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.
“Agricultural Biotechnology: Risky Business”
at Common Ground Fair 4/8
on tape 4/9
Alternative fibers for paper 2/30
American Chestnut Foundation 2/8
Antibiotics in animal feed 2/6
Aphid predatory midge 1/36
Asparagus, weeding tips 4/37
Astragalus 4/37
ATTRA, 3/6
info packet online 4/2
Beans, dry, growing 1/27
Bees, native 1/16
plants for 1/17
sources for 1/17
Belding, Sue, and Mofga exhibit 1/6
wins Lyle Littlefield award 2/5
Biodevastation Declaration 4/9
Biotechnology 3/24, 4/8-9
and world’s food problem 3/9
Blessed Maine Herb Co., in National Green Pages 1/7
Board of Pesticides Control
and 1997 Report of Pesticide Sales and Use 4/11
approves Velpar application 3/10
and Brunswick’s Modern Pest Control consent agreement 2/11
and chlorine dioxide on potatoes 4/10
considers indoor pesticide standards 4/10
discusses Brown Tail moth spray applications 3/11
and DOT crew violations 3/10
emergency registration 3/11
and the FQPA 2/11
and hexazinone groundwater sampling 1/32
and Lawn Mark consent agreement 2/11
Lewis elected chairman 4/11
and Maine fish kills 2/11,3/10
meeting coverage 1/10, 2/10, 3/9, 4/10
nixes genetically engineered corn 1/10
and pesticide notification registry 1/10, 2/10, 3/9, 4/10
and Popp consent agreement 4/11
and strategic plan 2/11
tables request for pesticide-free zone 3/11
and Timberland Enterprises consent agreement 3/10
and Wal-Mart consent agreement 2/11
Bonsai 1/18
Brassica cover crops 1/33
Brinton, Will 1/22
Burdet, Rene, Thank You! 4/46
Calendar 1/46, 2/46, 3/62, 4/46
Cancer, and dioxin, PCBs 4/13
Cereal grains, grown in rotation 2/28
CET 2/9
Chervil 3/50
Chestnuts, blight resistant 2/5
Chicken coop closure, automated 4/26
Chives 2/38
Chlorine dioxide, on storage potatoes 4/10
Christmas trees, growing organically
Part 1 2/20
Part II 3/43
Part III 4/30
Codling moth, sprinkling for control 1/36
Common Ground Fair
booth space for 1999 fair 4/43
contests 3/25
contest winners 4/42-44
demonstrations, exhibits, films 3/21-23
directory of fair participants 3/35
donations to the Common Kitchen 4/44
entertainment 3/17-18
exhibition hall schedule 3/25
farmers at 3/19
food at 3/27
getting there and getting in 3/29
Hirschberg, Gary 3/16
inside the fairgrounds 3/30
keynote address 3/16
manure pitch-off 3/25
map of fairgrounds 3/32
MOFGA booth 3/30
nursing mothers 3/30
pedal to 3/29
picnic tables needed for 4/4
political activism at 3/24
poster winner 2/2
poultry show results (1997) 1/44
public policy teach-in at 4/9
recycling at 3/16
schedule of events 3/31-34
summer interns 3/15
thanks to advance ticket outlets 4/44
thanks to kitchen donors (1997) 1/44
traffic at 4/45
Unity site plan 3/12
valet bike parking at 4/42
volunteer coordinators 3/15
volunteers needed 1/44
volunteers, thanks to 4/42
welcome to 3/14
young people at 3/26-27
Community Service Project 4/5
Corn, transplanting 1/22
Cows, organic
at Nezinscot Farm 3/38
Cranberries, pesticide residue levels on 4/11
Dairies, organic 3/38
in Vermont 4/12
Daytripping in Maine
listings wanted 1/4
listings 1998 2/24
Deal, Debbie 1/24
Diet
plant rich 4/22
and obesity 1/35
Dioxins, and Monsanto 4/13
Editorials
The Big Green Dream Comes True 3/14
Comments needed on National Rules for Organic Production 1/4
Celebration and Vigilance 3/4
E.Coli and the Age of Antibiotics 4/4
Factory Farms Are Not Appropriate 1/2
The Fiber-Grain-Legume Connection 2/3
Food with Face and More 2/3
Living, Nourishing and Leaving the Web of Life 4/3
Pesticide Notification Registry 2/4
Support Organic; Support Biodiversity 3/5
Trust 1/3
What Just Happened? 4/4
Winter of Our Content 1/3
Your Own Power 1/3
Education
organic inspector training J/5
beekeeper’s classes 1/6
Emery, Carla 2/16
Factory farms 1/2, 2/6
Farm Profiles
F&A Farm 1/11
Nezinscot Farm 3/38
Sand Hill Farm 2/12
Sausalito Springs 1/14
