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May 2, 2016 Edition

Plants aren't the only thing growing at Johnny's Selected Seeds

Lori Valigra

Johnny's Selected Seeds has come a long way since company founder and Chairman Rob Johnston Jr. started the company in 1973 at age 22 with $500 in savings in a New Hampshire farm attic during the back to the land movement.

  • MaineHealth's Green Team turns system's food waste into compost

    James McCarthy

    As program manager at MaineHealth, Richard Veilleux focuses on health care quality improvement. But he also volunteers with MaineHealth's Green Team, a grassroots employee effort to recycle and compost waste produced in the Portland-based health care system.

  • Other
    Other

    Inside the Notebook: Seeding clams in Downeast Maine

    James McCarthy

    The clam-seeding project is a collective effort by the 250 local diggers who sell clams to Gulf of Maine Inc., which diverted $1 for every bushel of clams it purchased into a fund for buying baby seed clams from the Downeast Institute in Beals.

  • In Short
    In Short

    IN SHORT

    New hiresCamden National Corp. hired Mary Beth Haut as president and CEO of Acadia Trust NA, the bank’s wealth management subsidiary in Portland.

Today's Poll

Has your business taken significant, voluntary steps to reduce its impact on the environment?
Poll Description

Monday is Earth Day — the annual celebration, dating to 1970, of our planet and its environment. 

Created by a United Nations proclamation, Earth Day has grown to include a wide range of events in more than 190 countries. The official theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics." The day, April 22, also has led to the designation of April as Earth Month.

Mainers and Maine businesses have long strived to protect the natural environment of the state and of the world.

One recent example: Allagash Brewing Co., based in Portland, has teamed up with Patagonia Provisions, the outdoor clothing maker's food and beverage business, to make a limited-edition beer from organic ingredients including Kernza. That's the trademarked name for a perennial grain, harvested from a form of wheatgrass, with long roots that protect soil from erosion, minimize the need for tilling, and help sequester carbon.

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