"The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination."
- John Scharr
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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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Christine Bolton-Pistole of
Gryffon Ridge Spice Merchants
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Know Your Organic Producers!
Meet Christine Bolton-Pistole of Gryffon Ridge Spice Merchants from Dresden, Maine.
Gryffon Ridge, a MOFGA certified organic spice merchant, offers a variety of organic herbs, spices and culinary blends. Christine sets up shop at the Brunswick Winter Market, Crystal Springs Farmers’ Market in the summer and at MOFGA's Common Ground Country Fair in September. Gryffon Ridge Spices are also sold at numerous stores, including Royal River Natural Foods and Rosemont Markets. Check out the complete line of products.
Please support MOFGA certified organic farmers and producers!
Search for local certified-organic food on MOFGA.net
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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
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Advocates of organic farming question agriculture workshop
Kennebec Journal - 1/13/2010.By Mechele Cooper – Augusta: Advocates for organic farming say a workshop at the state agricultural trades show today is a veiled campaign to make Maine farmers accept genetically engineered crops. The 12:45 p.m. workshop is billed as promoting co-existence of organic and genetically engineered crops. "It looks to me with this workshop that they're really pushing for people to be OK with genetic engineering and accept GMOs (genetically modified crops)," said Bob St. Peter, executive director of Food for Maine's Future. |
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Farms big, little display at expo
Kennebec Journal - 1/13/2010.By Beth Quimby – Augusta: In the summer, Janet Spear digs in the dirt on a fifth-generation vegetable and cattle farm on Eugley Hill Road in Nobleboro. In the winter, she grows back her "girly fingernails" and gets busy marketing her other business, Janet's Ag Tours and Travel Service, specializing in domestic and international excursions with an agricultural focus. |
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Down East farmers market seeking ... Farmers
Bangor Daily News - 1/12/2010.By Sharon Kiley Mack – Whiting: In assessing the 2009 farmers market season in Calais, farmers of the Washington County Farmers’ Alliance at their meeting here Sunday said they are lacking one key ingredient: more farmers. Ted Carter, a farmer from Alexander, said the Calais market is going so well on Tuesdays that he never even got to the Eastport farmers market on Saturdays. “I was all sold out,” he said. |
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Legislators grapple with dairy payouts
Bangor Daily News - 1/11/2010.By Sharon Kiley Mack – Augusta: Legislators debated the payments to the state’s unique Dairy Stabilization Program for nearly the entire day Friday. The program provides subsidies to Maine dairy farmers when the price of milk falls. Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, a member of the Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation Committee, said the committee struggled with making across-the-board percentage cuts to farmers’ payments in a cash-strapped year. |
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Check out MOFGA's
online community!
Create your own profile website
List products and services that you offer
Post classified ads
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Help Wanted by Island Farm: "Private Island Farm located in Downeast Maine. Practicing organic gardening methods, dairy processing and pasture raised meat..." |
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Peach trees available by Plowshares Community Farm: "We have a large order of peach trees (six yellow freestone varieties) coming, 3/8-1/2" caliper (better than larger caliper fo..." |
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Portland CSA Fair, Sunday April 27!!! by Black Kettle Farm: "Meet MOFGA farmers that deliver to the Portland area and learn more about different CSA options this season! Sunday, April 2..." |
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Portland CSA Fair, Sunday April 27!!! by Black Kettle Farm: "It is prime time to secure your veggies for the season! Check out the Portland CSA Fair, this Sunday, April 27th, at Local S..." |
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Medicine Plants & The Healing Process by avenabotanicals: "Medicine Plants & The Healing Process | Deepening our Knowledge and Connection to the Plant World With Deb Soule and Jilli..." |
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April 26 - Empty Bowl Supper Fundraiser
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6 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, Miller St., Belfast. Join MOFGA's El Salvador Sistering Committee for its annual Empty Bowl Supper fundraiser. For just $15 ($35 maximum for families; tickets at the door), attendees enjoy delicious soups, breads and desserts, get to see friends, and take home a beautiful bowl, handcrafted and donated by a Maine potter.
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April 30 - Waldo Organic Growers Program: Bats
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Speaker Annie Kassler of Bat Conservation will show slides and video. Potluck: Please bring a plate, silverware and a dish to share. MOFGA library, Unity. 6:00 p.m.
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May 2 - MOFGA’s Common Ground radio show |
10 to 11 a.m., WERU, 89.9 and 99.9 FM and weru.org |
May 2 - Ripe For Discussion – From Seed to Fruition: A Farm-To-Table Series from MOFGA and the Portland Museum of Art |
Friday, 5:30 p.m., 7 Congress St., Portland. Meet & Greet with Ted Quaday, MOFGA’s new Executive Director. MOFGA and its mission – brief talk and slide show, followed by a light reception. PMA and MOFGA members free! Museum information: 775-6148; www.portlandmuseum.org/ |
May 4 - MOFGA's Chainsaw Safety Workshop |
Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., $50/members, $60/non-members. Details and registration. |
May 10 - Memorial for Joe Dupere at MOFGA
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1 p.m., 294 Crosby Brook Rd., Unity. Details on Facebook and the website of Sunnywood Farm. Profile page on MOFGA.org. |
May 10 - Ripe For Discussion – From Seed to Fruition: Maine's Heritage Orchard: A Farm-To-Table Series from MOFGA and the Portland Museum of Art |
Saturday, 2 p.m., 7 Congress St., Portland. A program on preserving Maine’s heritage apples with apple expert John Bunker, including information on the new Maine Heritage Orchard, MOFGA’s 10-acre terraced orchard in the making, protecting over 500 apple and pear varieties traditionally grown on small Maine farms. PMA and MOFGA members free! Museum information: 775-6148; www.portlandmuseum.org/ |
May 17-18 - Introduction to Chainsaw Safety for Women
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Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson. Cosponsored by MOFGA. This day-and-a-half-long hands-on training will give women of all experience levels the confidence and knowledge to safely operate a chainsaw. Students will learn about safety gear, practice basic techniques, learn about maintenance and practice tree felling. This course is well suited to homeowners, resource professionals, trail volunteers, farmers and anyone who might use a chainsaw. Information: hvnc.org, info@hvnc.org |
May 18 - Ripe For Discussion – Healthy Soil, Healthy Foods: A Farm-To-Table Series from MOFGA and the Portland Museum of Art |
Sunday, 2 p.m., 7 Congress St., Portland. Screening of Symphony of the Soil, a film by Deborah Koons Garcia, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker, Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch and local restaurateur Leslie Oster of Aurora Provisions. PMA and MOFGA members free! Museum information: 775-6148; www.portlandmuseum.org/ |
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See the full calendar ... |
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