The MOF&G Index for 2004:

The MOF&G Newspaper is published four times a year; index references indicate the first month of each published issue:

• Mar = MARCH/APRIL/MAY;
• June = JUNE/JULY/AUGUST
• Sept = SEPT./ OCT./NOV. (Fairbook)
• Dec = DEC./JAN./FEB.

2004 INDEX:

Air curtains, block insect pests June/11
Allen, Tom, in video at Toxics Action Conference March/29
Allium pests, avoiding Dec/32
Amaral, Jim
-->and marketing flair June/7
-->and Students Baking a Living March/23
American diet
-->and stunted growth June/8
Anthropometric historians June/8
Apple tree care Dec/21
Applesauce Sept/39
Apprentice opportunities
-->Santa Cruz March/8
-->MOFGA March/8
-->through WWOOF-USA June/8
Arsenic
-->in chicken March/37
Ashwagandha Dec/37
Ask MOFGA June/2; Sept/1
Atrazine, banned by European Union March/27
Autumn Olive, as environmental threat March/3
Avena Institute, first executive director of Sept/49
Barnes, Verda Sept/44
Basil, sacred Sept/49
Beck, Stuart June/14
Beef, Maine-grown, sought June/13
Beef, organic
-->and mad cow disease June/12
-->as smart choice March/5
-->standards for March/11
Bhopal,
-->court decision on Dec/12
-->twenty years after Dec/5
Blueberry Fields
-->weeded by sheep March/36
Board of Pesticides Control
-->accepts suspension of critical control application June/10
-->amends definitions Dec/11
-->approves beekeeping pesticides June/10
-->approves new Aquacide consent agreement June/11
-->approves request from BASF Corp Sept/11
-->considers AquaShade use Dec/10
-->considers Harpswell request Sept/11
-->considers indoor pesticide application standards June/10; Sept/10; Dec/10
-->considers pool and spa operators licensing Sept/10
-->considers right of way herbicide use March/30; June/10
-->and drift regulations March/33
-->fines stores, inn Sept/10
-->hears numerous consent agreements Dec/11
-->learns of cut in pesticide safety program March/31
-->and Maine Service Company waiver Sept/9
-->meeting coverage March/30; June/10; Sept/9; Dec/10
-->members March/32
-->negotiates consent agreement with Tru Green Sept/11
-->programs defined March/32
-->promotes hospital IPM program March/31
-->rejects RISE petition March/30
-->responds to federal funding cuts June/10
-->stings Aquacide March/30
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
-->Italian study of June/13
-->possible environmental cause of June/13
-->protect yourself from June/13
Bragg, Wayne June/1
Brenner, Barbara, speaking on breast cancer March/29
Brix March/36
Brusila, Barrie Sept/41
Butterbeans, better March/3
Calendar March/46; June/46; Sept/61; Dec/46
California
-->effect of food globalization on Dec/8
-->sets perchlorate levels Dec/12
Cancer
-->and chemicals in Swedish study March/12
-->breast, as marketing tool March/29
Cavendish, Chris Sept/57
Cherryfield Foods, halts aerial pesticide application Dec/6
Chicken
-->high levels of arsenic in March/37
-->Chanticler breed endangered June/4
-->plucker, Whizbang Dec/3
Chickweed June/32
Chicory seeds June/23
Child Nutrition Act Dec/8
Children, gardening with March/21
Cinque Terre Sept/58
Citizens’ Awards for Environmental success March/28
Climate change March/28
Common Ground Country Fair
-->ag demos and workshops planned June/42
-->animal products area Sept/24
-->areas at a glance Sept/29
-->artwork contest 2005 June/42
-->biking to Sept/18
-->Best Food AwardsDec/39
-->booth spaces available June/42
-->children’s area Sept/25
