Bumper Crop: An employee benefit pays local dividends to healthy food producers

Program provides nutritional benefits to workers and supports local economies.

Stop and smell the flowers

Alan Day Community Garden resumes youth leadership program

A farmers' market takes place every Friday evening at the Alan Day Community Gardens, featuring food grown at the garden.

Norway welcomes Earth Day 2021

Events include a film at the Gem in Bethel, an Earth Day clean-up around Lake Pennessewassee and Norway dowtown and Alan Day Community Garden's work party to prepare for spring planting.

PHOTO: Putting the garden to bed

Free weekly produce pick-up starts today in South Paris

The nonprofit group Gardeners Growing Health Communities is ready to start its weekly harvest and produce distribution from its South Paris and Rumford gardens. Food pick-up in South Paris is every Thursday afternoon starting at 5:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 217 Main Street.

The roots of Victory Gardens

The practice began during World War I

Victory Gardens have returned during latest crisis

Plots are cropping up around Western Maine as people grow food for themselves and others.

CEBE launches Nezinscot Food Collaborative, a community gardening project

PHOTO: Gardening in the community