Houlton community market finds its footing
Bangor Daily News - 7/5/2010.By Jen Lynds – Houlton: Officials at the Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce, local vendors and residents are excited by the success they are seeing with a revamped community market that is attracting vendors selling everything from beans to blankets. The Chamber is sponsoring the new market, which will be held every Saturday in Market Square through early September. |
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Overweight kids: shape of the future
Maine Sunday Telegram - 7/4/2010. By John Richardson – Maine employers are already coping with rising costs related to overweight and obese workers. But they are in for a lot more if youth obesity rates stay as high as they are now, according to new research by the University of New England. |
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Fertile imagining
Maine Sunday Telegram - 7/4/2010. By Ray Routhier – Boothbay: It's easy to see that the folks at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens had fun putting together the new 2-acre children's garden, scheduled to open to the public on Thursday. There's a pond with three bridges leading to two islands with blueberry bushes, which visitors are allowed to pick. Nestled among the bushes is a bronze bear cub from the classic Maine children's book "Blueberries for Sal" by Robert McCloskey, created by Boston sculptor Nancy Schon. |
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A surprising new way to produce health, local meat
Alternet - 7/1/2010.By Vanessa Barrington – A funny thing happened on the way to the local food movement. Just as small segments of the population have taken up the local foods cheer, family farms and the infrastructure that supports them continue to dwindle daily. Even as we’ve begun to realize what our addiction to convenience in the form of processed, packaged foods and cheap meat is costing us, we are in danger of losing even more sources of real food. |
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