“Three things can always warm me up on a chilly late winter’s day in March: a nice bowl of soup made from last summer’s tomatoes, watching kids get excited about cooking with local ingredients, and learning about innovative efforts that both raise awareness about food insecurity in Maine and work to combat it.”…

“Good news is frequently under the radar these days, as the late Pete Seeger reminded us, but we can find that good stuff by putting our attentions on the countless wonderful projects, initiatives, and community-building efforts of our everyday neighbors and citizens in towns all across the country. It’s those things, he noted, which give us hope and inspiration. And not necessarily the focus of daily headlines.”…