Many members of the US House of Representatives run businesses in their home districts. Few of those enterprises can offer you a half-dozen oysters and a glass of wine, or send you home with an array of locally grown vegetables....

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree feels just as much at home on Capitol Hill as she does on a cow pasture: when she’s not working on matters like shaping the next Farm Bill as a member of the House’s agricultural appropriations committee,...

The Congresswoman and organic farmer from Maine urges the Trump Administration to strengthen oversight and add resources to the organic certification process. As a longtime farmer, I work hard to ensure that food I sell with a U.S. Department of...

While many members of Congress can point to first-hand experience in farming as they weigh agriculture policy, Representative Chellie Pingree’s experience stands alone. For more than 40 years Pingree, a Democrat who represents Maine’s First Congressional District, has owned and...

Several hundred people packed a town hall-style forum Sunday afternoon in Portland to share with U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, their concerns, anger and anxiety over a Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. A number of Pingree’s...

By The Portland Press Herald Editorial Board Her deep connections to a diverse district make her the right choice for another term in Congress. There are not many congressional districts as diverse as Maine’s 1st. It not only contains the...