•  Lyman composting operation to shut down under pressure (Portland Press Herald, 9/4/08)
•  Fire retardant chemical found in children (Reuters, 9/4/08)
•  Digesting Slow Food Nation (Grist, 9/4/08)
•  Florida tomato agribusiness giants plead guilty to enslaving Mexican & Guatemalan immigrant workers (Organic Consumers, 9/4/08)
•  Slow Food Nation: Farmworkers at the table (Grist, 9/3/08)
•  Organic production more profitable as oil prices rise (Soil Association [UK] study, 9/3/08)
•  Buying clubs 'win-win' for farmers, consumers (Bangor Daily News, 9/3/08)
•  Endangered salmon proposal covers 3 rivers (Bangor Daily News, 9/3/08)
•  Hike food inspection fees (Editorial, Bangor Daily News, 9/3/08)
•  "Yes, I'm a fructivist. My mission is to show you what you're missing" (The Guardian [UK], 9/2/08) 
•  "The man who created paradise" (Gene Logsdon, OrganicToBe, 9/2/08)
•  Our good earth (National Geographic, 9/1/08)
•  Farmers' markets let Mainers taste the season (Maine Sunday Telegram, 8/31/08)
•  Farm pregnancy 'cuts asthma risk' (BBC News, 8/31/08)
•  Slow Food Nation: revolutionary diet (Grist, 8/29/08)
•  Five steps to an environmental revolution (Alternet, 8/27/08)
•  Community fruit harvesting is spreading (TreeHugger, 8/29/08)
•  Cuba's farmers went back to pre-chemical roots (Dennis Thoet, Kennebec Journal, 8/29/08)
•  County cows chewing cuds for cash (Bangor Daily News, 8/29/08)
•  Slow Food Nation to release healthy food and agriculture declaration (Common Dreams, 8/27/08)
•  Genetically engineered food part of larger plan (John O'Donnell letter to the editor, Kennebec Journal, 8/27/08)
•  Nomination failure (Editorial, Bangor Daily News, 8/27/08)
•  Cheapskate haystacks for contrary garden farmers (Gene Logsdon, OrganicToBe, August 26/08)
•  Show Me the Honey: New research finds higher-than-expected levels of pesticides in hives (Popular Science, 8/25/08)
•  Big problems? Blame the little guy (Ethicurean, 8/25/08)
•  100-mile diet for college students (TreeHugger, 8/25/08)
•  Rich countries once used gunboats to seize food. Now they use trade deals (The Guardian [UK], 8/25/08)
•  Credit crunch offers some food for thought (The Guardian (UK), 8/25/08)
•  Welcome to the food revolution (Alternet, 8/25/08)
•  Nothing wrong with organic supporter on pesticide board (Editorial, Maine Sunday Telegram, 8/24/08)
•  Leave pesticide disposal to the state: here's how (Maine Sunday Telegram, 8/24/08)
•  Wet summer fine for blueberry crop (Kennebec Journal, 8/23/08)
•  There are many ways to make a blueberry pie (Bangor Daily News, 8/23/08)  
•  Exposure to hexachlorobenzene during pregnancy increases the risk of overweight children (Environmental Health News, 8/22/08)
•  Whispers, not fact, pivotal in nominee defeat (Kennebec Journal, 8/22/08)
•  Organic farmer shot down as board choice (Kennebec Journal, 8/21/08)
•  Maine researcher studies high cancer rates along border (Portland Press Herald, 8/21/08)
•  Wet summer weather boosts Maine's wild blueberry crop (Bangor Daily News, 8/21/08)
•  FDA OK's zapping greens for safety (CNN News, 8/21/08)
•  Don't believe the GM apologists (Independent [UK], 8/21/08)
•  Barbara Eggert [obituary] (Bangor Daily News, 8/20/08)
•  Pick what you eat (Boston Phoenix, 8/20/08)
•  Buying in: Local food is no longer more expensive (Boston Phoenix, 8/20/08)
•  Dead zone diet: why fertilizers are taking fish off the menu (Alternet, 8/19/08)
•  Rockport: Land trust to celebrate Erickson Farm transfer (Bangor Daily News, 8/19/08)
•  Lawsuit seeks EPA pesticide data (San Francisco Chronicle, 8/19/08)
•  Dispatches from field - mowing - and re-growing - the grassroots (Grist, 8/19/08)
•  Dressed to impress (Maine Sunday Telegram, 8/17/08)
•  A gardener's legacy [McLaughlin Foundation] (Boston Globe, 8/17/08)
•  Natural farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka dies, 95 years old (TreeHugger.com, 8/17/08)
•  Lobstermen: It's not easy being green (Portland Press Herald, 8/16/08)
•  Farmers aim to make a living, grow good food (Dennis Thoet, Kennebec Journal, 8/15/08)
•  Experts caution novices not to forage for mushrooms (Portland Press Herald, 8/15/08)
•  Slow food nation celebrates the good, clean, and fair (Point Reyes Light [CA], 8/14/08)
•  Growing disaster (Kennebec Journal, 8/14/08)
•  Small farms have growing pains (Boston Globe, 8/13/08)
•  Everybody eats: the unifying power of food (World Changing, 8/13/08)
•  Garden farming: the best investment (Gene Logsdon)  OrganicToBe, 8/13/08)
•  Prince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaster (Telegraph [UK], 8/12/08)
•  Dairy 'somewhat vindicated' [re Bovine Growth Hormone] (Portland Press Herald, 8/11/08)
•  A cut above: cut flowers a potentially lucrative crop (Maine Sunday Telegram, 8/10/08)
•  Farmers turn to falcon to help guard berry crops (Boston Globe, 8/10/08)
•  Organic seed alliance may save us from ourselves (WaldoSoup, 8/9/08)
•  Lack of regulation on seaweed harvest raises concerns among Maine landowners (Bangor Daily News, 8/9/08)
•  Why market conditions mean more M&M-fed beef and less grass-fed (Grist, 8/8/08)
•  When it rains, it pours (Grist, 8/8/08)
•  A superbug's life (Grist, 8/8/08)
•  The role of agribusiness in our food crisis (Alternet, 8/7/08)
•  Dandelion rubber could be inexpensive, high quality alternative to tree rubber (Treehugger, 8/7/08)
•  Monsanto looks to sell dairy hormone business (New York Times 8/6/08)
•  Niche farming offers way back to the land (New York Times, 8/7/08)
•  Is your organic food really organic? (Alternet, 8/7/08)
•  Book takes rare look at Micmacs' herbal medicines (Portland Press Herald, 8/7/08)
