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Maine Land Essay
Petal Pushers: Expanding the Season for Local Blooms - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners
By Kathleen McLaughlin
In October, when many Maine farmers are harvesting their last summer crops and preparing fields and beds for winter, Lee Cline is busily planting seeds and bulbs at Fox Hollow Farm in Lamoine, near Mount Desert Island. Time is of the essence: In a few short weeks the hard cold will set in and the days will dramatically shorten, limiting the light and warmth needed for the flowers to grow. But Cline knows the work done now will pay off in the spring, with an abundance of...
In October, when many Maine farmers are harvesting their last summer crops and preparing fields and beds for winter, Lee Cline is busily planting seeds and bulbs at Fox Hollow Farm in Lamoine, near Mount Desert Island. Time is of the essence: In a few short weeks the hard cold will set in and the days will dramatically shorten, limiting the light and warmth needed for the flowers to grow. But Cline knows the work done now will pay off in the spring, with an abundance of...
Community-Based Sharing Tables Offer New Way to Ease Hunger in Maine - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners
By Kathleen McLaughlin
When a group of concerned citizens got together in Waldo County back in March 2020, they never thought they’d be starting a permanent channel for their neighbors in need to access free and fresh local produce. The first “Give and Take” sharing tables went in that year. Four years later, there are 22 tables — and counting.
Representatives of Waldo County’s food system mobilized quickly in a grassroots effort at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Viña Lindley, fo...
When a group of concerned citizens got together in Waldo County back in March 2020, they never thought they’d be starting a permanent channel for their neighbors in need to access free and fresh local produce. The first “Give and Take” sharing tables went in that year. Four years later, there are 22 tables — and counting.
Representatives of Waldo County’s food system mobilized quickly in a grassroots effort at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Viña Lindley, fo...
Maine’s New Food Sovereignty Law Gets a Last-Minute Overhaul
But this way of doing business is increasingly under threat from over-regulation and Big Agriculture say advocates of a new law taking effect today called The Maine Food Sovereignty Act, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation. Two other states, Wyoming and North Dakota, have enacted food sovereignty legislation, but Maine is the first state to officially recognize municipalities’ rights to enact their own local food ordinances.“I think Maine is leading the way,” said State Senator Tr...
After Recent E.Coli Cases, Are Petting Zoos and Ag Fairs Safe for Kids? - Modern Farmer
But not so fast, say public health officials, who are calling again for increased safety and awareness following the death of a young child in Maine this fall. Twenty month-old Colton Guay died October 6 of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, a severe complication resulting from exposure to E.coli bacteria.
Colton’s father Jon Guay, a sheriff’s deputy in Androscoggin County, said he believes Colton contracted E.coli from visiting the petting zoo at the Oxford County Fair in September. “There is no doubt...
Colton’s father Jon Guay, a sheriff’s deputy in Androscoggin County, said he believes Colton contracted E.coli from visiting the petting zoo at the Oxford County Fair in September. “There is no doubt...