BALANCING OUT MAINE WEATHER. We took this shot of out Big Pond on October 1, after four months of drought gave us a paltry combined total of 5.65″ rainfall. It was the driest growing season in Northern Maine since Weather Service records began to be kept back in 1939.
Early in October the Fall…
“STORIES OF AROOSTOOK – The Best of Echoes Magazine.” Our friend Kathryn Olmstea…
“STORIES OF AROOSTOOK – The Best of Echoes Magazine.” Our friend Kathryn Olmstead of Caribou was the co-founder and publisher of the quarterly ‘Echoes’ Magazine, subtitled “Redicovering Community.”
While the need to cultivate and cherish community has never been stronger, ‘Echoes’ ceased…
In Chicago, 90% of voters agreed the internet should be a public utility
CHICAGO VOTERS IDENTIFY SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON. On Tuesday 90% of Chicago voters agreed with a ballot measure stating that THE INTERNET SHOULD BE A PUBLIC UTILITY. What’s more, Red State rural voters are in sync with urban Chicagoans.
In 2013 when we worked hard to pass Maine’s…
In Chicago, 90% of voters agreed the internet should be a public utility
RELIC FROM MAINE’S POTATO EMPIRE. Frenchville, Maine. Circa 1972. This shot w…
RELIC FROM MAINE’S POTATO EMPIRE. Frenchville, Maine. Circa 1972. This shot was shared by Mike Andrews. It was taken almost 50 years ago in the Northern Aroostook County Acadian town of Frenchville (population was 1087 in 2010) along the St. John River which serves as the U.S. border with…
20 photos of Iceland’s majestic landscapes
A ‘NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’ INTRO TO ICELAND. Almost exactly ten years ago we returned from a week-long tour of organic farms and mills in Denmark. Our flight back stopped in Reyjavik and to get there the plane took a spectacular northern route from Copenhagen. On full display was wild Iceland, an…
NEW ‘WOOD PRAIRIE SEED PIECE’ NOW POSTED ONLINE! A collection of Farm Harvest P…
NEW ‘WOOD PRAIRIE SEED PIECE’ NOW POSTED ONLINE! A collection of Farm Harvest Photos telling stories gleaned from the challenging growing year in the State of Maine.
Our new ‘Wood Prairie Seed Piece’ may be found here:
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Caleb, Megan & Jim…
PREPARING POTATO TUBER SAMPLES FOR POST-HARVEST TEST ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM…
PREPARING POTATO TUBER SAMPLES FOR POST-HARVEST TEST ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM IN MAINE. Maine initiated its official State-run Certified Seed Potato program 105 years ago, edged out by Wisconsin which set up the very first program one year earlier in 1914.
Seed certification is important in…
Vast DNA Analysis of Hundreds of Vikings Reveals They Weren’t Who We Thought
“VAST DNA ANALYSIS OF HUNDREDS OF VIKING REVEALS THEY WEREN’T WHO WE THOUGHT.” After performing wide-ranging digs and extensive research, scientists are now concluding that our traditional image of Vikings has been way off the mark. Reminding us that long-held beliefs have the ability to stray…
Vast DNA Analysis of Hundreds of Vikings Reveals They Weren’t Who We Thought
CHISEL PLOWING POTATO GROUND ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM IN MAINE. As soon as a…
CHISEL PLOWING POTATO GROUND ON WOOD PRAIRIE FAMILY FARM IN MAINE. As soon as a section of the potato field is harvested, we use the Lockwood Rockpicker to remove rock piles left by the Juko Potato Harvester. Then we go through the plot with a tractor-drawn IH (International Harvester) 7-Tooth…
Incredible details of 10,000-year-old trek revealed in fossil footprints
SCIENTISTS REVEAL UNEARTHED DETAILS ABOUT FOSSILIZED 10,000-YEAR-OLD
Incredible details of 10,000-year-old trek revealed in fossil footprints
