"The soil is, as a matter of fact, full of live organisms. It is essential to conceive of it as something pulsating with life, not as a dead or inert mass."
- Albert Howard, The Soil and Health, 1947
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Support MOFGA's Maine Heritage Orchard
Sales of our beautiful 2014 Heritage Orchard Calendar will help support MOFGA and the orchard. Full-color photos of apples originating in Maine were taken by widely acclaimed Portland photographer Russell French and include Black Oxford, Gray Pearmain and others. $15. Available at MOFGA's Country Store.
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Governor LePage Signs Maine's GMO Labeling Bill!
Thanks so much to everyone who worked so hard to help Maine become the second state in the country to require labeling of GMO foods!
Read the full press release.
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PO Box 170
Unity, ME 04988
Phone: 207-568-4142
Fax: 207-568-4141
Email: mofga@mofga.org
Physical Address:
294 Crosby Brook Road, Unity, ME
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MOFGA's Spring Growth Conference: Weed Control
Saturday, March 22, 2014 (snow date March 23)
All day – Common Ground Education Center, Unity
Learn more
Every year at Spring Growth we focus on one topic and dive deeply into it with a day-long program of speakers and workshops. This year the topic is weed control – a perennial favorite. We will have a keynote speaker, as well as workshops and discussions on how best to control weeds throughout the season. Registration.
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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
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Farmers, thespians cultivate cool collaboration
Maine Sunday Telegram - 1/24/2010. By Avery Yale Kamila – The party began with a little drama. "We're having a wine crisis," Jennie Hahn told me as she anxiously peered out the front door of her cousin's oceanfront home in Cape Elizabeth. Meanwhile her cousin Rebecca Millett, who chairs the Cape Elizabeth School Board, was busy in the kitchen pouring wine from the only two bottles she had on hand. A few minutes later Hahn breathed a big sigh of relief as her husband, Wade Brainerd, arrived laden down with beer and wine. Despite Hahn's concern, drama is just what the two dozen farmers and foodies gathered at Millett's home were in the mood for. We were there for the kickoff of the "Of Farms and Fables" collaborative community theater project that Hahn's group, Open Waters Theatre Arts, is producing. |
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Protect Maine through trade protectionism
Kennebec Journal - 1/24/2010.Letter to the editor by Edward D. York – A little protectionism right for Maine? Yes! Protection means that Maine has something of value that we don't want lost or taken. I was reading the paper on how Maine dairy farmers are hurting under low milk prices, which are slowly putting them out of business. |
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Let’s all play nice
Kennebec Journal - 1/22/2010.Op-ed by Denis Thoet – The annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show is always a treat. Set in the depths of winter (mid-January), it is both a wrap-up of last year's work and a look into the coming year's promise. This year's Ag Show also had a fascinating sub-theme: "Let's all play nice." Or as Rodney King had put it: "Can't we all just get along?" |
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MOOMilk to arrive at stores soon
Bangor Daily News - 1/22/2010.Bar Harbor: Maine’s Own Organic Milk – or MOOMilk – will soon be available in grocery store dairy cases throughout Maine and in selected stores in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the company announced Thursday. Produced by 10 Maine family organic dairy farms in Washington, Aroostook, Penobscot and Kennebec counties, the milk will be trucked by Schoppee Milk Transport of Holden to Smiling Hill Dairy in Westbrook for processing, then distributed by Oakhurst Dairy of Portland and Crown O’ Maine Organic Co-op of Gardiner. |
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Garden Tools for sale by Parker Family Farm: "I have two Johnny's Bed Prep Rakes, two Johnny's 3-Tine Cultivators and one Johnny's Long Handled Wire Weeder for sale. Well..." |
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Hedgerow Medicine by avenabotanicals: "The Herbal Classroom, a non-profit organization, is pleased to present Hedgerow Medicine as part of its "Our Living Earth, Li..." |
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Cancelled. March 12 - Open Discussion on Pig Management |
Cancelled. Contact Diane Schivera for information - dianes@mofga.org |
March 22 - MOFGA's Spring Growth Conference: Weed Control
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(Snow date March 23) Saturday, Common Ground Education Center, Unity. Registration.
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March 23 - MOFGA’s Organic Orcharding Workshop: Renovating Old Apple Trees
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10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Palermo. Pruning and feeding very old non-productive fruit trees in order to bring them back into fruitfulness. Taught by Phil Norris and John Bunker. Details, fees and registration.
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March 25 - Grow Your Own Organic Garden Workshop in Belfast
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6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Belfast Free Library, High St. (Abbot Room). Information: 207-338-3884. Instructor: C.J. Walke, MOFGA educator. Co-sponsors: MOFGA, Belfast Free Library and the Belfast Co-op. Free. More information.
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March 25 - MOFGA's Grow Your Own Organic Garden Class in Blue Hill
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Free. 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., Blue Hill Public Library, 5 Parker Point Road, Blue Hill (Howard Room). Everything you want to know about growing your own organic garden. Presenters are seasoned MOFGA farmers and gardeners. Held in partnership with Maine's Adult & Community Education program and community sponsors. Details.
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March 26 - Open Discussion on Sheep & Goat Management
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Free. Wednesday, 5:30 to 8 pm *with potluck supper* at MOFGA Common Ground Education Center in Unity. Come with questions, concerns, or topics to discuss. RSVP to Diane Schivera – dianes@mofga.org
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March 27 and April 3 - Organic Farming: Principles and Practice
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Two-part course held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days. Viles Arboretum, Viles Room, 153 Hospital Street, Augusta. Lectures by Eric Sideman, MOFGA’s Vegetable Specialist. Designed to provide farmers with a strong background in soils, weeds and pest management, enabling them to make good management decisions. Course details, fees and registration.
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March 29 - Rural Living Day
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8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mt. View High School, 577 Mt. View Rd. (Rt. 220), Thorndike, Maine. Choose from 21 classes on gardening, forestry and rural life. Preregistration required by March 21. $20 donation requested. Information: Email billiejo.pendleton@maine.edu or call 1-800-287-1426. Details and registration.
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March 30 - Seed Swap and Scionwood Exchange
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Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Common Ground Education Center, Unity, Maine. Free. Details. |
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See the full calendar ... |
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