•  Monsanto Looks to Sell Dairy Hormone Business (New York Times, 8/6/08)
•  Tomato restoration (Boston Globe, 8/6, 2008)
•  Broccoli may undo diabetes damage (BBC News, 8/6/08)
•  Hospitals rethinking their food services as 'preventive medicine' (OrganicNewsToday, 8/6/08)
•  Lack of outdoor playing leading to sharp increase in myopia among children (TreeHugger, 8/5/08)
•  Slow Food Nation gains momentum (Common Dreams, 8/5/08)
•  Get to your local farmers' market (Maine Today, 8/5/08)
•  Bioengineered apples, bananas may be next in line (Organic Consumers, 8/4/08)
•  British GMO protests highlight global divide (World Changing, 8/4/08)
•  Urban farming gets its day in the sun (Grist, 8/4/08)
•  2008 Maine Lobster Festival (Maine Food & Lifestyle Magazine, 8/4/08)
•  Why the hype about local foods may be more than just a trend (Alternet, 8/4/08)
•  Persistent rains drench hay, keep farmers waiting (Portland Press Herald, 8/4/08)
•  Farmers markets thrive in Maine (Bangor Daily News, 8/4/08)
•  Cover crops essential to sustainable garden (Bangor Daily News, 8/2/08
•  The life of py (pyrethrins) (Grist, 8/1/08)
•  Good news for modern farm animals (Grist, 8/1/08)
•  Popularity of raw milk growing (Bangor Daily News, 8/1/08)
•  Worldwide blueberry crops may affect price (Portland Press Herald, 8/1/08)
•  Skowhegan Kneading Conference bolsters effort to revitalize grain farming (Bangor Daily News, 7/30/08)
•  Indian farmers shun GM for organic solutions (The Guardian [UK], 7/30/08)
•  Community fruit harvesting: not far from the tree (Treehugger, 7/30/08)
•  Whole grain bread sells itself, baker says (Portland Press Herald, 7/30/08)
•  Fall food festival to shine spotlight on Maine chefs, products (Portland Press Herald, 7/30/08)
•  Schools look to cut food costs (Bangor Daily News, 7/29/08)
•  Food for thought: how healthy eating makes you smarter (Treehugger, 7/28/08)
•  Farm Bill largesse comes at a very high price (Portland Press Herald, 7/28/08)
•  Feeding ME (Lewiston Sun Journal, 7/27/08)
•  Community-supported farming grows more than food (Lewiston Sun Journal, 7/27/08)
•  Rain-fueled mold ruining raspberries, green beans (Kennebec Journal, 7/26/08)
•  Newport distributor puts area produce in more than 100 stores, markets (Bangor Daily News, 7/26/08)
•  EU fertilizes the organic agriculture sector (Ethicurean, 7/26/08)
•  Industrial food and fuel forever! (Grist, 7/25/08)
•  Grow it and they will come (Julia Davis, KeepMECurrent, 7/25/08)
•  Good organic garbage (Jeff Cox,OrganicToBe, 7/25/08)
•  Monsanto wields monopoly power to jack up corn seed prices by $100 a bag (Organic Consumers, 7/24/08)
•  Farmers markets: think local as well as organic (Organic Consumers, 7/24/08)
•  Garden on busy corner gives deli a fresh approach (Portland Press Herald, 7/23/08)
•  Corner the market: starting with farm-fresh vegetables makes summertime cooking easy and flavorful (Jonathan Levitt, Boston Globe, 7/23/08)
•  Bake your own bread and defy consumerism (Satish Kumar, Guardian [UK], 7/23/08)
•  Big Maine greenhouse expanding (Bangor Daily News, 7/23/08)
•  Tomatoes off the hook, FDA aims at chili peppers (Ethicurean, 7/21/08)
•  Checkout line: farmers' market etiquette (Grist, 7/21/08)
•  Kneading conference broadens its goals (Kennebec Journal, 7/21/08)
•  Solutions from within Washington County (Bangor Daily News, 7/21/08)
•  Only the fools dye (their) young: UK considers banning food colorants as ADHD cause (TreeHugger, 7/19/08)
•  Seattle's King County removes pesticides guide (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7/18/08)
•  Small farms, big future (Ellsworth American, 7/18/08)
•  Extra planting stretches gifts from garden into, through winter (Dennis Thoet, Kennebec Journal, 7/18/08)
•  Gore sets goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2020 (The Oil Drum, 7/18/08)
•  Why our food waste may be our greatest asset (Alternet, 7/17/08)
•  Carrots, sticks and crumbs – the Farm Bill is over, what happens next? (Grist, 7/17/08)
•  British cherries under threat (Tree Hugger, 7/17/08)
•  More carbon dioxide = more, stronger, poison ivy (Tree Hugger, 7/17/08)
•  Eating SOLE in Portland, Maine (The Ethicurean, 7/16/08)
•  Open Farm Day returns Sunday (Kennebec Journal, 7/16/08)
•  Take steps here on energy crisis (Portland Press Herald, 7/16/08)
•  Schools feel crunch on lunch programs (Boston Globe, 7/16/08)
•  Obituary for Rufus Hellendale (Village Soup, 7/15/08)
•  Farmers tend garden for food bank (Bangor Daily News, 7/15/08)
•  Some school fundraisers start hawking greener products (Grist, 7/15/08)
•  New England reaps the Farm Aid show (Boston Globe, 7/15/08)
•  If you want safe food, know where it comes from (Tree Hugger, 7/14/08)
•  Six farms sharing $2 million for conservation (Maine Sunday Telegram, 7/13/08)
•  Cutting hay the old-fashioned way (Bill Green, WCSH-TV, 7/12/08)
•  Anticipation already brewing for blueberries (Sandy Oliver in Bangor Daily News, 7/12/08)
•  Green lobster (Editorial, Bangor Daily News, 7/12/08
•  Cutting out the middlemen, shoppers buy slices of farms (New York Times, 7/10/08)
•  Too much of a good thing (Grist, 7/10/08)
•  Environmental Working Group names safest sunscreens (Organic Consumers, 7/10/08)
•  Bleeding land, heating earth for a fill-up (Julene Blair, Common Dreams, 7/9/08)
•  The great scape: curly tendrils a garlic lovers' dream (Portland Press Herald, 7/8/08)
•  Winthrop farmers market needs new site (Kennebec Journal, 7/8/08)
•  Growing in a prime spot (Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens) (Portland Press Herald, 7/8/08)
