Hello and happy October!
Fall is here, and we’re so ready. With the seasons turning, we're excited to get cozy and embrace apples, pumpkins, farms, fairs, festivals – and of course, foliage! Read on for vegan doughnuts, local meal kits, festivals, webinars, workshops, and more to fuel your autumn adventures.
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Vegan doughnuts take over Maine |
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The perfect addition to apple picking, doughnuts have gone vegan and altered the Pine Tree State’s bakery landscape. Read on for eight spots where you can find plant-based doughnuts in Maine. Photo: The Donut Grove
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New issue of Green & Healthy Maine HOMES
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Hot off the press: the fall edition of Green & Healthy Maine HOMES! It's full of inspiration for your dream high performance house. Here’s a peek at some of the stories inside:
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Purposefully Repurposed: Create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind home by giving new life to reused, reclaimed or recycled building materials.
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Charting a retrofit road map for Maine: Maine needs many homes to have extensive energy retrofits as soon as possible. Let’s look at some of the biggest obstacles and ways to clear them off the road.
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Home Safe Home: What constitutes a “healthy house”? A mother with debilitating chemical sensitivities embarked on a life-saving project to build a nontoxic home environment.
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What is the best solar for me? And more!
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Subscribers, your copy should have arrived last week! (Not a subscriber yet? There’s still time to receive the fall issue with a new subscription. Simply add a note to “start with fall 2021” to your order, and we’ll send you a copy!)
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Local meal kits & take-and-bake meals |
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The pleasures of eating out and the comfort of staying in. That’s what you'll get with these 15 locally sourced meal kits, catered date night dinners, and family-style take-and-bake meals. Photo: Union Kitchen Supper Club
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Spotlight: Maine Community Cookbook |
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Last year’s Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook was such a recipe for success—raising $15,000 to fight hunger—that a second volume, the Maine Community Cookbook, will be released in spring 2022.
The submission deadline is Oct. 15, which means there’s just enough time to send in your family recipe and a bit about how your recipe connects you to people or places in Maine. They are especially looking for more recipes from Washington and Somerset counties and from new Mainers.
A submission portal on the website, maine200cookbook.com, is open and receiving online submissions. Recipes can also be mailed to Maine Community Cookbook c/o Rabelais Books, 2 Main Street, Suite 18-214, Biddeford, ME 04005.
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Magic of mushrooms
Beyond their deliciously earthy culinary contributions, mushrooms have been used medicinally for thousands of years. Fungi have a variety of health benefits — and surprisingly creative environmental uses.
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At home...at sea
There are many reasons to join a schooner trip along the coast of Maine: the opportunity to experience maritime culture, a chance to view the rugged beauty of Maine’s coast up close, or simply to escape the bustle of daily life. Read on for an autumn adventure aboard the J & E Riggin.
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Efficiency Maine has launched a new electric vehicle (EV) educational video campaign. The new videos will be released weekly and cover topics from how to maximize a charge to “one-pedal driving,” which enables drivers to come to a full stop without using the brake pedal.
You can watch the first video of the series, “Ways to Pay for EV Charging” on Efficiency Maine’s website.
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On September 17th, 1976, Belfast Co-op was officially incorporated as a business. Happy 45th anniversary, Belfast Co-op!
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Sunday, October 3 through Sunday, October 10. $12 daily general admission
Thursday, October 7, 14, 21, and 28. Online
Thursday, October 7. Online
Saturday, October 9
Saturday, October 9. Hidden Valley Nature Center
Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10.
Saturday, October 9 through Monday, October 11
Tuesday, October 12. Online
Tuesday, October 12. Online
Saturday, October 16. MOFGA Education Center. (Optional donation up to $15)
Tuesday, October 12. Online (Optional $5 donation)
Sunday, October 17. MOFGA Education Center. $4 ($2 for MOFGA members)
Sunday, October 24. Portland
Wednesday, October 27
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Friday, October 21 through Sunday, October 24. Online.
Friday, October 22. Online.
Tuesday, November 17. Online
Saturday, November 20 & Sunday, November 21. Cross Insurance Center in Bangor
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Follow along for all the latest news and inspiration for your happy, healthy, and sustainable life!
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