Spray elicits worry
Kennebec Journal - 9/29/2009.By Keith Edwards – Augusta: Some residents fear the herbicide sprayed on city streets and sidewalks to kill weeds could also be bad for humans and pets. |
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Common Ground Country Fair draws quite a crowd
Village Soup - 9/29/2009.By Holly S. Anderson – Unity: This year's Common Ground Country Fair weekend has come and gone, and for those who headed out early, the weather made for a fine time – at least during the first two days. Despite Sunday's drizzly weather, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association reported Sept. 28 that 52,000 people flocked to the fair over the weekend, marking the third-highest attendance since the fair relocated to its permanent home in Unity. |
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Annual Common Ground fair makes coffee grounds common
Kennebec Journal - 9/28/2009. By Amy Calder – Unity: Fresh-roasted, steaming hot coffee on a rainy day was popular fare Sunday at the Common Ground Country Fair. For the first time ever in its 33 years of existence, the fair featured the sale of certified organic coffee. "It's definitely been worth my time," said Matt Bolinder, owner of Matt's Wood Roasted Organic Coffee, based in Waterville. Bolinder gave out more than 1,000 free samples of hot, organic coffee over a three-day period, while at the same time educating patrons about where coffee is grown, how it is processed and sold, and how he roasts it. |
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Big Ag on climate change: “What, me worry?”
Grist - 9/28/2009.By Tom Laskawy – Once again, topics covered at length in the pixels of Grist are slowly percolating out into the wider media world. Newsweek over the weekend posted an article by Jeneen Interlandi about the grave effects of climate change on agriculture, summed up as the triple threat of “droughts, bugs and big storms.” |
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