•  A picture is worth a thousand farms (Gene Logsdon, OrganicToBe, 7/7/08)
•  Victory gardens come to San Francisco again (Tree Hugger, 7/7/08)
•  Swedish climate carrots delayed, but consumers eager (Tree Hugger, 7/7/08)
•  Beetle a threat to every ash tree in Maine (Portland Press Herald, 7/5/08)
•  Garden insectaries keep pest populations in balance (Bangor Daily News, 7/5/08)
•  Can love change the wording of laws? (Elizabeth Sawin, Common Dreams, 7/5/08
•  Milking sustainability (Grist, 7/3/08)
•  Think global, eat local (Common Dreams, 7/3/08)
•  St. Albans man feeds the soul by sharing the bounty of Maine (Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News, 7/3/08)
•  Peter Kindersley on the safe way to process chicken (The Guardian [UK] 7/2/08)
•  Gardeners help themselves to harvest (Portland Press Herald, 7/2/08)
•  Back to our roots (Resurgence, 7/2008)
•  Crisis and opportunity in the Farm Belt (Grist, 7/2/08)
•  Mother's junk food 'harms child' (BBC News [UK], 7/1/08)
•  Barn fire at Tom Campbell's, Litchfield (Kennebec Journal, 7/1/08)
•  Archaic rules hold back old farms (John Bliss, Portland Press Herald, 7/1/08)
•  Sea, smoke, and the grape (Grist, 7/1/08)
•  Former President Bush energy advisor says oil is running out (Robin Pagnamenta, Times [London], 6/30/08)
•  What I saw at the (Organic) Summit (Tom Philpott, Grist, 6/30/08)
•  Milk jug gets a makeover (Grist, 6/30/08)
•  USDA study: climate change could benefit super weeds more than crops (Tree Hugger, 6/30/08)
•  Can weeds help solve the climate crisis? (New York Times, 6/29/08)
•  Singing the blues (Boston Globe, 6/29/08)
•  Going with the grain (Maine Sunday Telegram, 6/29/08)
•  Home-grown veg ruined by toxic fertiliser (The Guardian, 6/29/08)
•  Bees flee Wolfe's Neck Farm (Portland Press Herald, 6/28/08)
•  Your (Maryland) crab cake may be permanently on back order (John Laumer, TreeHugger, 6/28/08)
•  Food for thought (Noelle Robbins, Alameda Sun, 6/27/08)
•  Fish and pigs and chickens, oh my! (Grist, 6/27/08)
•  Not just for white people anymore: how the organic movement can regain its relevance (Grist, 6/27/08)
•  Bowdoinham farm wins state recognition (Kennebec Journal, 6/27/08)
•  Tasters delve into beef flavors at local farm (Loudon Times [Ohio], 6/26/08
•  The DNA of corn: Mexican peasants vs. techno-science (Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune Magazine, 6/26/08)
•  End of the petroleum age? (Michael Klare, Foreign Policy in Focus, 6/26/08)
•  Books can help reduce anxiety of new reality (Liz Soares, Kennebec Journal, 6/26/08)
•  Low sperm counts and deformed penises: the chemical industry has a hold on your reproductive future (Joshua Zaffos, Alternet, 6/26/08)
•  Get the blues (Bangor Daily News, 6/25/08)
•  The problem with big green (Alex Steffen and Julia Steinberger, World Changing, 6/24/08)
•  Nitrogen madness – the costs of unsustainable agriculture (Timothy LaSalle of Rodale, Grist, 6/24/08)
•  Scientists warm of lack of vital phosphorus as biofuels raise demand (Times [UK], 6/23/08)
•  Fighting climate change: food miles vs. food choices (Ethicurean, 6/23/08)
•  Turning your lawn into a garden won't save you – fighting the corporations will (Stan Cox, Alternet, 6/23/08)
•  Is organic safe and healthy? And how! (Jeff Cox, OrganicToBe, 6/23/08)
•  Children can provide plenty of inspiration for your garden (Maine Sunday Telegram, 6/22/08)
•  From sheep to yarn (Kennebec Journal, 6/22/08)
•  Catching an amber wave (Boston Globe, 6/22/08)
•  Floundering fisheries (Editorial, Bangor Daily News, 6/21/08)
•  Take care treating pests in gardens (Reeser Manley, Bangor Daily News, 6/21/08)
•  Small farms best for environment (Reuters [UK], 6/20/08)
•  We're in chemical overload (William Marsden, Gazette [Montreal, Canada], 6/20/08)
•  The great pesticide debate (Emma Gilchrist, Calgary Herald [Canada], 6/20/08)
•  Meat, 'free trade', and democracy (Jane Anne Morris, Capital Times [Madison, WI], 6/20/08)
•  Pesticide dangers to human health carry through generations (David Gutierrez, Natural News, 6/20/08)
•  A tale of two tomatoes: in a centralized food system, a little bacteria can go a long way (Melinda Hemmelgarn, Rodale Institute, 6/20/08)
•  Get thee to the farmers' market (Grist, 6/20/08)
•  Wanted: young, urban, professional beekeepers (Der Spiegel [Germany], 6/20/08)
•  Next fitness craze: Health club moves to the farm (Dennis Thoet & Michele Roy, Kennebec Journal, 6/20/08)
•  Take power back from 'mega-growers' (Jean Sheridan Letter to Editor, Portland Press Herald, 6/20/08)
•  Old Scarborough barn reborn (Broadturn Farm) (Portland Press Herald, 6/20/08)
•  To stop global warming and hunger, let's switch to organic farming (Timothy Lasalle, Rodale Institute, TreeHugger, 6/19/08)
•  When we reign, it pours (Grist, 6/19/08)
•  It's hard to spray goodbye (Grist, 6/19/08)
•  One nation, underinformed (and one state underwater) (The Ethicurean, 6/19/08)
•  Augusta: grant may spark Mill Park pavilion [farmers' market] (Kennebec Journal, 6/18/08)
•  Hail the summer solstice, and please pass the peas (Brook Dojny, Portland Press Herald, 6/18/08)
•  Food Revolution That Starts With Rice (New York Times, 6/17/08)
•  A farm is a large garden (or a garden is a small farm) (Gene Logsdon, OrganicToBe, 6/17/08)
•  New study shows going organic pays off for farmers (Lloyd Alter, TreeHugger, 6/17/08)
•  Chinook salmon invade South America (WorldChanging, 6/17/08)
•  Food revolution that starts with rice (New York Times, 6/17/08)
•  Of gasoline and gardens: A look at the future (Sam Turton, Guelph Mercury [Canada]. 6/17/08)