-->volunteers needed June/43
-->wish list June/23
Common Kitchen
-->great year for Dec/39
-->thanks to donors Dec/39
-->donkey and mule show Sept/22
-->draft horse show class list Sept/22
-->exhibition hall June/43; Sept/25
-->Farmers Market Sept/27
-->Folk Arts Sept/26
-->Food Area Sept/26
-->vendors Sept/35
-->getting there Sept/18
-->inside the grounds of Sept/30
-->keynote speakers Sept/20
-->kitchen demo tent Sept/26
-->livestock area Sept/22
-->map of Sept/31
-->map to Sept/18
membership
-->booths Sept/18; Sept/36
-->entry Sept/11
-->memorabilia available Sept/35
-->message from director of Sept/15
-->music at Sept/25
-->oxen log scooting contest Sept/23
-->parking Sept/18
-->participant directory Sept/37
-->participate in, 2005 Dec/40
-->pets at Sept/18
-->planning team Sept/15
-->members wanted Sept/15
-->poultry contest Sept/23
-->poster winner 2004 June/42
-->posters and handbills, new June/42
schedule
-->of events Sept/32
-->on-line Sept/11
-->school groups wanted for June/43
-->standardbred horse show Sept/23
-->thanks Dec/40
ticket and poster outlets
-->listed Sept/19
-->thanked Dec/40
volunteers needed
-->for children’s area June/43
-->for Common Kitchen June/43
-->for Draft Horse show June/43
-->for entertainment booth June/42
-->for Zero Garbage program June/43; Sept/35
-->to inventory kitchen equipment June/43
-->Wednesday Spinners Sept/24
-->winners Dec/41
-->Exhibition Hall Dec/39
-->Harry S. Truman Dec/40
Community Supported Agriculture
-->highlighted at Spring Growth Conference June/16
Compost tea March/34
Container gardening June/20
Corn gluten, as herbicide in organic growing June/23
Cow Urine, capturing March/36
Cranberries
-->in the garden Dec/23
-->juice and fire worms Dec/23
-->and stroke damage Dec/37
Cuba, back-to-the-land movement in Dec/18
Dairy, organic
-->pasture use in June/26
-->transitioning to June/1
Daughters of Yarrow March/13
Daytripping
-->request for participants March/5
-->schedule for June/21
Depression, and B vitamin folate June/29
Donahue, Richard, on respiratory problems in lobstermen March/26
Duststorms, on the Great Plains Dec/3
Dyeing fiber, naturally Sept/12
Editorials
-->After the Fair March/6
-->A Mini-Farm Retrospective June/5
-->Building Connections Dec/4
-->Chaos or Hope June/5
-->Come Out of the Closet March/6
-->Concerned about Mad Cow March/5
-->Frugality June/4
-->Raising Organic Sept/6
-->Signs of Hope March/5
-->Twenty Years after Bhopal Dec/5
-->Ways of Seeing Sept/5
-->Why Buy Locally? Why Buy Organic? June/6
Eggs
-->care and hatching of Dec/33
-->natural dyes for Dec/33
Electricity, green June/12
Energy consumption on the farm June/20
European Union, bans Atrazine March/27
Ewe lamb replacement program Dec/6
Factory Farms, moratorium on called for March/45
Farm Profiles
-->Barnes and Barnes Organic Dairy Sept/45
-->Bragg Homestead June/1
-->Crossroads Farm Dec/1
-->Grandmere’s Farm March/1
-->Greenwood Gold Ranch June/14
-->Les Evouette Dec/16
-->Hedgehog Hill Farm Dec/14
-->Sandy River Orchard Dec/22
-->Wrinkle in Thyme Farm March/14
Farmers Markets, promoting June/18
Farmland, saving June/25
Farmworkers sue US E.P.A. June/10
Feathers wanted June/4
Fish, Gary March/ 32
Food additives, and hyperactivity Dec/37
Frost Sept/49
Fruit garden
-->growing large fruit in June/20
-->harvesting, preserving June/18
-->pests March/16
-->uncommon fruit for Dec/25
GE Free Maine Sept/21; Dec/26
