Chellie Pingree has operated an organic saltwater farm, inn, and restaurant. She has turned her 40 years of farming experience into the cause of her congressional career, expanding sustainable agriculture and locally grown food and promoting the cause of eliminating food waste. As the threat of climate change has grown during her tenure, posing a threat to the agriculture industry, she also has emerged as a top champion of coastal communities and their fight against deterioration.

Learn what Chellie Pingree says about finding common ground