•  After the deluge (Tom Philpott, Grist, 6/17/08)
•  Boon for bluefins (Grist, 6/17/08)
•  Midwest flooding raises questions about U.S. Agricultural policy (Editorial, Portland Press Herald, 6/17/08)
•  The peaceful revolution in farmers' markets (Lynn Perrin, Vancouver Sun, 6/16/08)
•  Why you should care how your meat is raised (Jim Goodman, Capital Times [Madison, WI], June 16/08)
•  Our diets of destruction (Felicity Lawrence, Guardian [UK], 6/16/08)
•  Farmers markets offer healthful, affordable food (Letter to editor, Portland Press Herald, 6/16/08)
•  Oceans, fishermen must be protected (Letters to the editor, Maine Sunday Telegram, 6/15/08)
•  Port Clyde fishermen sell shares of catch to public (Maine Sunday Telegram, 6/15/08)
•  Coastal towns take issues with pesticides (Portland Press Herald, 6/14/08)
•  The kids are all right (Rosemary Herbert, Bangor Daily News, 6/14/08)
•  Bad Cow Disease (Paul Krugman, New York Times, 6/13/08)
•  Our ruined harvest (Grist, 6/13/08)
•  Hitting the squids: Deep-sea squid and octopi full of human-made chemicals (Grist, 6/13/08)
•  Zapped! How irradiation is threatening our food system (Book excerpt, Alternet, 6/13/08)
•  Gulf dead zone: Not getting smaller (Grist, 6/13/08)
•  Humble pie (strawberry-rhubarb) (Grist, 6/13/08)
•  Canadian scientists launch massive cancer study (Carly Weeks, Toronoto Globe and Mail, 6/12/08)
•  Better living through chem-mystery? E.U. chemical-registration and testing law kicks in (Grist, 6/12/08)
•  New Maine law keeps poisons at bay (Portland Press Herald, 6/12/08)
•  Climate chaos is inevitable. We can only avert oblivion (The Guardian [UK], 6/12/08)
•  June is bustin' out all over (Bangor Daily News, 6/12/08)
•  Questions on U.S. Beef Remain (New York Times, 6/11/08)
•  Banking on Gardening (New York Times, 6/11/08)
•  '08 Farm Bill about much more than farms (Tom Allen, Kennebec Journal, 6/11/08)
•  How about a side order of conscience with your meal? (The Maine Switch,6/11/08)
•  Hay Belly Nation (Deborah Rich, Land Institute's Prairie Writers Circle, 6/11/08)
•  Listening to the trees (Gene Logsdon) (OrganicToBe, 6/11/08)
•  Composter must clean it up or shut it down (Portland Press Herald, 6/11/08)
•  Farming's fishy future (Bangor Daily News, 6/11/08)
•  Dysfunctional food system must change (Lawrence Woodward letter to Financial Times (UK), 6/11/08)
•  [Peasants] are now our best chance of feeding the world (George Monbiot, The Guardian [UK], 6/10/08)
•  Feeding the locavores: rising demand for locally grown foods creates challenges for SW Virginia (Lindsey Nair, Roanoke Times, 6/10/08)
•  Food prices put frugality on the menu (Portland Press Herald, 6/10/08)
•  Johnny's founder getting reward for growing great seeds (Kennebec Journal, 6/9/08)
•  Days-at-sea limits call for another approach (Portland Press Herald, 6/9/08)
•  As fuel costs soar, 'a giant sucking sound on the Maine economy' (Tux Turkel, part 1 of 5, Maine Sunday Telegram, 6/8/08)
•  The wisdom of Solomon's seal (Maine Sunday Telegram, 6/8/08)
•  Postcard from Portland, Maine: Even Andrew Zimmern knows that Rabelais is the place to be (Ethicurean, 6/7/08)
•  How does something so dirty produce good food? (Kennebec Journal, 6/7/08)
•  Bagaduce Lunch wins 'Emmy of the food world' (Bangor Daily News, 6/7/08)
•  A lesson learned anew: test soil before planting (Bangor Daily News, 6/7/08)
•  Rhubarb's ready? Dust off time-tested recipe for tart crisp (Bangor Daily News, 6/7/08)
•  Emergency pesticide ban for saving the honeybee (Institute for Science in Society [UK], 6/6/08)
•  New report on health risks of genetically engineered foods & crops (Organic Consumers, 6/6/08)
•  Food summit fails to agree on biofuels (The Guardian [UK], 6/6/08)
•  The real cost of cheap food (Will Allen, Alternet, 6/6/08)
•  Is famine inevitable? (Alternet, 6/6/08)
•  Feeding climate change (Grist, 6/5/08)
•  Food is gold, so billions invested in farming (Diana B. Henriques, New York Times, 6/5/08)
•  The anatomy of a homestead landscape (Gene Logsdon, OrganicToBe, 6/4/08)
•  Old MacDonald had a farm bill (Debra Eschmeyer, Grist, 6/3/08)
•  The farm bill: what went wrong (Michael Pollan, Grist, 6/3/08)
•  Lesotho gardens relieve food crisis (BBC [UK], 6/4/08)
•  Stung by losses, nation's beekeepers try to rebuild (Bill Hanna, Contra Costa Times, 5/31/08)
•  Sorrel brings tartness to the table (Portland Press Herald, June 4, 2008)
•  Luxury for locavores (Jonathan Levitt, Boston Globe, June 4, 2008)
•  Fur will fly (and hop!) at annual fiber event (Bangor Daily News, 6/3/08)
•  Farmers urged to demand change (Bangor Daily News, 6/2/08)
•  The triple threat: our food, water, and climate challenges (Alternet, 6/2/08)
•  Let them eat kale: schools get serious about nutrition (Debra Lau Whelan, School Library Journal, 6/1/08)
•  The balm for a harried life: plant something (Janine Pineo, Bangor Daily News, 5/31/08)
•  Apocalypse in the oceans (Alternet, 6/30/08)
•  It will take a lot more than gardening to fix our food system (Common Dreams, 5/30/08)
•  Industrial ag-onistes (Grist, 5/30/08)
•  Chef's Diary: Together at the Table – Toward a civil, inclusive national conversation on food (Grist, 5/29/08)
•  Common herbicide disrupts human hormone activity (Naomi Lubick, Environ. Science and Technology, 5/28/08)
•  To create a truly sustainable food system, we'll have to confront the farm-labor crisis (Grist, 5/30/08)
•  Michigan WIC whacks organic (Grist, May 28, 2008)
•  Maine needs farm bill's food aid (Op-ed, Bangor Daily News, 5/29/08)
•  Getting the corn planted this year (Gene Logsdon, OrganicToBe, 5/28/08)