Farmer Cooperative Genome Project 4/7
Farmer to Farmer 1997
Compost Quality 1/22
Growing Organic Herbs 1/20
Vermont Grass Farmers Association 2/14
Farmer to Farmer 1998, dates for 3/61
Felt garden plan 2/18
First aid for farmers 4/22
Food - Health - Nutrition
Take a Walk, Eat a Potato, Fight Obesity 1/35
Forest Ecology Network 1/29
Food safety resources 3/7
Forestry, low-impact 1/28
Frogs, harmed by pesticides 4/8
Garden season, extending 3/49
Gardening with children 2/18
Genetic engineering, 1/9
and FDA suit 3/8
and Green conference 2/9
in the food system: what you can do 4/10
and ladybug fecundity 1/9
and Monsanto 4/15
and pesticide resistance 1/8
and U.N Codex Alimentarius Commission 3/8
Graeger, Jamie 1/11
Grants
Northeast SARE 4/6
OFRF applications 2/8
Grapes, keeping birds away from 3/45
Grow Your Own
Grow Your Own Seeds 2/37
Hardy Kiwis 1/39
An Open-Pollinated Deli 4/35
Watch an Orchard Grow 3/47
Growing With Nature
Delicate Destroyers 1/36
To Screen or Not To Screen 2/36
Norman Comes of Age 4/36
Haines, Rebecca and Fred 4/1
Harvest Kitchen
Cider From Tree To Mug 3/51
Mediterranean Inspiration 1/40
Shell Bean Special 2/39
Soy For Health 4/39
Hemp, industrial 2/30
reclassification petition 2/31
Henry, Dick 4/19
Herbs (see also individual herbs)
growing invasives 1/21
growing and marketing medicinal 2/34
medicinal and United Plant Savers 2/5
organic in demand 1/21
Hirschberg, Gary 3/16
Hog farm alternatives 2/6
Hubbard, Martha, a eulogy 1/45
Index, 1998 1/34
Integrated pest management in Maine 2/7
Keenan, Shawn 2/12
Kerr, Andy 2/30
Knisley, Benji 2/12
Leafhoppers 2/36
Lemon balm 1/38
Liebman, Matt 2/3
Lovage 4/38
Maine Agriculture in the Classroom,
materials at Bangor Public Library 3/6
Maine Exchange 1/47, 2/47, 3/63, 4/47
Maine Low Impact Forestry Project 1/29
Marjoram 1/37
Marketing produce 1/22,1/20
ads as market research for 3/22
pricing 1/36
selling exotics 1/20
through restaurants 1/19
Meetings, Conferences, Festivals (see also Farmer to Farmer and Common Ground Fair)
11th Annual Beef Conference 4/6
Agricultural Trades Show 4/46
Alternative Paper Conference 1/30, 2/30, 4/6
Grassroots Organizers Workshop 3/6
Green Conference on Genetic Engineering 2/9
Healthy Building Teach-In 1/7
Herb FEST 4/2
IPM conference 2/7
Maine Grazing Conference 1/7
National Farm Animals Awareness Week 3/6
NOFA-NY conference 1/7
Pesticide Spray Drift management 1/6
Scionwood Exchange 1/5
Merrick, Laura 2/3
Mites 4/36
MOFGA
at the Portland Flower Show 1/6
certified growers listed 2/42, 3/58
contacting 4/46
new faces at 3/60
opposes genetically engineered corn 1/10
MOFGA homestead design competition 2/4, 2/45
MOFGA permanent site 1/1, 2/1
volunteer calendar 2/2
plan 3/12
thanks for 4/42
Monsanto 1/8, 1/9, 4/13
Moody, Josh 4/19
Mosquito control 1/36
Mulch, living, for broccoli 1/22
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 2/10
National Green Page, and Blessed Maine Herb 1/7
Neem patent challenged 1/8
Nematodes, parasitic 4/36
Nutrient management plan 3/52
Oats, 3/49
OMRI
Generic Materials List 4/23
Brand name Products List 4/23
Open-pollinated veggie varieties 4/34
Organic Agriculture Research Initiative 4/12
Organic Cotton Directory 4/6
Organic Farming Research Foundation 4/12
Organic foods, go mainstream 1/21
Organic grain, the need for 2/3
Organic standards, national 1/4, 1/5
lambasted 2/7
Oshima, Toki 2/23
PCBs, and Monsanto 4/13
Pastuchiv, Olga 2/2
Pest management, info on the WWW 4/36
Pesticide registry 1/10, 2/10
and fees 2/10
deadline for 4/10
Pesticides
harm frogs, toads 4/8
hazardous, export of 3/8
inert ingredients of increases 3/11
lab tested on humans 4/8
and neurotoxicity in children 3/8
on American lawns 2/6
and prior informed consent agreement 4/8
use reduction in Europe 1/8
Phytochemicals 4/22
Plant a row for the hungry 4/5
Poems
The Garden Toward the End of Blueberry Season 2/4
