Login
"Sooner or later, we sit down to a banquet of consequences."
- Robert Louis Stevenson
    

MOFGA

PO Box 170
294 Crosby Brook Road
Unity, ME  04988
Phone: 207-568-4142
Fax: 207-568-4141
Email: mofga@mofga.org

MainePages.com



  You are here:  Home   

Organic and Sustainable Agriculture News
Outdated science can’t protect us from new toxins
Kennebec Journal - 3/30/2012.
Editorial – A 1970s law based on 1960s science is all we have to protect us from toxic substances in our environment. Regulations that envisioned smokestacks and drainpipes as the prime sources of dangerous chemicals should be updated to look out for toys, baby shampoo and a variety of consumer products as the vehicles for dangerous chemicals to enter our bodies and harm us.
Stories about meat, trimmings almost makes me eat just veggies
Kennebec Journal - 3/30/2012.
By Denis Thoet – It almost makes me want to be a vegetarian. Stories in last Sunday's newspaper went into exquisite detail about the recall of ground beef sold by Hannaford after a number of people got sick with a drug-resistant strain of Salmonella.
Why are people dying to bring you dinner? The shocking facts about our food system
Alternet - 3/30/2012.
By Christopher D. Cook – Cesar Chavez, the champion of farmworkers' rights who gets his annual day of state recognition this Saturday, must be rolling in his grave. It's been 37 years since Governor Jerry Brown signed the landmark agricultural labor relations act – and soon California legislators will debate whether to enforce rules to provide water and shade to the 400,000 farmworkers who harvest our food.
New study is first to show that pesticides can induce morphological changes in vertebrate animals, says Pitt researcher
University of Pittsburgh News - 3/30/2012.
By B. Rose Huber – Pittsburgh: The world’s most popular weed killer, Roundup, can cause amphibians to change shape, according to research published today in Ecological Applications. According to the authors, this is the first study to show that a pesticide can induce morphological changes in a vertebrate animal.
Current  Archive    Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...


    
Check out MOFGA's online community!
Create your own profile website
Add products and services you offer
Join in on the forum discussions

Latest MOFGA.net forum posts

Bucksport market seeks dairy, meats, seafood & more! by Melissa White Pillsbury: "Bucksport Bay Farmer's Market opened to a busy crowd this week! Still seeking dairy, meats, seafood, interested in hearing ab..."
Farm for Rent, Warren by Jon Crane: "Farm for Rent, town of Warren House and large barn renovated, insulated. 4 BR, 1-1/2 bath, sunroom. Solar hot water. 8 ..."
Field plowing/discing needs done (Unity) by Passionville farms: " Im in need of someone in the Unity area to plow up some older pasture grass and disc back over it. I would say large tiller,..."
RE: Wanted: 2wd, diesel, ~30hp tractor by Seacolors: "Still looking for a tractor? I have one, two wheel, with a 4w differential. Reconditioned brakes and transmission in good w..."
RE: Free Copper Maran Roosters by Seacolors: "Still got roosters? My girls need a man. Have three, old sliver laced wandottes. But might take a hen and isolate them? I..."

Upcoming MOFGA Events

May 28 - Conservation Farm Tour

June 15 - Farm & Homestead Day at MOFGA

June 30 - Deadline for applications to MOFGA Certification Services LLC for organic crop certification


See the full calendar ...

Latest MOFGA.net members
  

Visit MOFGA.net: MOFGA's online community


Home | Programs | Agricultural Services | The Fair | Certification | Events | Publications | Resources | Store | Support MOFGA | Contact | MOFGA.net | Search
  Copyright © 2012 Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association   Terms Of Use  Privacy Statement    Site by Planet Maine