Organically reared cows produce healthier milk says Newcastle University (The Times [U.K.], 5/28/08)

Locavores sweet on rhubarb (Portland Press Herald, 5/28/08)

Culinary art in Kennebunkport (Portland Press Herald, 5/28/08)

Environmental Amnesia (Sandra Steingraber in Orion, May/June 2008)

Wyman expanding Deblois blueberry facilities (Bangor Daily News, 5/27/08)

Farmer probably works 70 to 90 hours per week (Harlow Post letter to the Editor of the Kennebec Journal, 5/27/08)

Soil and toil take center stage (Portland Press Herald, 5/25/08)

See how the gardens grow (Kitty Wheeler column in Portland Press Herald, 5/25/08)

Farming can be a big help to our economy (Herbert "Bussie" York Op-Ed in the Kennebec Journal, 5/25/08)

Family seed business takes on Goliath of genetic modification (Edmonton Journal, 5/25/08)

Genetically engineered food may cause harm (Letter to the editor of the Kennebec Journal, 5/24/08)

At Seal Cove Farm, a gardener can strike it rich (Reeser Manley column in the Bangor Daily News, 5/24/08)

Germany bans chemicals linked to honeybee devastation (The Guardian [U.K., 5/23/08)

Frightening food for thought (The Gazette [Montreal], 5/23/08)

USDA: What pesticide use? (Grist, 5/23/08)

Farmers' market to plant itself in Pickering Square (Bangor Daily News, 5/23/08)

Farm Bill failings (Editorial in Bangor Daily News, 5/23/08)

Certified organic, fair-trade free riders (Grist, 5/22/08)

The truth about no-till farming -- it does not save carbon and is not a carbon offset (Grist, 5/22/08)

Farm and function: Agriculture produces more than just crops -- and it's time for policy to reflect that (Grist, 5/22/08)

Critical pesticide program cut (The Daily Green, 5/21/08)

Gardiner sets farm market at city park (Kennebec Journal, 5/21/08)

Your friend, the kitchen (Paul Roberts Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times, 5/21/08)

Farmers are not to blame for food crisis (John Nichols Op-Ed in The Capital Times, Madison, WI, 5/21/08)

South America's industrial-ag powerhouse eyes rainforest potash deposits (Grist, 5/21/08)

Plastics from spuds gets funding (Bangor Daily News, 5/20/08)

Maine anti-toxics activists turn attention to DC (Portland Press Herald, 5/20/08)

No farmers, no food (Grist, 5/20/08)

Reaching well beyond the farm [Farm Bill summary] (The New York Times, 5/20/08)

If we want healthy, high-quality food, we'll have to speak up (Vancouver Sun, 5/20/08)

Research results in consistent apple crop (Nova Scotia Business Journal, 5/20/08)

CSA/Organic Guide (treehugger.com, 5/20/08)

Is the farmers' market an endangered species? (PlanetGreen, 5/20/08)

Targetting farmers for political gain (Vernon DeLong Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News, 5/20/08)

A few crops for gardeners firmly rooted in their land (Portland Press Herald, 5/18/08)

Farm Bill: more help for needy but no reform (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 5/18/08)

Island life gets more difficult as costs keep rising, frugality becomes an an imperative (Kennebec Journal, 5/18/08)

Springtime is a field freshly tilled (Kent Ward column in the Bangor Daily News, 5/17/08)

