Safety rules burden smaller farmers
Des Moines Register - 3/23/2009.By Philip Brasher – In recent years, the federal government and the food industry have taken some significant steps to improve the safety of fresh produce. But small-scale farmers and organic growers say those standards can force them to choose between selling to supermarkets and schools or else following practices that degrade the soil and require more synthetic chemicals. |
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Eating Food That’s Better for You, Organic or Not
Chef Ann Cooper Blog - 3/22/2009.By Mark Bittman – In the six-and-one-half years since the federal government began certifying food as “organic,” Americans have taken to the idea with considerable enthusiasm. Sales have at least doubled, and three-quarters of the nation’s grocery stores now carry at least some organic food. |
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Obituary: Albert Allen
Kennebec Journal - 3/22/2009.Albert "Abe" David Allen [and his wife were] charter members of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and won many blue ribbons with their produce at the Common Ground and Windsor fairs. |
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Flower show nourishes the winter-weary
Maine Sunday Telegram - 3/22/2009.By Tom Atwell – An event like the Portland Flower Show, which closed a five-day run last Sunday, serves a lot of purposes. I enjoyed an early screening last Sunday of filmmaker Brett Plymale's "Hudson: A Chemical Reaction." |
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