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.
Aerial spraying ban proposed 2/10
petition progresses 4/9
Abzug, Bella 4/31
Aluminum edging 1/34
Apples, growing organically 1/21, 1/32, 4/20
Autumn Olive 3/33
Barn planning books 1/34
Bed and Breakfasts, listed 1/30
Bees, combsize and Varroa mites 4/14
Belding, John and Susan 1/1
Board of Pesticides Control
announces obsolete household pesticides disposal program 2/9
and benlate drift incident 1/11
and Brown Tail moths 2/8
and chlordane, Garlon consent agreements 2/8
considers DeCoster flystrip incident 1/11, 4/9
considers mission revision 1/10
considers status of New Leaf Potatoes 3/7
and Gillespie Farms violations 4/9
grants emergency strawberry exemption again 3/7
and Lawnmark application 4/8
and Maine Public Service Company variance 2/8
meeting coverage 1/10, 3/6, 4/7
and proposed spray registry 1/10, 2/8, 3/7, 4/7
and public education 2/8
recommends landlord prosecution 1/11
and state pesticides policy 3/5
tables registry of Novartis corn 4/7
to investigate surface water contamination 2/8
and unwanted diazinon treatment 4/8
and Walmart violation 4/7
widens focus on home pesticide applicators 3/43
Bondeson, Peter 4/12
Borage 2/35
Botanical gardens, some history 4/5
Bovine Growth Hormone, labeling 4/5
Bug zappers, the down side 1/35
Burdock 1/15
Calendar 1/46, 2/46, 3/55, 4/46
Cancer 4/29
and broccoli sprouts 4/6
diet and supplements and 4/30
and phytoestrogens 4/30
and red meat, alcohol 4/6
Celery, blanching 2/36
Chainsaw safety 4/26
Chamomile 3/48
Chefs Collaborative 2000 2/5
Climate, global, and change 4/27
Cochran, Newt, a tribute to 3/13
Common Ground Fair
admission 3/25
area coordinators 3/13
advanced tickets 4/43
booth space, applications for 1998 4/43
children’s area 3/23
needs you 2/41
children’s garden parade 3/23
coloring book 3/23
country store 3/26
crafts 3/19
directory of fair participants 3/31-32
entertainment 3/15-16
exhibition hall 3/21
standards 2/41
farmers at the fair 3/17-18
farmer’s market 3/18
farrier shoeing contest 3/22
fiddle contest 3/22
films, 3/19
food at the fair 3/24
food providers, thanks to 4/44
foot race 3/22
results 1996, 2/41
Gelbspan, Ross 3/21, 4/27
greening of technology 3/19
guidelines considered 2/41
homebrewing contests 3/22
information booth 3/26
liability insurance at 3/4
livestock area 3/18
manure pitch-off 3/22
map of the fairgrounds 3/28
MOFGA booth 3/26
Native American arts area 3/19
political activism at 3/21
permanent site (see also MOFGA permanent site) 1/44, 2/45, 3/53
poster winner 2/41
public policy teach-in 3/21
recycling at 3/14
schedule of events 3/27
schoolhouse talks cancelled 4/42
sheep dog demonstrations 3/20
and tuba repair 4/2
thanks for donations 4/42
ticket outlets 3/25
traffic and parking 3/25
volunteers 1/43
thanks to 4/42
Wednesday spinners 3/20
Whole Life Tent 3/20
winners, of everything 1997 4/43
Compost
on Old Stage Farm 1/16
in potting mixes 2/29
activators in commercial 4/33
Cooperatives
for Maine organic farmers 3/35
for marketing promotion 2/23
Community supported agriculture, university-based 3/37
Connett, Dr. Paul 4/29
Cranberries, bog and beach day 3/9
Cuba
and sustainable agriculture 2/12
Maine farmers in 2/14-15
Cucumber beetles 4/34
Dairies, organic 2/6
in Maine 1/7
farmers to meet 4/44
Davis, Nellie 3/10
Daytripping in Maine
listings wanted 1/4
listings 1997 2/24 -26
dates 2/24
Deer
repellents 1/44
fencing 2/15
Dioxin
contamination 4/6
and effect on the brain 4/6
Diversity on the small farm 1/20, 2/21
Donkeys, and mules 2/1, 3/4
Dumanoski, Diane 4/32
E. coli 0157:H7 1/34
Editorials
Changing the Equation 2/3
Consider Nursery Crops 2/3
Digging In 4/4
How To Get To Norlands 4/3
Maine Can Reduce Pesticides Now 1/3
Minimize Pesticide Use: Keep Highmoor Open 3/4