Young families desire simple, farming way of life (Bangor Daily News, 5/17/08)

Congress decidedly passes Farm Bill (Boston Globe, 5/16/08)

Warning on nitrogen damage (Financial Times, 5/16/08)

Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary: Why that organic label on your milk doesn't tell the whole story (Grist, 5/16/08)

Ottawa prepared to slap toxic label on widely used chemicals (Canwest News Service, 5/16/08)

The farm bill, Archer Daniels Midland's man at USDA, and me (Grist, 5/16/08)

Bee hives? Not in your backyard (Portland Press Herald, 5/16/08)

Farmers meeting seeks dairy solution (Bangor Daily News, 5/15/08)

Gardening in Maine shows signs of growth (Portland Press Herald, 5/15/08)

What Michael Pollan hasn't told you about food (AlterNet, 5/15/08)

Vandana Shive: Why we face both food and water crises (AlterNet, 5/15/08)

Pyrethrin chemicals in pet shampoo may increase autism risk (The Times [U.K.], 5/15/08)

In search of a better revolution (William G. Mosely Op-Ed in The Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, 5/14/08))

US using food crisis to boost bio-engineered crops (Chicago Tribune, 5/14/08)

When lawn and order collide (Richard Jagels Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News, 5/14/08)

How we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back (AlterNet, 5/14/08)

Firms seek patents on climate-ready altered crops (Washington Post, 5/13/08)

Rooted in the soil: local food and community self-reliance (Edible Missoula, LLC, 5/12/08)

Workshop focuses on energy-efficient farms (Kennebec Journal, 5/11/08)

Civilization's last chance: The planet is nearing a tipping point on climate change, and it gets much worse, fast (Los Angeles Times, 5/11/08)

Change we can stomach (Dan Barber Op-Ed in the New York Times, 5/11/08)

Farm Team: Timothy LaSalle of Rodale on the surprising climate benefits of organic farming (Grist, 5/9/08)

Survey: Consumers Like to Buy Local: Organics a Significant Portion of Purchases (Organic Consumers Association, 5/9/08)

The world has not always been this way [food trade] (The Automatic Earth, 5/8/08)

Congress almost passes a farm bill - Bush vows to veto (Grist, 5/8/08)

Better homes and gardens (Grist, 5/8/08)

Plans to end hunger advance (Kennebec Journal, 5/8/08)

Maine bread company bashes U.S. fuel policy (Bangor Daily News, 5/8/08)

Long view on gas prices (Bangor Daily News, 5/8/08)

Down on the farm at 38,000 feet (The Ethicurean, 5/8/08)

What happens when gasoline exceeds $7.00 per gallon? (Treehugger.com, 5/8/08)

Citizens for a Green Camden seeks businesses, residents to pledge no pesticides (Village Soup, 5/7/08)

Bad news, bees (Grist, 5/7/08)

New food safety rules may do more harm than good (AlterNet, 5/7/08)

Biofuels can yield unwanted results (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 5/7/08)

You needn't know what a BGH is to join the local movement (Portland Press Herald, 5/7/08)

The Chef's Kitchen show taping in Edgecomb (Portland Press Herald, 5/7/08)

Toxic chemicals in consumer products: latest scare isn’t the last (Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune, 5/6/08)

Washington to unveil local farm market (Kennebec Journal, 5/6/08)

Food prices on a roll (AP article in Portland Press Herald, 5/6/08)

Farmers share their bounty (Kennebec Journal, 5/5/08)

Advice from designers might plant some ideas in Maine gardeners' minds (Portland Press Herald, 5/4/08)

What do bats tell us about the environment? (Boston Globe, 5/4/08)

Multinationals make billions in profit out of global growing food crisis (The Independent [U.K.], 5/4/08)

Why we need to rise up against industrial agriculture (AlterNet, 5/3/08)

Fuel costs squeezing hay growers, while pressuring livestock farmers (Kennebec Journal, 5/3/08)

Can we escape the Frankenstate? (AlterNet, 5/2/08)

Counter-revolutionaries in Montville (Bangor Daily News, 5/2/08)

Kate's Homemade Butter the cream of the crop (Ellsworth American, 5/1/08)

Native seeds fight food shortage and global warming (Treehugger.com, 5/1/08)

CSAs can transform Iowa's farm economy (Grist, 5/1/08)

The culture of death (The Automatic Earth, 5/1/08)

Beyond MacIntosh: John Bunker's mission to save abandoned (and glorious) apples by helping people plant for the future (The Atlantic, May 2008)

Washburn-Norlands fire spares center's crown jewel (Portland Press Herald, 4/30/08)

Peach trees light up the old hen house, and vice versa (Organic To Be, 4/30/08)

Nitrogen fertilizer is in short supply (Grist, 4/30/08)

It's a corn, corn, corn, corn world (George Smith Op-Ed in Kennebec Journal, 4/30/08)

EPA chemical-review process sucks, says GAO (Grist 4/29/08)

Edging toward a farm bill (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 4/29/08)

Emptying the bread basket [wheat on the Great Plains) (Washington Post, 4/29/08)

Insects disfigured by nuclear radiation (New Scientist - Environment, 4/28/08)

Fuel costs worry blueberry growers (Bangor Daily News, 4/28/08)

Eat locally, survive globally (Toronto Star, 4/27/08)

The future of dirt (Boston Globe, 4/27/08)

It's a clean slate at Slate's (Kennebec Journal, 4/27/08)

Environmental cost of shipping groceries around the world (New York Times, 4/26/08)

Costs killing Maine farmers (Bangor Daily News, 4/25/08

What's causing sudden run-up in food prices? (Grist, 4/25/08)

Potato fields, pesticides and Parkinsons (Globe & Mail [Toronto], 4/25/08)

Washington State farm markets booming (Treehugger.com, 4/25/08)

Is organic food really healthier? (AlterNet, 4/23/08)

King Corn film digs into food supply (Portland Press Herald, 4/23/08)

