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Common Ground Poultry Kids Wanted!

Coordinators of the Poultry Barn at the Common Ground Country Fair want young folks to get involved. Experienced poultry keepers want to teach kids to raise birds successfully. Kids interested in raising layers or broilers and exhibiting them at the Fair should contact Johanna Moore by email or call her at 582-6512.
MOFGA Volunteer Appreciation Celebration

Saturday, May 31st, after Small Farm Field Day activities. Games, social hour, dinner and dancing. All MOFGA volunteers welcome. RSVP.
MOFGA's 2008 Farm Training Project Workshops

On-farm, topic-oriented workshops for beginning farmers. Workshops are free and open to anyone interested. Twelve workshops offered through the growing season throughout Maine. Details.
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  • Change we can stomach (Dan Barber Op-Ed in the New York Times, 5/11/08)
  • Farm Team: Timothy LaSalle of Rodale on the surprising climate benefits of organic farming (Grist, 5/9/08)
  • Survey: Consumers Like to Buy Local: Organics a Significant Portion of Purchases (Organic Consumers Association, 5/9/08)
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  • Congress almost passes a farm bill - Bush vows to veto (Grist, 5/8/08)
  • Better homes and gardens (Grist, 5/8/08)
  • Plans to end hunger advance (Kennebec Journal, 5/8/08)
  • Maine bread company bashes U.S. fuel policy (Bangor Daily News, 5/8/08)
  • Long view on gas prices (Bangor Daily News, 5/8/08)
  • Down on the farm at 38,000 feet (The Ethicurean, 5/8/08)
  • What happens when gasoline exceeds $7.00 per gallon? (Treehugger.com, 5/8/08)
  • Citizens for a Green Camden seeks businesses, residents to pledge no pesticides (Village Soup, 5/7/08)
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  • Biofuels can yield unwanted results (Editorial in Kennebec Journal, 5/7/08)
  • You needn't know what a BGH is to join the local movement (Portland Press Herald, 5/7/08)
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