Numbers refer to the issue and page number of The MOF&G.
1 = March/April/May; 2 = June/July/August; 3 = Sept./Oct./Nov.; 4 = Dec./Jan./Feb.
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
and Navajo Sheep Project award 4/12
and education programs 4/12
Angelica 2/36
Apples
industry considers varieties of 2/8
tasting and fruit show 3/7, 4/6
Bat houses 2/34
Bees (see also Talking About Bees)
yellow jackets 2/19
Bay (the herb) 4/39
Beta-Carotene
and cancer research 2/31
as a nutritional supplement 1/38
Bicycle
produce delivery by 2/7
to the fair 2/41
Biotech Commission
makes report 2/10
executive summary 2/10
Biotechnology
and herbicide resistant weeds 3/7
and tomatoes 2/17
and transgenic foods 3/7
Birdsall, Paul and Molly 3/12
Bliley Food Safety Bill 3/6
Board of Pesticides Control
adopts final pesticide storage rules 3/9
approves licensing changes 3/9
approves strawberry exemption petition 3/9
consent agreements 1/8, 3/8, 4/8
and hexazinone regulations 1/9, 2/11
and Home Quarters enforcement 3/8
and Marden’s licensing 2/12, 3/8
meeting coverage 1/8, 1/9,2/11, 3/8-9, 4/8
public hearing 2/11, 2/12
rejects aerial spay ban 1/8
rejects BPC staff’s hexazinone proposal 3/8
reviews Hexazinone State Management Plan 1/8
and Robert Morris 4/8
and spray drift management plan 3/8
and spray drift regulations 2/12
spray drift report phone number 4/8
and spray drift victims 4/8
and unlicensed landscape businesses 2/12
Bovine Growth Hormone
and Dennis Vacco 1/6
and health problems in cows 2/6
labeling in Vermont 4/11
sales down 4/11
use in Maine 2/6
Baskets, Native American 4/15
Brassicas, for grazing 4/40
Brown ash 4/15
Brown, Sam 3/39
Burdock 1/29
Buell, Liz, remembering 2/45, 3/15
Cabbage, for winter storage 1/2
Calendula 4/36
Camp garden, at Camp Tanglewood 3/5
Cattle gallstones 3/5
Certified wood 1/11
Chicken Feed, making your own 4/28
China
meat consumption in 2/8
trade and New England agriculture 1/2
Chlorine free paper 2/9
Christmas trees, no spray 2/34
Clean food movement 2/8
Clearcutting ban
MOFGA board endorses 2/9
opposition to 3/4
talks on 3/26
Cochran, Newt, remembered 4/41
Codling moth, nematodes for control of 1/35
Common Ground Fair
admission to 3/17
area coordinators 3/33
bicycling to 2/42
children’s area 3/21
Common Kitchen 3/33
composting at 3/18
costume/coloring book 2/42
crafts area 3/23
dessert competition guidelines 3/24
directory of participants 3/34-35
educational opportunity of 4/4
entertainment 2/41, 3/19
exhibition hall rules 2/41, 3/23; winners 4/42
farmer’s market vendors listed 3/25
farrier contest 3/22
flash fiction at 2/41
fiddle contest 3/22
fleece show winners 4/44
Greening of Technology 3/25
homebrewing competition 3/22; winners 4/42
home winemaking 3/22; winners 4/42
horse show
draft 3/31
standardbred class list 3/31
livestock 3/31; winners 4/42
manure pitch-off winners(1995) 1/43
Native American area 3/31
new areas 2/42
ox demonstrator, outstanding 4/41
poster, winning (1996) 2/41; wins award 3/26
poster competition rules (for 1997) 2/42
poultry show winners 4/44
public policy teach-in 3/26
schedule of events 3/27-30
volunteers 1/43, 3/33; thanks to all 4/41
whole life tent 3/32
wins composting award 3/26
wish list 2/42
Youth Enterprise Zone 1/43, 3/32
Common Ground Fair permanent site 1/44, 2/1, 3/50, 4/43
raffle quilt for 2/45, 3/26
