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

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 growing group of Maine scoop shops are offering plant-based flavors this year, with many crafting their own house blends.

Since 2010, creative Mainers have been pushing the envelope on kombucha—and the results are paying off.

Whether you’re new to the game or have been vegan for years, picking up a vegetarian cookbook or well-curated plant-based food blog is sure to inspire.

Here’s a look at 10 vegan meals perfect for takeout, picnics and on-the-go eats tucked away in unexpected spots across Maine.

The small-town general store offers something retail giants don’t: community & connection.

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

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

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

Winding roads, rivers and coves lead to picture-perfect seascapes and classic New England small towns in Maine’s Mid-Midcoast

Four days on the Penobscot River offers a journey deep into the landscape and its native culture.

Enjoy a whistle-stop tour of this tried-and-true summer destination on Maine’s Midcoast.

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

In far DownEast Maine, west of the Lubec waterfront, you’ll find the remarkable oasis of Cobscook Shores.

Maine’s most northern county is home to stunning natural beauty, rich culture and history, good food and drink, and friendly local folks.

After 50 years of cleanup, Maine cities turn to face the water.

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!

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

Forget the therapist couch—during these sessions, you’re in the great outdoors.

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

We talked to nine Mainers for whom winter is a time for playfulness. Exploration. Discovery. Connection. Camaraderie. Excitement. And joy.

Maine’s Downeast coastline is a magnificent landscape of broad peninsulas, wide bays, towering cliffs, spruce-studded islands, high tides and crashing surf. Here are seven day hikes you won’t soon forget.

Experience Maine’s many trail networks via groomed snow and balloon-like tires. It’s time to saddle up for winter.

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.

Get ready to travel to the bottom of the sea, imagine life as a bird, and follow a child determined to clean up their neighborhood, one piece of trash at a time.

You can see ancient indigenous tools, contemporary art, meteorites from Mars and more at these unique places of wonder.

Check out anything from musical instruments to microscopes from Maine’s Libraries of Things

What do you get when you combine primordial materials, searing heat, immense skill, artistic vision and a sprinkling of alchemy?

Four days on the Penobscot River offers a journey deep into the landscape and its native culture.

With a focus on botanical, responsibly sourced ingredients, these Maine businesses make skincare as good for the environment as it is for the body.

Sustainable Bookshelf Volume V

Here’s a selection of books perfect for a picnic or a day by the water—and one that will make you love Maine a little more with every page.

Get ready to transform your garden with these locally-made gardening goodies.

Sustainability and social mission are front and center for these Maine apparel and footwear designers.

A return to live music finds Maine’s festivals filled with more energy and talent than ever before.

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.

After 50 years of cleanup, Maine cities turn to face the water.

Sustainability and social mission are front and center for these Maine apparel and footwear designers.

Enjoy the splendor of a day on a Maine lake – here are some of our favorites.