Scrutinizing the sustainable farming message (The Phoenix, 4/23/08)

Tidbits: Eat for the Earth (Bangor Daily News, 4/23/08)

How syrup suggests a return to Eden (Bangor Daily News, 4/23/08)

Innovation makes a farm for all seasons (Boston Globe, 4/23/08)

Kernel-Industrial Complex (The Phoenix, 4/23/08)

How does your garden grow? Ontario plans to ban garden pesticides (Grist, 4/23/08)

Who is a farmer? (Grist, 4/23/08)

Soaring food prices drain schools' lunch budgets (Portland Press Herald, 4/23/08)

Our ewes are having lots of lambs, but is more better? (Organic To Be, 4/22/08)

Get that green collar dirty (Grist, 4/22/08)

No-go fish: A review of Bottomfeeder (The Ethicurean, 4/22/08)

Seed demand rises, driven by food costs (Portland Press Herald, 4/21/08)

Family dairies object to Farm Bill (Bangor Daily News, 4/21/08)

In lean times, biotech grains are less taboo (New York Times, 4/21/08)

Maryland joins efforts to put local foods in school cafeterias (Associated Press, 4/21/08)

Why bother? (Michael Pollan in New York Times, 4/20/08)

Exposed: the great GM crops myth (The Independent [U.K.], 4/20/08)

Invasive herb appearance spurs concern (Kennebec Journal, 4/20/08)

Montville's seeds of change planted prematurely (Letter to editor of Portland Press Herald, 4/20/08)

Food crisis set to get worse (OneWorld.net, 4/19/08)

Blooming of these small trees evocative of Maine's past (Bangor Daily News, 4/19/08)

The hidden battle to control the world's food supply (AlterNet, 4/19/08)

Health food store [Uncle Dean's] bans genetically modified items (Morning Sentinel, 4/19/08)

To make local food more accessible, time to revive mid-sized farms (Grist, 4/18/08)

Sticker shock in organic aisles (New York Times, 4/18/08)

Nalgene dumps estrogenic ingredient (Grist, 4/18/08)

Sowing disaster: why we need a new farm bill (Common Dreams, 4/18/08)

Face it: we all aren't going to become vegetarians (AlterNet, 4/18/08)

How does your garden grow? (Grist, 4/18/08)

Agro-sham: Bush and farm policy 'reform' (Grist, 4/17/08)

Electric utility giving away 75,000 clotheslines (Treehugger.com, 4/17/08)

Canada likely to label plastic ingredient toxic (New York Times, 4/16/08)

Chemical in plastic may harm human growth (Los Angeles Times, 4/16/08)

Food shortage looming if crop focus isn't altered (The Capital Times, 4/16/08)

Grow economy in clusters (Portland Press Herald, 4/16/08)

Deadline looms for passage of Farm Bill (Kennebec Journal, 4/16/08)

Ending slavery for pennies (The Nation, 4/16/08)

A fairly simple way to save millions in energy (Organic To Be, 4/16/08)

U.N. calls for farming revolution (BBC News, 4/15/08)

Good reasons to support local farmers (Seattle Post Intelligencer, 4/15/08)

Health Canada primed to declare Bisphenol A toxic (Grist, 4/15/08)

Plant peas: It's Patriotic! (By Russell Libby)

U.S. security and food prices linked (Portland Press Herald, 4/15/08)

The real good life: an entire village turns against supermarkets and grows its own food (The Daily Mail [U.K.], 4/14/08)

Soil Association [U.K. equivalent of MOFGA] report shows GM crops do not yield more -- sometimes less (Soil Association Press Release, 4/14/08)

Crunch time for the farm bill (Grist, 4/14/08)

Putting your money where your mouth is (Grist, 4/14/08)

Coke still "it" with the kids (Grist, 4/14/08)

Apples lower risk for metabolic syndrome (PlanetGreen, 4/14/08)

Is Earth Day the new Christmas? (Treehugger, 4/14/08)

The coming war with Iran: it's about the oil stupid (The Huffington Post, 4/13/08)

In Montville, unengineered seeds of rebellion (4/13/2008)

GE crop bill of huge import (Kennebec Journal, 4/13/08)

Where have all the joiners gone (Common Dreams, 4/13/08)

Climate change side effect (Ted and Bess Koffman Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 4/12/08)

Making a pitch for the use of local wood (Kennebec Journal, 4/12/08)

Springing into action (Kennebec Journal, 4/11/08)

Plant a garden, get a tax break? (Roger Doiron on AlterNet, 4/11/08)

The solution beneath our feet -- home and community gardens (Grist, 4/11/08)

Let the world learn from farmers' experience with GMOs (Institute of Science in Society, 4/11/08)

Can industrial agriculture feed the world? Part 2. (Grist, 4/10/08)

We'll reap what we sow [in the Farm Bill] (Los Angeles Times, 4/10/08)

Rule protects farmers from GE suits (Bangor Daily News, 4/10/08)

Shedding some light on Montville's crop ban (Kennebec Journal, 4/10/08)

Syrup run's late start worrisome (Bangor Daily News, 4/8/08)

Government sued after approving 4 pesticides (San Francisco Chronicle, 4/8/08)

USDA pressuring organic farmers to join NAIS (Organic Consumers Association, 4/7/08)

Grains gone wild (New York Times, 4/7/08)

First spring things (Gene Logsdon in OrganicToBe.org, 4/7/08)

Ban GMO's now (Institute for Science in Society, 4/6/08)

Corn hits a new record -- $6 a bushel (Grist, 4/6/08)

Lamb watch volunteer? Ewe bet! (Portland Press Herald, 4/6/08)

Feed supply, costs squeeze organic livestock farmers (DesMoines Register, 4/5/08)

Go for an edible estate -- the case against lawns (AlterNet.org, 4/4/08)

Skewed view from the Berkeley hills (Grist, 4/4/08)

Who owns your tomato? (Grist, 4/4/08)