Common Ground Fair turns 20 3/10
Community supported agriculture 1/20
numbers growing 2/7
Compost
an easy bin for 3/36
and grass clippings 1/15
and landfill yard waste 1/14
and lime 1/15, 2/2, 2/4, 4/4
Maine team 4/23
methods 1/14
municipal 4/20
projects in Berwick, Camden 4/22
watery extract in disease control 1/21, 1/30
Composters, Maine 4/23
Corn, miniature 4/32
Cranberries
Bog and Beach Day 3/5
commercial production 1/17
growing 4/32
Cuba
MOFGA co-sponsored study tour of 1/5, 3/53
and sustainable agriculture
Daffodils, naturalizing 4/29
Dairy herds, and grass tetany 2/23
Damping off, preventing 1/10
Dandelions 4/13
Daytripping in Maine
listings wanted 1/2
listing 1996 2/24-26
Deer, and fish line 4/40
Dental sealants, and xenoestrogens 2/31
Diazinon, in California water 1/9
Dietary supplements 1/38
Dioxin
as endocrine disrupter 4/24
in Maine 4/25
Douglass, Rudd 1/23
Earthworms 1/12
Editorials
A Deluge of Plastic 2/4
A Growing Circle of Friends 1/3
A Land Grant Dream 1/4
Apologies and Good-byes 4/4
Love Your Garden, Love the Earth 4/3
Maine Should Legalize Industrial Hemp Now 2/3
Negative Externalities, Indeed 4/3
Observation on Transgenic Induced BT Resistance 2/6
Putting Libby’s Law Into Action 3/4
She Liked Skunks 1/3
What Kind of Farms Do We Want? 2/3
What’s Important? 4/5
Education
ecological horticulture apprenticeships 1/23
MDA scholarships available 2/9
Eggs, a solution to pecking of 4/33
Endocrine disrupters teach-in 4/24
Farm Bill passes 2/8
Farm Profiles
Darthia Farm 3/12
Horsepower Farm 3/12
Kelmscott Farm 2/13
Mooar Hill Farm 1/1
Steadfast Farm 3/38
Farmer’s markets, increasing 4/6
FIAN International 4/11
Flame-killing foliage
in pest control 1/21
in weed control 1/20
Flea beetles 4/26
Flowers
edible 2/18
marketing tips 2/18
Food coops, and local agriculture 3/46
Food-Health-Nutrition
macrobiotics in practice 2/38
food coops 3/46
raw or cooked: how to heal 4/38
what I’ve learned as a student of nutrition 1/38
Food Quality Protection Act, praised, criticized 3/6, 4/2,4 &10
Food Security 4/11
Forestry, low impact 3/38
Fruit trees
control of black knot in 2/17
control of codling moth in 1/35
Garlic, post-harvest trimming of 4/35
Gerritsen, Jim and Megan 1/21
Goranson, Jan 1/20
Gourds, preserving 4/35
Green manures, crop rotations with 2/32
Greenhouse
culture at Mooar Hill 1/1
pest hotline 2/9
pests in spring 2/28
Greens
growing a variety 3/36
washing 1/18
Groundhogs, a practical solution 2/19
Grow Your Own
cranberries 4/32
highbush blueberries 1/32
saving carrot seeds 3/41
saving tomato and bean seeds 2/29
Growing With Nature
bio-controls fresh? 1/35
the eggplant: a living insectary 4/33
little worms,big attitudes 2/33
identifying pests, controlling whiteflies 4/33
Growing for the needy 1/5
Gussaw, Joan 2/27
Hammond, Gordon 1/14
Hancock growers 3/12
Harvest Kitchen
foods from Farmer to Farmer Conference 1/39
peppers 4/35
recipes from rural life 3/45
salads 2/37
Hemp, industrial 2/3, 3/4
Herbs (also see individual herbs)
culinary, commercial production of 2/18
medicinal, at Johnny’s 1/6
medicinal, growing 1/17, 4/27
Hexazinone
final licensing rule for 2/11
licensing proposal opposed by BPC staff 3/8
management plan reviewed 1/8
new regulations for 1/9, 2/11
Holistic resource management 1/3, 1/19
Honey (also see Talking About Bees)
