Your guide to happy, healthy and sustainable living in Maine.

Whether you’re looking for a quick bite or a spontaneous picnic, there’s likely a food truck gathering near you!

Fork Food Lab empowers culinary entrepreneurs with the space and resources to scale up their small business in Maine.

At these cooking classes, learn new skills, hone old ones, and experience firsthand the tastes, fragrances and fellowship to be found in teaching kitchens.

There are few places in the world where you can source a pizza’s ingredients entirely from one region. Maine is one of those places.

This Maine nonprofit combines homemade food with heartfelt storytelling at unique potluck events.

Plus over a dozen more Vacationland eateries serving all plant-based dishes.

Sip back and refresh at these Maine spots specializing in healthy juices, smoothies, and smoothie bowls.

This humbly named food adds flavor, boosts nutrition and supports Maine’s local economy

Good food makes for a great event—and you can’t get much better than locally sourced, farm-fresh flavors.

In Maine, where craft beer is big business, non-alcoholic options are coming into their own.

A profile of Maine Outdoor Brands.

Exploring Maine’s growing network of accessible trails.

These Maine farms are fun for the whole family with pick-your-own organic strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and apples.

Whether you’re looking for a quick bite or a spontaneous picnic, there’s likely a food truck gathering near you!

Lisa Jones didn’t see Black people represented in Maine’s tourism marketing. So she founded a company that puts ‘Black’ first.

A wintertime trip to the shore can offer unexpected surprises.

Winter in Maine may seem like a quiet affair—that is, unless you’re in the know.

Keep your sense of wonder open to the delights of a winter’s night with these ideas for experiencing the natural world after dark.

These Maine farms are fun for the whole family with pick-your-own organic strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and apples.

Sharing equipment makes outdoor recreation more accessible, equitable and sustainable.

Lisa Jones didn’t see Black people represented in Maine’s tourism marketing. So she founded a company that puts ‘Black’ first.

It’s no secret that saunas can reduce stress, improve physical health and relieve pain. The Maine winter has inspired a range of sauna experiences, but for some avid bathers, there’s just no place like home.

Winter in Maine may seem like a quiet affair—that is, unless you’re in the know.

Take the road less traveled. Gravel bikes are a gateway to miles of off-road adventure.

Maine is rich in adaptive winter sports programs that allow people with disabilities to experience the joy of skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and more.

Skiing, snowshoeing and staying in Maine’s winter wilds can be an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind adventure

Learning how to track wild animals is a great way to get outside and enjoy a winter’s day, and fresh snow offers boundless opportunities.

Sweat it out at these Maine saunas…and enjoy some nice health benefits in the process!

A profile of Maine Outdoor Brands.

Explore the glistening world of rivers, follow a woman’s journey to enrich her garden’s biodiversity, and gain a deeper understanding of humans’ role in a potential mass extinction.

Two poems to reflect on the season.

Love tinkering in the company of creators? One of Maine’s makerspaces may be just the ticket.

With their deep philosophical and spiritual roots, traditional Japanese gardens are designed for peaceful contemplation. Whether tiny or expansive, they can be havens of renewal, solace and joy.

These Southern Maine establishments are decentering drinking alcohol from nightlife. If you’re looking for an unforgettable sober night out, bathhouses, book bars and board games might be your cup of tea!

Over a dozen years of bringing outdoor adventure and conservation films to audiences across the state, MOFF has come to represent something deeper than most people anticipate when they hear “outdoor films.”

Maine's Craft Apprentice Program offers a hands-on learning approach for local artists to work with mentors and build upon their craft and artistry, while further developing their business skills.

Think that vegetarianism is a modern-day development? Think again! This exhibit at Maine Historical Society through May 2025 features stories and items from our vegetarian past going back three centuries.

Winter in Maine may seem like a quiet affair—that is, unless you’re in the know.

A Maine-based natural fiber system could nourish our soil, protect land and provide an alternative to resource-intensive fast fashion.

Sustainable Bookshelf Volume VII

These books perfect for a beach day range from breezy, feel-good fiction to dark mysteries, all by authors who have found inspiration from time well spent in Maine.

For the past 15 years, Shaughnessy has led the nonprofit Friends of the Presumpscot River in advocating for river conservation.

Six Maine companies make an outsized impact.

A Maine-based natural fiber system could nourish our soil, protect land and provide an alternative to resource-intensive fast fashion.

These three Maine shops have made sustainability their business for three decades.

At these free events, people gather to repair everyday objects with the help of skilled volunteers. Think coffee makers, computers, bicycles, clothing—and more.

Food waste is a serious problem for the environment. Fortunately, there are simple steps you can take to reduce the amount of food waste your household creates.

Butterflies play an important role in ecosystems. Learn how to attract these living jewels to your garden–and butterfly gardens where you can view them around Maine.

Solar-powered Upward Organics on track to be Maine’s first net-zero cultivator.