Genetically engineered crops
-->banned in Mendocino County June/11
-->banned in Trinity county Dec/29
-->in Hawai’i lack oversight June/12; Dec/29
-->increased pesticide use on March/10
Genetically engineered wheat
-->rejected by Canadian farmers June/12
-->trials agreed to by Canadian gov. Dec/29
Genetically engineered seeds, require labeling in Vermont Dec/29
GMO labeling treaty signed June/11
Grandy Oats, certified organic Sept/9
Greenman, Pam June/5
Grow Your Own
-->Elderberries June/33
-->Turnips and rutabagas March/38
Grubinger, Vern Sept/59
Haggerty, Peter Sept/44
Harvest Kitchen
-->Culinary adventures with dairy products June/35
-->Fermented Foods March/39
-->Maine Garden-Flavored Mediterranean Fare Dec/38
-->Twenty Years of Sept/51
Harvest fund grants March/10
Hawai’i, genetically engineered crops in June/12; Dec/29
Hays, Mark, at Toxics Action conference March/28
Hemp food
-->ban in food reversed Dec/8
-->in federal court decision March/12
Herb garden, start your own March/19
Holmes, Vivianne March/1
Honduras, UMO students visit June/8
Honeybees
-->and significance of pollination June/8
-->and anti-mite fungus Dec/6
-->and varroa mite resistance Dec/6
Hope Spinnery March/9
Hooper, Forrest L. Jr., remembered Sept/23
Horizon Organic, exceptional quality awards June/24
Horse
-->rescue operation in Vermont Dec/6
-->and oxen draft work resources Dec/6
Insurance, homeowners June/3
Intensive crop production system June/19
Jackson, Richard March/26
Kafka, Jason Sept/20
Kipps, Rick and Debbi Sept/15
Land and Sea Compost, not MOFGA approved Sept/60
Loans, for western Maine farmers March/9
Lobstermen, respiratory problems in March/26
Lockwood, Alan, on Parkinsons and pesticides March/27
Local Harvest CSA June/17
Lovage June/34
Maine agriculture data June/5
Maine Exchange March/47; June/47; Sept/62; Dec/47
Maine Foods Network June/7
Maine Grassfarmer Network, established by SARE grant June/26; Sept/7
Maine School Garden Network March/7; Sept/7
Meetings, Conferences, Festivals
-->(see also Common Ground Fair, Workshops and classes)
-->Biodynamic Preparation Sept/7
-->Direct marketing Conference Dec/6
-->Environmental Health Conference 2003 March/26
-->Farmer to Farmer 2004 Sept/59
-->Fiber Frolic June/22
-->Great Maine Apple Day Sept/7
-->Herbfest March/9; June/22
-->Let’s Keep Growing March/7
-->Maine Conference on Tourism March/7
-->Maine Food Festival, 3rd annual June/9; Sept/58
-->Midcoast Earthday Celebration March/8
-->MOFGA Apprentice and Journyperson Orientation March/8
-->Moveable Feast, Sept/58
-->Organic Sheep Husbandry Sept/7
-->Spring Growth conference March/8; June/16
-->Seed Swap and Scion exchange March/8
-->Small Farm Day June/44
-->Through Back Bay Gates and Doors March/9
-->Toxics Action Conference March/28
-->WERU’s Full Circle Fair June/22
-->Wildgathering March/8; June/22
-->World Fair Trade Day Dec/8
Mill, Maine’s newest June/6
Milking demos at Morris Farm June/7
Miller, Lynn Sept/20
Minerals, for livestock Sept/11
MOF&G Index 2003 March/18
MOFGA
-->anti-GMO work Dec/27
bylaws changes proposed Dec/4; Dec/42
-->board adopts "Free Trade" policy Dec/45
-->farmer in residence Sept/57
-->joins Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine Dec/44
-->membership fees March/44
-->needs hand tools March/44
-->night at Flatbreads Pizza Sept/59
-->night at O’Naturals Dec/45
-->oral history project Sept/26
-->receives dairy grant March/44
