An open house is planned for Sunday to celebrate Noella Hemond, Minot’s oldest citizen, who turns 100 on Christmas Day.
dairy
Maine milk producers holding their own in face of changing tastes
The bankruptcy of Dean Foods, the country’s largest milk producer, could have some impact in Maine, where milk production and values have remained relatively stable for the last decade.
Green Plate Special: A new diet for cows to cut methane emissions?
Seaweed supplements could just help save the planet.
From feta to American slices, a ranking of cheeses by healthfulness
Cheese lovers rejoice! Research is starting to suggest dairy fats may have a neutral-to-positive effect on the heart.
Maine Farm Days rolls out robotic milking demonstration
Maine Farm Days at Misty Meadows Farm on Hill Road in Clinton Wednesday and Thursday provides a look at what goes on at a working farm.
Being green in Maine means buying local, fresh goat cheese
For the farmer, a goat dairy operation is a comparatively easy entry point into the cheese-making world.
Maine animal rights organizations are upping the ante with billboards, subway ads and unsettling videos.
‘Some of the footage is pretty disturbing,’ says an organizer of one group. ‘But these are disturbing industries doing disturbing things to animals.’