MPBN News Amendment to Maine GMO Labeling Bill Fails to Win Support MPBN News Here's Logan Perkins of MOFGA - the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association - one of the groups pushing for GMO food labels. She says an attempt was made to rewrite the bill late last year. "After all the public comment and public hearing and ... and more »

Morning Briefing: E-veto, taxing carve-outs, powdered GMO & maniacal laugh Press Herald (blog) According to MOFGA, the Infant Formula Council of America had drafted an amendment containing the exemption. The amendment is not yet included in the bill and it appears unlikely that the sponsor of L.D. 718, Rep. Lance Harvell, R-Farmington, will go ... and more »

Farm bills a mixed bag for Mainers Press Herald Heather Spalding and Dave Colson with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association said those "local foods" proposals are important to the state's growing farm industry. MOFGA also hopes to protect federal funding for "journeyman" programs that ... and more »

Maine Farmland Trust: Protecting Farmland, Supporting Farmers and Advancing ... Press Herald (blog) MFT promotes FarmLink at events (like Ag Trades Show and various talks we give) and, of course, the partner organizations with which we work with (e.g., MOFGA, UMCE) also help spread the word. To date, FarmLink has resulted in 87 matches—that's 87 ...

MPBN News Court's Monsanto Ruling Worries Maine's Organic Farmers MPBN News "We're just always very concerned when there are industry strikes against farmers ability to save seed," she says. MOFGA is also a plaintiff in the other lawsuit against Monsanto. A U.S. District Judge dismissed the suit last year at the company's request. and more »

MOFGA workshop series May 22 and 23 Morning Sentinel UNITY -- MOFGA's Farm Training Project workshops begin on May 22. These workshops, organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, are designed for and targeted to participants in MOFGA's Apprenticeship Program, though are free ...

Bill requiring food producers to label products containing genetically ... Bangor Daily News Severin Beliveau, an attorney and lobbyist working for MOFGA, also told the committee Tuesday that were the bill enacted and challenged, the state would have support in defending it. He said MOFGA would be an involved party if a Maine GMO labeling law ... and more »

Press Herald Monsanto's lawsuit win poses issues for Mainers Press Herald MOFGA is named as a plaintiff in the March 2011 suit against Monsanto. "We are always disappointed when the biotech industry strikes out against any farmer that is trying to save seeds," Spaulding said. "It is really difficult for us to understand how ... and more »