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Food
As climate change hurts Maine farms and restaurants, stakeholders search for solutions
Three takeaways from Friday’s roundtable discussion among local food industry professionals and lawmakers, organized by the James Beard Foundation.
CO2 shortages led Maine breweries to adopt this sustainable solution
Three breweries in Maine have installed equipment to collect the gas during the fermentation process, giving them control over the supply of CO2 and reducing their carbon footprint.
Strong high school principal seeks approval for greenhouse
Mt. Abram Regional High School Principal Tim Richards advocates for alternative education, asks for approval of new greenhouse.
Bakery that makes Sara Lee and Entenmann’s pushes back on FDA sesame warning
A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame – even when they don’t.
Landmark Yarmouth restaurant Muddy Rudder closes, listed for sale
The restaurant, which opened in 1976, is located on Route 1 along the Cousins River and can be seen from I-295. It is listed for sale for $1.4 million.
Hannaford recalls some fresh salads, pasta meals over listeria concerns
Customers should not eat the products, which were sold from Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 in the deli and produce departments.
Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only Massachusetts has done it
A study out in Science this month finds that states’ attempts to cut the amount of food waste going into landfills are rarely succeeding.
A Maine professor spent a month in Poland making bagels and searching for his past
University of Maine at Augusta history professor Robert Bernheim hoped bagel diplomacy could help repair some deep wounds left by the Holocaust.
Diners skipping restaurants, making more meals at home as inflation trend inverts
Inflation has been easing broadly for more than a year now, and it’s been cooling faster for grocery items since the middle of the year.