Farmers, customers preview growing season at CSA fair in Bangor
Bangor Daily News - 2/28/2011.By Meg Haskell – Bangor: Winter is far from over – March in Maine being one of the snowiest and most blustery of months – but inside the Unitarian Universalist Church on Park Street on Sunday afternoon, spring got off to an early start. About a dozen area farmers were on hand, looking to sign up partners for their community supported agriculture programs. |
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Lovers of local food find reason to dream
Portland Press Herald - 2/28/2011. By Glenn Jordan – Portland: Jessie Grearson of Falmouth, along with her husband and their two daughters, spent a sizable chunk of Sunday morning shoveling snow. But for a few hours Sunday afternoon, Grearson forgot all about ice and snow and winter worries. Walking around inside the Woodfords Congregational Church, Grearson and her family met with two dozen local farmers. They spoke of tomatoes and planting seeds and about sharing in a bountiful local harvest. |
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BPA battle to gauge LePage’s clout
Kennebec Journal - 2/28/2011. By Rebekah Metzler – Augusta: Gov. Paul LePage's proposed repeal of Maine's efforts to restrict bisphenol A, a chemical that state health agencies concluded poses a health risk to babies, will likely test his ability to pass controversial measures, even though Republicans control the Legislature. |
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Fresh food without the hassle
Kennebec Journal - 2/28/2011. By Mechele Cooper – Hallowell – David Young liked the idea of eating fresh produce without the hassle of caring for a garden. He had heard from friends about community supported agriculture in which farms offer shares of their crops to members who pay in advance for the growing season. |
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