Nutrition 'Science' has hijacked our meals --- and our health (Michael Pollan on AlterNet.org, 4/3/08)

Time for the Bangor Garden Show (Bangor Daily News, 4/3/08)

Got soy milk? Vermont does (Boston Globe, 4/2/08)

GM seeds can last for 10 years (BBC News, 4/2/08)

Soup to Nuts: Chef of the month at Camden Hills High School (Portland Press Herald, 4/2/08)

Simple fixes to live green (J. Erika Shriner Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 4/2/08)

Local vegetarians unite! (Bangor Daily News, 4/2/08)

In Maine, Spring yields its first sweet crop (Boston Globe, 4/2/08)

Vote in Montville is boost for natural crops (Kennebec Journal, 4/1/08)

Genetically engineered crops banned in town (Bangor Daily News, 4/1/08)

Richard B. Parker Obituary (Village Soup, 3/31/08)

Land once preserved, now being farmed (US News & World Report, 3/31/08)

Time to start growing your own bread (OrganicToBe.org, 3/31/08)

Did your shopping list kill a songbird (New York Times, 3/30/08)

Banning toxic toys to build a bright green childhood (WorldChanging.com, 3/28/08)

Playing with toxins (Editorial in Bangor Daily News, 3/27/08)

Unity: town conference on using local food (Bangor Daily News, 3/26/08)

Could urban gardens help address rising food prices? (The Guardian, 3/26/08)

Seniors can apply for FarmShare benefit (Kennebec Journal, 3/25/08)

Maine chefs nominated for industry's highest honor [James Beard Award] (Portland Press Herald, 3/25/08)

Decline of bees stings growers (Bangor Daily News, 3/25/08)

We're losing fight to end hunger in the U.S. (Kennebec Journal, 3/24/08)

Anti-hunger movement just too nice (Kennebec Journal, 3/24/08)

Pingree bill listing hazards in toys worthwhile (Jackie Moreau letter to editor in Portland Press Herald, 3/23/08)

Meat Wagon: pork super-bug (Grist, 3/23/08)

Aquaculture company hopes to raise cod Downeast (Portland Press Herald, 3/23/08)

Organic farmers host workshop to spread word (Kennebec Journal, 3/22/08)

Cold nights, warmer days fueling hopes for syrup producers (Kennebec Journal, 3/22/08)

Composting plan benefits residents, environment (Portland Press Herald, 3/22/08)

Efforts to restore American chestnut produces line of blight-resistant trees (Bangor Daily News, 3/22/08)

Efforts to eradicate hunger called lacking (Kennebec Journal, 3/21/08)

What does climate change do to our heads? (World Changing, 3/21/08) 

Efforts to eradicate hunger called lacking (Kennebec Journal, 3/21/08)

The sweet taste of collaboration (Portland Press Herald, 3/21/08)

Grain farmer claims moral victory in seed battle against Monsanto (The Globe and Mail, 3/20/08)

Mexico to allow planting of genetically modified crops (Grist, 3/20/08)

The Hansen ultimatum: get back to 350 ppm or risk an ice-free planet (Grist, 3/20/08)

Willard Hallam (Hal) Bonner Obituary (The Times Record, 3/19/08)

New evidence settles a lingering question: Is organic food more nutritious? (Organic Consumers Association, 3/19/08)

Heads Monsanto wins, tails we lose: the genetically modified food gamble (CommonDreams.org, 3/19/08)

The autoimmune epidemic: bodies gone haywire in a world out of balance (AlterNet, 3/19/08)

Arsenic in children's organic pear juice puzzles investigators (Ottawa Citizen, 3/19/08)

Corn can't save us (David Pimental in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/18/08)

Farmers brace for fertilizer, diesel fuel costs (Bangor Daily News, 3/17/08)

Leaving behind the trucker's hat [it's fashionable to be a farmer] (New York Times, 3/16/08)

Maple syrup industry in Maine can't be outsourced (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 3/15/08)

Hannibal brings new flavor to WCTC Culinary Arts (Village Soup, 3/14/08)

Super-weeds on the march (Grist, 3/14/08)

Noisy spring, silent summer? (Grist, 3/14/08)

The best home remedies may be sitting in your spice cabinet (AlterNet, 3/14/08)

First, Step Up (Bill McKibben on climate change in YES! Magazine, Spring 2008)

Rippling Waters Farm links local growers, school lunch program (Portland Press Herald, 3/13/08)

Got chemical and pesticide residues in your milk? (Grist, 3/13/08)

There's a home-grown way to address climate change (Anna Lappé in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/12/08)

Toxic stew poisoning our birds, ourselves (Kennebec Journal, 3/12/08)

Blind date with disaster: human loss of foresight (David Suzuki in The Guardian [U.K.], 3/12/08)

US organic food industry fears GMO contamination (Reuters, 3/12/08)

Organic milk: survival of the biggest? (Grist, 3/12/08)

Toxic pollutants found in eggs of Maine birds (Portland Press Herald, 3/11/08)

Rachel Carson's bond with Maine (Catherine Schmitt Op-Ed in Bangor Daily News, 3/11/08)

World warned on food price spiral (BBC News, 3/10/08)

Simplifying the Pesticide Risk Equation: The Organic Option (Report from The Organic Center, March 2008)

Conditions sour for organic dairy farmers (Grist, 3/10/08)

Cash and carroty - on joining a CSA (Grist, 3/10/08)

Fighting on a battlefield the size of a milk label (New York Times, 3/9/08)

Eat locally, ease climate change globally (Washington Post, 3/9/08)

The super bollworm cometh (salon.com, 3/7/08)

How now, organic cow? (Grist, 3/7/08)

Sewage-based fertlizer safety doubted (Associated Press, 3/7/08)

To save green, don't mow the median (Roger W. Bowen Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News, 3/6/08)

Better safe than sorry: Senate passes toy safety bill (Grist, 3/6/08)

Peak oil? Peak soil! (Roger Doiron on CommonDream.org, 3/6/08)