"Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."
- Walt Whitman
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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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Beautiful Bowls, Savory Soup, Friends
With music by Gray Parrot
MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee Empty Bowl Supper
Want to buy a handsome, Maine-made bowl and support the MOFGA-El Salvador Sistering Committee's work – all for just $15 ($35 maximum for families)? Come to the committee's 17th annual Empty Bowl Supper on Saturday, April 28, at 6 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Belfast.
Please join us for delicious soups, breads donated by the Back 40 Bakehouse, desserts and to socialize. Enjoy live music by Gray Parrot of Hancock, Maine, and take home a beautiful bowl, handcrafted and donated by a Maine potter. For more information, please call MOFGA. Tickets will be available at the door.
More about the MOFGA El Salvador Sistering Committee
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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
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Amazing new house proves that green doesn’t have to mean expensive
Grist - 12/23/2012. By Jared Green – Lakiya Culley just moved into one of the most innovative, energy-efficient houses in the U.S. Empowerhouse, which uses “passive house” technologies, produces all of its own energy while consuming 90 percent less energy for heating and cooling than a conventional home. |
Minnesotans pay a price for crop fertilizer at faucet
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 12/23/2012. By Josephine Marcotty – Hastings, Minn.: Debbie Carlson can laugh at the irony: She's the wife of a well digger who can't find good water for his own family. Like one out of three wells in Dakota County, hers is so contaminated with nitrates she won't let anyone drink from it – especially her 8-year-old granddaughter. Most likely it comes from nitrogen used as fertilizer on the cornfields surrounding her home. |
Mapping the Global Transition to a New Economy
New Economics Institute - 12/22/2012. What would a green and fair world look like? We don't have the answer yet but we do know that people all around the world are working on it … right now! And we can prove it. |
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Saanen Buckling, good future breeder. by Belfast Blueberry Cooperative & 3 Streams Farm: "Saanen buckling for sale, born 4/17/18. Mom, my Josie, milked as a virgin for 2 years prior, on tree leaf fodder and pasture..." |
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Wild Folk Farm Summer Housing by Wild Folk Farm: "We have a screenhouse that is open for summer months. 5 or so hours trade for room, on grid amenities, access to the farm an..." |
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Tree Leaf Fodder intern position by Belfast Blueberry Cooperative & 3 Streams Farm: "Tree Leaf Fodder internship, 12 hr./week position will complete 4 person team May 1 thru October, for SARE grant project on "..." |
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April 28 - Maine School Garden Day |
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Maine Academy of Natural Science, Hinckley, Maine. A full day of workshops and networking for school garden enthusiasts. Information and registration |
April 28 - Grafting Fruit Trees |
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor. Learn to propagate and reproduce your favorite fruit tree varieties. Fee: $50; $40 for MOFGA members. Registration |
April 28 - Empty Bowl Supper hosted by the MOFGA El Salvador Sistering Committee |
6 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, Belfast, Maine. Information |
May 12 - Organic Orcharding Workshop: Top Grafting Fruit Trees |
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Three locations: Mueller's Fruit Farm, Thorndike; Morning Glory Farm, Bethel; Eden Acres Farm, East Waterboro. Fee: $50; $40 for MOFGA members. Learn to topwork new, disease-resistant, cider, dessert or heritage varieties onto your existing trees. Registration |
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