1996 crop report 4/34
Horses, and hot water in winter 2/17
IFOAM 1/33, 1/34
Index, 1995 1/42
Johanson, Rob 1/20
Kausen, Brad, remembering 1/44
Lady beetles 1/35, 4/29
Landscaping
natural 2/5
edible 3/36
Liquid fish preparation 1/45
Locally grown foods
chefs support 1/7
discussed at NOFA 2/7
on FAX exchange 4/6
and food coops 3/46
vs. trucked in, energy comparison 2/5
Mail order
MOFGA business and 1/26
potatoes 1/21
Maine Agriculture in the Classroom 1/5
Maine Compost Team 4/23
Maine Seed Savers Network
annual meeting 1/5
at Common Ground 4/42
Malnutrition, in the third world 1/38
Marketing produce
at Common Ground 3/37
by bicycle 2/7
cooperative 2/27
local directory 2/28
mail order 1/26
market display 1/18
pricing 1/19
tips 4/33
to restaurants 2/2
McLaughlin Garden Preservation Committee 3/6
Media relations and growers 4/19
Metcalfe, Robyn and Robert 2/13
Meetings, Conferences, Festivals
Apple tasting and Fruit Show 3/7
Farmer to Farmer 1995 1/18-23; 2/27
Farmer To Farmer 1996 3/50, 4/45
Maine Agricultural Leadership Institute 4/6
Maine Agricultural Trades Show 1996 1/16; 1997 4/45
Maine Garden Day 1/6
Maine Seed Savers Network 1/5
Maine’s 9th Annual Beef Conference 4/7
Ohio Organic Farm Conference 1/7
MOFGA
anniversary 4/1
certified growers listed 2/43, 3/51
donors 4/43
mail order 1/27
saves drift management plan 3/8
submits aerial application proposals to BPC 3/9
Monsanto, and rBGH 2/6
Morris Farm 2/8
Nearing, Helen, a tribute to 3/14
Nematodes 2/33
in controlling codling moth 1/35
New England Grassroots Environmental Fund 4/6
New Farm, The, status update 2/9
Noah’s Ark Today 4/12
Nicotine 1/34
Organic Farmer/Gardener of the Year, nominations wanted 3/53
Organic feeds 3/5
Organic Trade Association Winners 1/7
On the internet, organic agriculture 1/33
Paigen, Beverly, on Dioxin 4/24
Parsley 3/43
Pasteurization, of beef carcasses 4/40
Pee
and butterflies 4/29
and groundhogs 2/19
Pesticide Issues
botanical pesticides not always safe 1/34
environmental estrogens 2/30
Pesticide spray schedule, general 1/8
Pesticides (see also individual pesticide listings and Pesticide Issues)
agricultural, as cancer-causing agents 1/3
in the Dominican Republic 4/9
as endocrine disrupters 4/24-25
and estrogenic effects 2/30, 3/7, 4/10
and the Food Quality Protection Act 4/10
and immunity 3/7
inert ingredients of 4/9
linked with breast cancer 2/30
and migratory bird deaths 4/6
on imported flowers, produce 4/9
PAN dirty dozen 4/20
Pesticide use survey 2/5
Pigs, Gloucester Old Spots 2/14
Plastic, use in agriculture questioned 2/4
Plissey,Ed 1/22
Poems
2020 … count ‘em! 4/27
Compost 1/15
For Mrs. Chapman 1/3
Harvest 4/27
Late snow 1/7
Ode To manure 1/29
Summer Flowers 2/28
We Came To This Land 2/23
Pond, small, making 1/25
Post-harvest vegetables
temperature and washing 1/18
Potatoes
fertilizing 1/23
growing organically 1/21, 2/21
and late blight 1/21
and late blight rule 3/9
new 1/22, 1/23
transgenic induced Bt resistance and 2/6
at Wood Prairie Farm 2/21
Poultry, and fluorescent bulbs 1/29
Pyrethrum 1/34
RFD Maine 3/26
rBST, rBGH (see Bovine Growth Hormone)
Rare breeds 4/12
at Kelmscott Farm 2/13
Recipe Index
Better Hummus and Garden’s Tabouli 3/45
Carrot Yoghurt Salad 1/39
Chicken or Turkey Soup 2/35
Chicken, tarragon, with asparagus 2/35
Cider jelly 3/45
