Name: “Milk With Dignity”: Farmworker Rights in the Dairy Industry
Start: 2021-06-29T18:30:00-04:00
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Low Intervention Fruit Tree Care

June 3, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Low Intervention Fruit Tree Care

Join CJ Walke, MOFGA's Agricultural Specialist for Downeast Maine, for a short online presentation about growing great organic fruit with little intervention and no spraying. Aimed at beginner and backyard fruit growers. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A period - so bring all your questions about growing fruit trees! This session is directed at beginners […]

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Gardening Q&A

June 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Gardening Q&A

As the growing season continues, gardeners both new and experienced may have questions about their crops. Whether you have a challenge with a pest, are wondering about watering, or have some other garden quandary we would love to help think through solutions.Join us for these informal conversation via Zoom to help answer your questions and […]

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5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Farm Training Project: Apprenticeship and Farmworker Orientation

June 9, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Farm Training Project: Apprenticeship and Farmworker Orientation

Join us electronically to kick off the farming season. You will receive an overview of MOFGA’s educational programs and support resources available to apprentices, farm workers and new farmers. Most importantly, it’s a great chance to start meeting apprentices and farm workers from other farms across the state. We look forward to seeing you there! […]

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5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Holistic Practices at the Heritage Orchard

June 10, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Holistic Practices at the Heritage Orchard

Join MOFGA's Orchard Coordinator, Laura Sieger, for an online presentation about the holistic approaches to orchard care that she and others use at the Maine Heritage Orchard in Unity. These techniques involve the use of organic sprays and amendments, and these approaches are generally a bit more intensive than low-intervention approaches. This session is aimed […]

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8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Introduction to Forestry

June 12, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Introduction to Forestry

June 12 – Saturday, Two identical Sessions 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m. Whitney Woodlot, Gray. $25/$20 MOFGA and MWO Members This half-day field course taught by foresters, soil scientists, and experienced landowners, serves as a great introduction to the basics of forest ecology and active stewardship. While touring a recently harvested woodlot owned by […]

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1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Introduction to Forestry

June 12, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Introduction to Forestry

June 12 – Saturday, Two identical Sessions 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m. Whitney Woodlot, Gray. $25/$20 MOFGA and MWO Members This half-day field course taught by foresters, soil scientists, and experienced landowners, serves as a great introduction to the basics of forest ecology and active stewardship. While touring a recently harvested woodlot owned by […]

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5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Farm Training Project: Safe Labor Movement

June 16, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Farm Training Project: Safe Labor Movement

This workshop will focus on body mechanics and movement patterns to help avoid potential work related musculoskeletal injuries while farming. We will discuss and practice ideal vs real and ways to modify to get the work done safely and efficiently. Limited to 20 people.REGISTER HEREMOFGA’s Farm Training Project (FTP) workshops are designed for apprentices, farmworkers […]

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Worm Bin Building Workshop

June 19, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Worm Bin Building Workshop

Worm composting, or vermiculture, makes the world a better place by keeping food scraps out of the solid-waste system and producing fertilizer for plants, indoors and out. Jock Robie has been instructing workshops on how to build a worm bin and how to compost with worms for many years. Join us for this hands on […]

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1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Bluebird Box Building Workshop

June 19, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Bluebird Box Building Workshop

John Twomey and Leigh Norcott have maintained bluebird boxes at their home in Montville for many years. Most years, all of their boxes are occupied by bluebirds, tree swallows or chickadees. Over the past ten years Twomey and Norcott have taught bird box workshops for Aldermere Farm, MOFGA, the Ecology Learning Center, the Midcoast Conservancy, […]

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Preventing and Addressing Plant Diseases in the Garden

June 25, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

Preventing and Addressing Plant Diseases in the Garden

Join MOFGA's Crop Specialist Caleb Goossen for a discussion on plant disease in the garden. Caleb will start by sharing strategies used to minimize the presence of disease from the outset. But we all know that sometimes diseases show up anyway, despite our best efforts or during particularly challenging growing seasons. So Caleb will also discuss what […]

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6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

“Milk With Dignity”: Farmworker Rights in the Dairy Industry

June 29, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

“Milk With Dignity”: Farmworker Rights in the Dairy Industry

Throughout the COVID pandemic, migrant dairy farmworkers have continued to work day in and day out to produce the milk and dairy products that line supermarket shelves. Yet, there are still many workers who do not have access to decent housing and a dignified workplace on the farms where they work. The Milk with Dignity […]

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Low Intervention Fruit Tree Care

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June 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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June 12, 2021 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Introduction to Forestry

June 12, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Introduction to Forestry

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June 16, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Farm Training Project: Safe Labor Movement

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June 19, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Worm Bin Building Workshop

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June 25, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

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