Minimize Synthetic Nitrogen Use 3/4
The Organic Movement: Stage II Needs You 1/3
The Organic Movement Must Pull In the Public 2/3
Ready To Listen 1/3
Education
Maine Ag in the Classroom 1/6
mechanical cultivation workshop 1/6
Elderberry 4/39
extract 1/35
elixir 4/39
Endocrine disrupters teach-in 1/8
Farrell, Sue 3/4
Farmer to Farmer 1996
Creating an image for your farm 2/20
Diversity is difficult 2/21
Hay, produce, Percherons at Hoof 'n Paw 1/20
Local, frugal ideas from Irish agriculture 1/19
Maple syrup production for beginners 1/21
Organic apple production 1/21
Marketing ideas for small farmers 2/18
Save farms and farmers 1/18
Farm Profiles
Old Stage Farm 1/1
Lornell Gardens 3/10
Fertilizer
hair as 3/42
too much nitrogen 3/42
Fishfarming 4/24
Food-Health-Nutrition
Life-enhancing foods 1/38
Healthy meals that taste good too 4/38
When the right food is the wrong food 2/31
Forest garden, for pest control 2/27
Forest compact opposed 3/9
Fuels, a push for cleaner 4/28
Frogs, deformed 4/6
Fungicides for mildew 3/40
Garlic, harvesting methods 1/20
Gelbspan, Ross 4/27
Genetically engineered food 3/38
and Bt resistance 2/11
Gerritsen’s letter to EPA regarding 2/11
labeling bill resubmitted 1/8
labeling bill fails 3/39
and organic label 3/40
Genetically engineered seed 3/38, 4/7
Ginkgo 2/34
Gleaning programs 2/37
Golf, in the cow pasture 4/36
Greenhouse growing
at Old Stage Farm 1/16
at ReVision House 4/24
Greenhouse construction 4/22
Grow Your Own
Grow your own fruit trees 1/32
Fava beans 2/36
Mesclun 3/44
Breadseed poppy 4/35
Growing With Nature
Wisp of a wasp 1/33
Gnatasha and Lindy 2/33
Cookbook methodology 4/34
Grubinger, Vern 1/18
Harvest Kitchen
Thai cuisine 1/39
Fava favorites 2/37
Gifts to fill the stomach 4/37
Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils 2/22
Hemp, resources and products 4/11
Herbal Resource Center 1/11
Herbal Green Pages 4/15
Herbs (see also individual herbs)
culinary, for the window sill 4/21
Highmoor Farm closure threatened 3/9
Incinerator ash, toxic nature of 4/29
Irish agriculture 1/19
Index, 1996 1/42
Irrigation
drip, on Old Stage Farm 1/16
clay pots for 1/35
Kochenthal, Wendy 4/11
Lambs quarters 4/16
Landscaping trends 3/41
Lead, in garden soil 2/32
Livestock
fencing 1/44
and toxic plants 2/14
Maine Potato Ecosystem Project 1/3
Maine Seed Savers Network Annual Seed Swap 1/5
Maple syrup production for the beginner 1/21
Marketing produce 2/18, 2/20, 2/23, 4/4, 4/20
cooperative 2/23
group 2/10
and listening to customers 4/36
media relations and 2/10
through a coop 3/34
Martin, Andrea 4/29
McLaughlin Garden saved 1/6
Meader, Elwyn 1/12
Meat industry, and public right to know 4/6
Metatecture 1/2
Meetings, Conferences, Festivals (see also Farmer to Farmer and Common Ground Fair)
Agricultural trades show 4/44
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy 2/6
Cities by Natures Design 2/7
Environment and health 4/29
Environment Day 1/8
First Annual Wildgathering 1/5
Maine Seed Saving Network Seed Swap 1/5
Northern Maine Products Trade Show 1/5
Plant Swap 1/5
Scionwood Exchange 1/5
Mills, Dixie M.D 4/30
Milk, organic 2/6
in Maine 1/7
and Stonyfield Farm 4/28
MOFGA
and Kenneth Horn 1/4
Board members elected 1/45
certified growers listed 2/42, 3/50
MOFGA permanent site 1/44, 3/53, 4/1
purchased 2/45
Monsanto
and agricultural biotechnology 3/40
fights labeling bill 3/39
recalls seed 3/38
Mulches
and tomatoes 1/27
living 2/36
toxic 2/15
Mules, and donkeys 2/1, 3/4
Nitrogen fertilizer 3/42
Nursery crops,growing organically 2/29
for FEDCO 2/30
Organic agriculture
and Fresh Trends survey 1/7
promoted by League of Women Voters 1/8
and USDA research funding 4/10
instead of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers 3/42
Organic foods
on Swissair 4/5
sales increase 4/10
