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Amber Kapiloff
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Amber Kapiloff lives in the mountains of western Maine, where she writes a column for the Franklin County Daily Bulldog.
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Food & Drink

Can Tropical Ginger Find a Home in Un-Tropical Maine?

In Farmington, Rustic Roots Farm prepares to harvest its Maine-grown ginger.
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Food & Drink

In Search of Maine Wild Rice

Harvesting rice in Maine waters is a slow, sticky job, and it’s reconnecting Native peoples with a traditional source of nourishment.
Can Birch Syrup Pick Up Steam?
Food & Drink

Can Birch Syrup Pick Up Steam?

A western Maine tapper is all in on maple syrup's lesser-known cousin.
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Maine-Made

Nothin’ But a Gi Thing

In the woods outside Farmington, a martial-arts champ built a hobby into a lifestyle into a factory.

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