Do I dare to plant a peach?
Maine Sunday Telegram - 1/29/2012. By Dennis Hoey – Terry Skillin, president and owner of Skillins Greenhouses in Brunswick, Cumberland and Falmouth, has begun to notice that local gardeners are having greater success growing varieties of produce that flourish in the South, such as tomatoes, peppers and melons. |
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Climate insurance to protect our food supply?
Common Dreams - 1/28/2012. By Julia Olmstead – I feel uneasy sleeping in a house without functioning smoke detectors. I lock my doors at night. I salt my sidewalk when it's icy. I always wear my seatbelt. Like most people, I prefer to minimize my chances of getting hurt or wrecking my car or house, despite the fact that my house, my car, and my health are all (thankfully) insured. When it comes to agriculture and climate change, I'd like to see our nation take the same approach. |
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Expand your vegetable garden with containers
Bangor Daily News - 1/28/2012. By Reeser Manley – When the vegetable garden’s beds, as outlined on the coming season’s planting plan, are all spoken for and you wish there was just a little more space for a pepper plant or two or a small patch of that new lettuce variety, think pots. |
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It’s time to rebuild a system that supports local food and farms
Portland Press Herald - 1/27/2012.Op-ed by Chellie Pingree – There aren't many news items that get your attention faster than a story about a food recall. Whether it's listeria in cantaloupes or salmonella in peanut butter, the news that the food we eat and feed our families might be contaminated is unsettling. Most of the time the outbreak is limited to some other part of the country and it's easy to think we here in Maine are safe. |
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