Summer is bountiful at Brentwood Farms
Maine Sunday Telegram - 8/14/2011.Op-Ed by Elizabeth Tarasevich – Two hundred pounds of fresh, ripe tomatoes yields 45 jars of sauce for family and neighbors. This delicious goodness will last through the long, cold Maine winter. Brentwood Farms, situated on just over 2 acres of city-owned land next to Evergreen Cemetery, represents the latest trend in city-community sponsorships that provide community gardens in neighborhoods without city-managed gardens. |
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Issue of radiation-tainted food in Japan escalates
Vancouver Sun - 8/14/2011. Mushrooms joined the threats to Japan’s food chain from radiation spewed by Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, as the country expands efforts to limit the effects of the disaster. Japan is under pressure to enhance food inspections as it has no centralized system for detecting radiation contamination. |
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Japanese beetles are here to stay
Bangor Daily News - 8/13/2011. By Reeser Manley – This garden season may well be remembered as the beetle summer. Cucumber beetles in historic numbers caroused on the blooms and leaves of squash, pumpkin and, of course, cucumbers, while Japanese beetles ran rampant among the roses, raspberries, grapes and a host of other garden plants. |
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Late blight affects some County potato farmers amid rainy weather
Bangor Daily News - 8/12/2011.By Jen Lynds – Presque Isle: The rainy spring and summer have put a damper on the Aroostook County potato growing season, but the head of the Maine Potato Board said Wednesday that the industry remains optimistic about this year’s crop. Don Flannery, executive director of the board, said that one consequence of the rainy weather has been the discovery of late blight in central Aroostook. |
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