Classic Boston Baked Beans 4/39
Dressings
Almond ginger 2/37
Cole slaw 2/35
Feta-Garlic 2/37
Green Herb 2/37
Honey Lime 2/37
Hot and Spicy Vinaigrette 2/37
Nonfat gazpacho 2/37
Parsley 2/37
Maple Corn Bread 1/39
Mediterranean Lamb Kebabs 1/37
My Dad’s Easy Half-Sour Pickles 4/37
Raspberry almond torte cookies 3/45
Red Kidney Bean Pate 1/39
Roasted Pepper, Garlic and Basil Salad 4/39
Roasted Squash with Fruited Couscous 4/39
Roasted Vegetable Pizza 1/37
Roasted Vegetable Salad 1/37
Quick and Fiery Parsley Chutney 3/43
Salsa Verde 3/43
Shrimp with Persillade 3/43
Szechuan Green Beans 3/45
Spicy Black Bean Soup 1/39
Taboulleh 3/43
Tarragon Vinegar 2/35
Tuscan Meatloaf 1/37
White Bean And Celery Soup 4/37
Wild and Weedy Quiche 4/13
Winter Beef Stew 4/37
Winter Squash Pudding 1/39
Winter Squash Souffle 3/45
Research, on farm 4/29
grants for 4/31
Research Update
crop rotations using green manures 2/32
watery compost extract 1/30
Reviews
Books
57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment 2/39
Cowkind 4/40
Ecology, Economics, and Management of Potato Cropping systems, The 4/40
Eye of Newt 3/49
Food and Wine Online 1/40
For a Handful of Feathers 1/41
Forgotten Pollinators, The 3/48
Garden Seed Inventory 2/39
Herbal Breads, Herbal Soups, Herbal Salads, Herbal Sweets 4/37
How To Grow More Vegetables 2/40
Kitchen Garden Cookbook, The 4/39
Mushrooms, Poison and Panaceas 1/41
New Organic Grower, The, 2nd edition 2/40
Opening Our Wild Hearts to the Healing Herbs 3/48
Practical Photovoltaics 1/41
Return to Resistance 2/39; discussion 4/2
Self-Sufficiency Gardening 1/40
Step-by-Step Gardening Techniques Illustrated 2/40
Under the Feet of Jesus 1/40
Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook 4/39
Publications
IATP Chlorine Monitor 4/40
Rhubarb 1/29
Rosemary
medicinal marvel 1/36
Queen of Cuisine 1/37
Rotenone 1/34
Ryania 1/34
Saad, Melissa, in memory of 4/44
Sabadilla 1/34
Sader, Kris 1/15
Salmonella, in sprouts, lettuce 2/8
Scientific Certification Systems (see Certified Wood)
Scionwood exchange 1/5
Seed Saving (also see Maine Seed Savers Network)
carrot 3/41
and cultivar diversity 3/36
tomato and bean 2/29
Seedlings
and bottom heat 2/28
germination room for 2/35
soil mixes for 1/10
Seeds
from Garden City Seeds 1/29
open pollinated favorites 2/2
Seekins, Bill 1/15
Seven Islands Land Company 1/11
Sheep
breeds for handspinning 2/4
Cotswold 2/15
Navajo-Churro 4/12
and wool production 1/17
Skunk odor removal 2/17
Smart wood program (see Certified Wood)
Snell, Ramona and John 1/19
Soil
new test offered 2/9
evaluating 3/40
Soil mixes, for germination, potting 1/10
Sommaripa, Eva 2/18
Songs
Good Soil 1/4
Squash, on bittersweet vines 1/45
Sudangrass 1/21
Sustainable agriculture
course at UMO 1/23
in Cuba 1/23
Talking About Bees
at odds with nature 4/34
solitary bees 3/42
spring pollination 1/31
swarms away 2/34
Tarragon 2/35
Tetany 2/23
Thayer, Bill and Cindy 3/12
Tips from certification standards 1/45
Tisher, Sharon, on biotech commission report 2/10
Tomatoes
basket weave trellis system 1/18
current research 2/16
Volunteer Profiles
Dorr, Carol 4/46
Doten, Debbie 2/46
Dudley, Nancy 1/46
Reynolds, the family 3/54
Weather, changes in 1/16
Weeding
boiling water and 4/29
flame makes a comeback 1/21
Welliver, Neil
limited edition print by 1/4
Yarrow 3/44