Organic grain, at Inverness Farm 1/8
Organic leadership award 4/11
Packaging, ecologically 4/33
Pea tendrils 4/4
Peatmoss, problems in soil mix 2/29
Permaculture 2/27
Pest control
in the forest garden 2/27
select plants for 2/28
and pheromones 2/9
and vinegar spray 3/40
and beneficials 3/41
using cotton tufts 4/17
Pesticide reduction legislation 1/3
MOFGA policy paper on 1/23
succeeds 3/5
Pesticide spray schedule, general 2/5
Pesticides
ban in San Francisco 1/9
obsolete, disposal of 2/9
on strawberries 2/5
production ceases 4/9
reduction urged 1/10
state policy on 3/5
use in Great Britain increases 4/6
Poems
Climate Eradication 1/4
Nature is Boss 4/4
Population, world
and food security 1/2, 2/4, 3/4
and nitrogen fertilizer 3/42
Portland Public Market 1/6
applications for 1/6
Potatoes
growing organically 4/12
Maine Ecosystem project 1/3
transgenic 3/7
Praying mantids 1/33, 2/2
Recipe index
Ashwood Soup 4/38
Barbecue Sauce 4/41
Blueberry Pizzette 4/40
Borage and Cucumber Soup 2/35
Burdock Roots 1/15
Chicken Saltimbocca 3/46
Chicken Paprikash 4/38
Cilantro Pesto 1/39
Classic Thai noodles 1/39
Clean out the Fridge Frittata 3/46
Cranberry Butter 4/37
Creamy Vinaigrette 3/45
Egyptian Vegetable Soup 2/37
Favas with Tiny Pasta 2/37
Fava Beans with Spring Lettuce and Onions 2/37
French Sorrel Soup 1/37
Garlic Croutons 3/45
Garlic Shrimp or Tofu 1/39
Ginger and Pear Conserve 4/37
Heart’s Delight Tea 1/29
Herbal Tea Blend 1/29
Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup 1/39
Hot Pepper Vinegar 4/37
Lentil Soup 4/38
Muesli 4/38
Olde Cloister Punch 1/29
Orange Muffins 4/38
Polish Sorrel Soup 1/37
Pine Nut Dumplings 4/41
Poppyseed Bread 4/37
Radicchio and Greens with Hot Dressing 3/45
Raspberry Almond Torte Cookies 4/37
Ruby Vinegar 4/37
Recycling plastic pots 1/9, 4/5
Reviews
Books
The Art of French Vegetable Gardening 2/41
Bombardier Beetles and Fever Trees 2/40
Carrying Water as a Way of Life 1/40
Children’s Nonfiction 2/38
Creole Flavors 4/41
Estrogen the Natural Way 4/30
Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape 2/39
Gardening Wizardry for Kids 2/38
Hardy Roses – An Organic Guide 4/40
The Herb Gardener, A Guide for All Seasons 2/40
The Herbal Grove 4/41
Index of Garden Plants 4/41
Little Farmer’s Coloring Book 2/38
Living with Herbs 2/40
Medicine of the Earth 1/40
My Weeds 1/41
Noah’s Garden 1/41
The Organic Rose Garden 4/40
Pizzette 4/41
Planting the Future 2/40
Return to Pleasant Valley 1/40
Steel in the Field 4/40
The Woodland Garden 2/39
Software
The Guide to a Sustainable Future 3/49
Videos
Vegetable Farmers and their Weed Control Machines 3/49
Re-Vision House 4/24
Roses, hardy for Maine 4/17
Sage 3/46
Salmonella, steam treatment for 4/6
Salsify 1/15
Seed, heirloom
at High Mowing 1/6
black bean 4/16
Seed Saving (Also see Maine Seed Savers Network)
from mature fruits 2/14
at Old Stage Farm 1/17
Permaculture Seed Exchange 1/6
and World Seed Fund 2/6
Seedlings
and transplant tray size 1/44
and peatmoss alternatives 2/29
Sewall, Bob, message from 1/3
Smartwood program, and Two Trees Forestry 2/6
Solar cookers 2/6
Sorrel 1/37
Spalding, Heather 1/43
Stonyfield Farm Carbon Solution 4/38
Strawberries, California and farm workers 2/5
St. Johnswort 1/36
Sweet Woodruff 1/28
Swissair, serves organic food 4/5
Three Season Polyculture 1/22
Tomatoes
heirloom 4/14
marketing specialty 4/4
Tractors and hitching safety 2/9
Two Trees Forestry 2/6
Volunteer recovering 3/13
Volunteer Profiles
Plumb, Steve 1/46
Kafka, Jason 2/47
Foust, Barbara 4/46
Weather forecasting 1/4
Weeding, boiling water 3/44
Wild Plant Conservation 1/31
Woods End Research Laboratory 3/42
Working Capital Loan Program 1/6
World Wide Web 1/27
and Maine Web Sites 1/27
and sustainable farming connection 2/7
Wynn, Andy, in memory 1/45
– Lynn Allen