From Oscar Mayer vegan hot dogs and Super Bowl ads to rulings from the European Court of Justice, veganism is on the rise.
Lenette Domingues
Air plants come from the tropics, but with the right care can be houseplants here
There are more than 550 species of air plants, so named because they take nourishment from the air and don’t need soil to grow.
The year’s best vegan cookbooks
Eight books to nourish and sustain you.
If you’re looking for a project, try getting your poinsettia to rebloom next year
Otherwise, just enjoy it this holiday season.
Gifts for the gardener in your life
As the holidays approach, we’ve got some ideas, from sturdy tools to easy-to-install garden lights.
The Giving Tree: Christmas trees provide joy, and they do so much more
Are you feeling guilty about cutting down a young, living tree? The head of the Maine Christmas Tree Association says the trees do lots of good.
Gardening season is done. Sigh. Let’s buy houseplants!
With winter coming, columnist Tom Atwell cheers himself up with new houseplants.
Vegetarian Thanksgiving is a lot older than you think
The Thanksgiving email from the Portland Food Co-op featured six types of plant-based holiday roasts this year. Such abundance got me thinking about the 1980s, when vegetarians either cobbled together our own Thanksgiving roasts or served a baked, stuffed squash as a centerpiece. How did we get here? The origins of vegetarian Thanksgiving date way […]
A roundup of the season’s local vegan news
It’s official: Veggie Life is the Sea Dogs’ veg burger; Vickie’s Veggie Table closes; we bet dollars to doughnuts that Leigh Hallis’ vegan chocolate desserts will be a success; and more.
Some people hunt for deer and turkeys in the fall …
while others hunt for invasive plants.