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Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management

MOFGA's Country Store is now selling the second edition of the Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management. This popular book is a helpful aid for farmers, home gardeners, extension professionals and farm advisors looking for accurate information based on published research. MOFGA's own Crop Specialist, Eric Sideman, is a co-writer for this resource guide! Get your copy today for only $20!

Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
Chemical makers go on the offensive in agriculture
Common Dreams - 7/23/2009.
By Ernest Scheyder – The only green shoots the chemical industry has seen lately are coming from the one-time diminutive agricultural side of the business, a shift that has spurred both new partnerships and legal battles to stake out new territory and protect profits.
Madison farm avoids blight hitting tomatoes
Kennebec Journal - 7/23/2009.
By Scott Monroe – Backyard Farms, the tomato-growing business, says it has avoided a contagious plant fungus that has been destroying tomato plants throughout the Northeast in greater numbers than usual because cool, wet weather the last month and a half have supercharged rates of infection. ... Backyard Farms hasn't been affected by the fungal outbreak because its tomatoes are grown within the climate-controlled setting of a greenhouse.
Bring your waders to Open Farm Day
Kennebec Journal - 7/23/2009.
By Mechele Cooper – Farmers participating in Open Farm Day on Sunday said visitors should wear hip boots. Their pastures and gardens are a little soggy with all the rain this past month. "So far, we're holding up pretty well," said Denis Thoet of Long Meadow Farm in West Gardiner. "It's a little bit muddy, so we're asking people to wear appropriate footwear like hip boots. "We'll be doing some traditional music and mini tours of the farm and talk about what we're doing here."
[Central Maine] Farms participating in Open Farm Day
Kennebec Journal - 7/23/2009.
A complete list of farms in this year's Open Farm Days is available at www.getrealmaine.com.
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Upcoming MOFGA Events

June 29 - Summer Orchard Care Workshop

June 30 - Deadline for applications to MOFGA Certification Services LLC for organic crop certification

July 18 to 21 - Timber Framing Workshop for High School Students

July 21 - Sagadahoc MOFGA: Open Farm Day tour

July 25-26 - Kneading Conference, Skowhegan

July 26 to 28 - MOFGA's Low Impact Forestry Level II, Draft Animal Logging

July 27 - MOFGA’s Organic Orcharding Workshop: Bud Grafting

July 27 - Maine Artisan Bread Fair, Skowhegan


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