the young boy exclaims as he grabs a strawberry from the box of produc... Read more
Why Lost Contract is Good News for Bath Iron Works–and the Planet
by Adam Marletta Years ago, back when the nation was still gripped in a post-9/11 atmosphere of “love-it-or-leave-it” enforced patriotism, my father was banned from a local Internet c... Read more