-->seeks donation of lap top, LOD projector March/44
staff
-->changes Dec/44
-->who’s who Dec/47
-->woodlot plan Sept/41
MOFGA apprentices
-->about June/23
-->events for June/22
-->orientation March/8; June/22
MOFGA business members March/44; June/44; Sept/58; Dec/44
MOFGA Organic Certification
-->services March/42
-->services staff grows June/44
-->MOFGA certified growers and producers 2004 June/38
MOFGA/El Salvador Sistering committee
-->empty bowl supper March/8; June/44
-->to visit El Salvador Sept/59
-->update Dec/44
Mucosal immunity Sept/46
Muscovy ducks, and garden pest control March/5
Mustard, as pesticide Dec/7
National Organic Standards Program
-->and certificate expiration dates March/42
-->at one year March/10
Native American medicine June/30
Nearing, Helen and Scott, appreciated Sept/6
Neurological disorders, and diet and environment June/28
North American Farming Systems, listserve Dec/6
Oats, and cholesterol Dec/37
Old Believers, Siberian Sept/42
Omega-3 deficiency Sept/9
Organic crops, in drought conditions March/36
Organic feed June/23
Organic fiber, processing standards adopted June/12
Organic production, transitioning to March/37
Organic school garden contest March/7
Organic standards query June/23
Organic trade association, partners with National Wildlife Fund June/12
Organic Valley Family of Farms March/10
OTA praises USDA secretary Veneman Dec/7
Paris declaration Dec/9
Paul, Fredda June/30
Pearlman, Arnold and Bonnie Dec/1
Pesticide companies, criticized Dec/12
Pesticide regulations March/32
info on-line June/11
Pesticides
-->accidentally sprayed on organic property Sept/11
-->classes of March/32
-->disposing of old Dec/43
-->effect of on children in India Dec/12
-->effect on birth weights Dec/13
-->and EPA worker protection standards March/33
-->hospital use of March/11
-->Ontario College review of June/9
-->and Parkinsons March/27
-->toxic, levels high in U.S. residents Dec/11
Poems
-->It is the Shape and Smell, My Dear Sept/28
-->Lathyrus Odoratus June/37
-->The Lovers March/9
-->Reclaiming Onions March/6
-->POPs treaty June/10
-->Poultry, probiotic use in Sept/47
-->Poultry processor, organic, in Auburn Sept/8
-->Probiotics Sept/46
-->Prozac, in UK drinking water Dec/8
Publications noted
-->Building a Sustainable Business March/41
-->Green Methods Catalogue March/41
-->Pickin’ Times Dec/3
-->Sewage Sludge Report March/4
-->Transitioning to Organic Production March/41
-->Rabbit barn raising June/43
-->Rae, Stephanie Sept/49
Recipes
-->Almond and Jam Torte Cookies Sept/51
-->Basil in Vinegar Sept/50
-->Beet and Orange Salad Dec/38
-->Beets, sour March/39
-->Chickweed Salad June/32
-->Corn and Sweet Pepper Custard Sept/51
-->Crostini Dec/38
-->Fava Beans with Feta and Lemon Dec/38
-->Kale, sauteed, on pasta Dec/38
-->Lovage soup, simple June/34
-->Pesto Sept/50
-->Pickles, sour March/39
-->Potato Salad, Tuscan June/35
-->Saurkraut, Yeoman’s March/39
-->Saurruben March/39
-->Shad, baked stuffed March/17
-->Szechuan noodles Sept/51
-->Tomato Soup, summertime June/34
-->Tomato Soup, chilled with basil cream June/35
-->Yogurt, homemade June/35
-->Zucchini-Feta Casserole June/35
Red Willow June/30
Reich, Lee Dec/24
Reviews, Books
-->Ball Redbook Volumes 1 and 2 June/36
-->Diary of a Compost Hotline Operator June/36
-->Five Past Midnight in Bhopal Dec/5
-->Gardening for the Earth and Soul Sept/52
-->The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening Sept/52
