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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News

Forest service relieved to find no ash borers
Kennebec Journal - 1/27/2012.

AP – AUGUSTA — Maine Forest Service insect experts say a "bark-peeling" workshop aimed at finding evidence of tree-killing bugs found no evidence of the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect threatening Maine's forests.

It’s time to rebuild a system that supports local food and farms
Portland Press Herald - 1/27/2012. Op-ed by Chellie Pingree – There aren't many news items that get your attention faster than a story about a food recall. Whether it's listeria in cantaloupes or salmonella in peanut butter, the news that the food we eat and feed our families might be contaminated is unsettling. Most of the time the outbreak is limited to some other part of the country and it's easy to think we here in Maine are safe.

Maine warmer for plants, but let’s not go bananas
Portland Press Herald - 1/26/2012.

By Seth Borenstein (AP) – The southern portion of York County and the stretch of Maine coast from the Sheepscot River to Penobscot Bay are now in the same planting zone as central Massachusetts and northern Connecticut, according to a new planting guide published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Chemicals in carpeting, food packaging may harm kids’ immune systems
Bangor Daily News - 1/25/2012. By Michelle Fay Cortez (Bloomberg News) – Chemicals used in consumer products, including rain gear, stain-resistant carpeting, microwave popcorn bags and fast-food packaging, appear to limit children’s disease-fighting immune responses, a study found. The research by Danish investigators is one of the first to examine the effects of perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, on the immune system.

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