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MOFGA
PO Box 170, Unity, Maine 04988
Phone: 207-568-4142
Fax: 207-568-4141
Email: mofga@mofga.org
Physical Address:
294 Crosby Brook Road
Unity, Maine
MOFGA is an Equal Opportunity organization, provider, and employer.
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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
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Food is the ultimate security need, new map shows
The Guardian [UK] - 8/31/2011. By Damian Carrington – A new map of food security risk around the world is, in some ways, depressingly familiar. Sub-saharan Africa leaps out as the place where the most people fear for their next meal, while the rich world has more to fear from obesity. But there's plenty of salutary reminders and fascinating detail, like India's food problems and the vulnerability of Spain. |
There’s nothing wrong with being a little corny
Bangor Daily News - 8/31/2011.By Emily Burnham – Corn has gotten a bad rep in recent years, with all the negative press about high-fructose corn syrup. But the corn that comes in a can or from which sugar is extracted is almost another thing entirely from the sweet, crunchy, buttery corn that shows up at farm stands, markets and local food-friendly grocery stores. |
Portland food co-op stays true to its roots in new home
Portland Press Herald - 8/30/2011.By Avery Yale Kamila – Portland: The Portland Food Co-op had roughly 15 members when it formed in 2006. Today, the buying club that provides local and organic food at discounted prices has 250 members – and a space in the city's East End to call its own. The co-op will host an open house at its new digs on Hampshire Street from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. "Our goal now that we're here is to have more pickups and longer hours," said Michelle Smith, who serves as the co-op's communications coordinator. |
Crops hit hard by Irene in Franklin, Oxford counties
Sun Journal - 8/30/2011.By Betty Jespersen – Farmington: The damage from whipping wind and torrential rain brought into the state by Tropical Storm Irene Sunday is being felt by farmers, who woke up Monday to find ripening fruit blown to the ground, apple trees snapped off, and fields of hay and vegetables coated with silt left behind by receding flood waters. |
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KIVA LOANS FOR FARMERS
MOFGA has teamed up with Collective Commitments, a new social enterprise working in Maine, to help you access 0% interest loans from Kiva.org for any business purpose.
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September 22-24 - COMMON GROUND COUNTRY FAIR |
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September 28 - Film: Look & See - A Portrait of Wendell Berry |
Thursday, 7 p.m., Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover Foxcroft. Presented by Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT), the Center Theatre and the Maine Highlands Chapter of MOFGA. $7 admission. For information contact Patrick Myers at (207) 564-8943 or pmyers@centertheatre.org. To reserve and buy tickets, go to TUGG: https://www.tugg.com/events/look-and-see-wedh |
October 5 - Farm Tour of Apple Creek Farm, Bowdoinham |
Thursday, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., 538 Millay Rd., Bowdoinham. Farmers Abby Sadauckas and Jake Galle will discuss how use of the Maine Grass Farmer's Network (MGFN) no-till drill has helped them to integrate new plant species in their pastures, seed new fields, and test the use of tillage radish for reduction of soil compaction. The farmers will share progress on their SARE farmer grant, using forage radish to combat compaction in hay and pasture land. Attendees will get to see the farmers' home farm as well as new land that was cleared in the summer of 2017. The pasture walk will begin at 538 Millay Road (parking at the top of the driveway). Please dress appropriately for a lengthy tour on foot. Farm website. |
October 7 - Aroostook Apple Day |
10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Unitarian Church and Cup Cafe, 61 Military St., Houlton, Maine. Sponsored by: Southern Aroostook Soil & Water Conservation District, Fedco Trees, Maine Farmland Trust and MOFGA. Free. For more information, or to request special accommodation, please contact: Angela Wotton: 207-254-4126 or visit SASWCD.org. |
October 7-9 - MOFGA Nose to Tail Pork Processing |
MOFGA's Common Ground Education Center, Unity. This is one of our most popular workshops, covering all aspects of raising, humanely slaughtering, and processing pigs. $350 all three days; $300 for MOFGA members. Register here. |
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