New Life 1/5
RFD 1/3
Portland Public Market 4/5
Potato
vine silage 4/32
with soybean rotations for pesticide reduction 4/11
President’s message 1/45
Pruning trees
after the ice storm 1/31
timing of 4/26
Publications noted
Apple Harvesting, Handling and Storage 1/42
Breaking Ground 1/42
Farm Safety Guide 1/36
Home*A*Syst: An Environmental Risk Assessment Guide for the Home 1/42
OMRI Generic Materials List 4/23
OMRI Brand Names Products List 4/23
Organic Cotton Directory 4/6
Penn State Dairy Housing Plans 1/42
Post-Frame Building Handbook 1/42
Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America 1/42
Toxic Secrets: “Inert” Ingredients in pesticides 1987-1997 3/11
RAFI 2/8
Raised beds, in praise of 2/27
Ramial chipped wood 4/27
Recipe index
All-purpose Mustard Sauce 1/37
Baked Beans in Cider 3/51
Broccoli Raab Pasta 1/40
Classic Omelet 3/50
French Leek and Potato Soup 3/50
Herbed Mayonnaise 3/50
Ice Storm Special 2/39
Lovage Bouquet Garni 4/39
Lovage Mary Cocktail 4/38
Lovaged White Fish 4/38
Mulled Cider 3/51
Radicchio Risotto 1/40
Radicchio and Warm Bean Salad 2/39
Savory Butter Beans 4/39
Shell Bean Gratin 2/39
Shell Bean Puree on Grilled Bread 1/40
Smoked Sausages with Apples and Cider 3/51
Sour Cream Dressing 3/50
Special Occasion Lamb Chops 1/37
Spring Lentil Ragout 1/37
Tofu Burritos 4/39
Tofu and Sweet Potatoes in Pungent Nut Sauce 4/39
Tofu and Vegetable Green Curry 4/39
Warm Curly Endive with Spring Onions 1/40
Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Leeks and Brie 1/43
Vinaigrette 3/50
Reviews
Books
The American Dominique 1/42
The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist 4/40
Brother Crow, Sister Corn 1/41
Caserio Farm: A New Beginning 4/40
Cheese, Quick and Easy Recipes for Elegant Entertaining 1/43
Cider – Making, Using and Enjoying Sweet and Hard Cider 3/51
Dynamic Farmers Marketing 3/53
The Farm She Was 2/40
Free Range Poultry Production and Marketing 1/42
From Asparagus to Zucchini 1/43
Gardening With Children 2/19
The Green Food Shopper: An Activists’ Guide to Changing the Food System 2/40
The Green Methods Manual 2/41
Homesteading Adventures 2/40
Managing Cover Crops 4/41
The Orchard, A Memoir 3/54
The Organic Pages 3/55
Planting Noah’s Garden, Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology 1/41
The Scythe Book 1/41
The Shaker Garden 2/40
Testing Your Soil With Plants 3/54
The Winter Harvest Manual: Farming the Back Side of the Calendar 2/41
Videos
English Cottage and Country Gardens 2/40
Gardening with Summer Perennials 2/40
It’s Gotten Rotten 4/41
Roberts, Greg 4/1
Robinson, Caroline, remembered 2/45
Rotations with cereal grains 2/28
Row covers, cotton 1/32
SALT (Small American Lawns Today) 2/6
SEARICE 2/9
Seed saving
with FCGP 4/7
of native wildflowers 4/24
Seedings, August, tips on 2/22
Sheep
control brush under power lines 4/19
and golf course maintenance 1/23
herding at Common Ground 4/19
Icelandic 3/41
Lincoln 4/20
Shetland 2/15
Small fruit, new varieties 4/36
Solar powered home 4/1
Soule, Deb 1/20
Soybean rotations for pesticide reduction 4/11
Stockwell, Leila 3/15
Stonyfield Farm 3/16
yoghurt 1/19
Strawberries, organic, at Sand Hill Farm 2/12
Strip insectary intercropping 1/36
Strip tillage 4/26
Sunflowers, as snowfencing 4/2
Sustainable farming
online 3/6
stories sought 4/7
Sweet potato starts, and more 1/23
Tea, health benefits of 4/22
Terminator Technology 2/8, 3/9
Tokar, Brian 3/24, 4/9
Trek Across Maine 2/5
Tree-Free Paper Cooperative 1/30
Turkey, historical farm 4/32
United Plant Savers 2/5
Varney, Gregg and Gloria 3/38
Vermont Grass Farmers Association 2/14
Vitamin C, and cataracts 1/40
Vitamin D 2/6
Volunteer Profiles
Kirk, Judy 1/46
Opper, Tom 3/62
Roberts, Paula 2/46
Watercress, growing commercially 1/14
Welsh onions 4/38
Wildflowers, native, seed propagation of 4/24
Wool, as pot liners 3/49