-->The Little Book of Slugs March/40
-->Living wild and Domestic June/36
-->Maddie Sept/53
-->Meanwhile, Next Door to the Good life March/40
-->Plucked and Burned Sept/53
-->Radical Simplicity March/40
-->Safe Sex in the Garden Sept/53
-->Seeds of Deception June/36
-->Rowe, Steven, and Bush administration suit March/27
-->Rogers, Sheila June/29
-->Salicylic acid, for plant health March/35
Schmeiser, Percy
-->and Canadian Supreme Court Decision Sept/9
-->keynote speaker at Common Ground Sept/21; Dec/26
Sewage Sludge
-->debate March/4
-->EPA proposed new definition of March/11
-->MOFGA’s policy statement on March/4
Sewall’s Orchard, help rebuild June/3
Seymour, John June/5
Shad March/16
Sheep parasites, controlling with garlic juice Dec/34
Siberia, Old Believers of Sept/42
Siemon, George March/10
Spear, Robert, opines on GMO crops Dec/29
Squash, winter, growing superior March/24
Steingraber, Sandra, at Environmental Health conference March/27
Steward of the Year 2005 Sept/8
Stone Soup Institute June/8
Students Baking a Living March/22
Sustainable Harvest International, Honduran Demonstration Farm June/8
Syndemics, in US March/26
Tastings June/45
Unity Barn Raisers Sept/7
U. S. Food myth Dec/8
USDA
-->and corporate influence Dec/7
-->funds for organic Research June/9
Vitamin E, and turkey health March/34
Volunteer Profiles
-->Gerritsen, Jim Sept/60
-->Schivera, Howard and Sue Dec/46
-->Tomash, Adam March/45
-->Volckhausen, Karen June/47
Volunteers, always welcome Sept/15
Vote Hemp, on presidential candidates March/12
WagN (Women In Agriculture) March/1
directory available Sept/8
offers weekend June/7
Websites noted
-->American Community Garden Association June/36
-->Association for comprehensive Neurotherapy June/29
-->Bread Bakers Guild of America Sept/58
-->Bhopal sites Dec/5
-->Center for Children’s Health and Environment March/10
-->Center for CSA Resources June/16
-->Census of agriculture June/5
-->Children’s Environmental Health Coalition March/10
-->City Farmer June/36
-->container gardening June/20
-->Cornell Small Farms Program June/36
-->dairy pasturing June/27
-->Environmental Health Strategy Center March/26
-->Farm Aid March/10
-->Farmland Information Center June/25
-->GE Free Maine Sept/21
-->The Greenspot, Ltd. Dec/25
-->insect identification June/27
-->Latitudes June/29
-->local food sources March/6
-->Maine Foods Network June/7
-->Maine Green Power June/12
-->Mothers of Organic March/10
-->New England Wild Flower society June/7
-->New Farm March/12; June/37
-->Ocean Arks International March/5
-->Organic Valley March/10
-->Pan Pesticides database June/11
-->Rodale Institutes Youth ed program March/7
-->Schmeiser, Percy Dec/29
-->Vote Hemp March/12
-->Waterkeeper Alliance March/10
weed control March/36
Whizbang Plucker Dec/3
WHOA (Working Horse and Oxen Association) June/8; Dec/6
Williams, Matt June/7
Whitney, Stacie Sept/57
Willow Pond Farm June/16
Wood, treated, regulations June/27
Workshops and Classes
-->Farm Training Project events June/45
-->Grow Your Own Garden Night March/8
-->Introduction to Organic Farming March/7
-->Knitting Workshop June/22
-->Low-Impact Forestry Workshop, 5th Sept/40; 6th Sept/59
-->Nose to Tail Pork Processing Sept/59
-->Organic Orcharding classes March/7; Dec/22; Dec/44
-->Stone Soup Institute June/8
-->Transferring the Farm March/7
-->WagN Weekend June/7
-->World Fair Trade Day Dec/8
-->WWOOF-USA June/8