Business is vine and dandy
Bangor Daily News - 9/30/2009.By Christopher Cousins – Madison: A single greenhouse that covers 24 acres is so huge that it’s hard to fathom, but for Backyard Farms of Madison, it wasn’t big enough by a long shot. |
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One tasty partnership
Portland Press Herald - 9/30/2009. By Meredith Goad – East Waterboro: Rich Boucher and Diane Knight of Alfred have become regulars at Raven Hill Orchard and Farm ever since they discovered its from-scratch baked goods last fall and began hanging out in the farm's cozy loft while sipping fresh-roasted coffee and playing board games for hours. On Sunday night, at a New England game dinner attended by 26 people, the couple raved about a brunch they'd had recently at the orchard. |
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Wiscasset farm to celebrate apple harvest
Portland Press Herald - 9/30/2009.By Deborah Sayer – Morris Farm, a nonprofit agricultural education operation in Wiscasset, will celebrate apple harvest season Saturday by offering free cider-making and apple identification opportunities to the public. Community members are invited to bring in their own apples and containers to make homemade cider using the farm's old-fashioned, hand-cranked wooden apple press and learn about the origins of apples growing in their backyard. |
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Orono considers changing town ordinances
Bangor Daily News - 9/29/2009. By Meg Haskell – Orono: With a nod to what they say is a national trend, members of the community development committee met Monday to refine the town’s regulation of backyard chicken flocks. The current ordinance allows residents of Orono’s medium-density residential districts – which include most in-town neighborhoods – to keep just two chickens, assuming they’re pets and not livestock. |
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