Volunteer registration for the 2022 Common Ground Country Fair is open! You can sign up now for volunteer shifts before, during and after the Fair to help support this great event. Individuals, families and groups are all welcome. Individuals can register for shifts via our website at mofga.org/volunteer. Whether you have a favorite shift you
MOFGA would love to have you join us as we plan the Common Ground Country Fair. Every facet of the Fair is driven by volunteers who give their time and energy to this annual celebration of rural living, from scheduling talks and reviewing applications to managing parking lots and more! Our area coordinators come from
At farm and garden tours this summer, learn about seed saving, organic vegetable gardening, chicken breeding, growing fruit trees organically, sourdough bread baking, food lawns and much more. For more farms to visit this summer, please check the event calendar on MOFGA’s website, where you’ll find Farmer to Farmer in the Field events, Gather &
The 2022 summer issue of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, MOFGA’s quarterly newspaper, is now available. In it, you’ll find tips for the farm, garden and homestead. Topics include summer crops for fall harvests, growing carrots, DIY wire weeders and a vertical garden design, and recipes celebrating butter. You can also explore articles on
By Heather Spalding, MOFGA Deputy Director Before summarizing the thrilling victories and the agonizing defeats of the short session of Maine’s 130th Legislature, I want to congratulate the Skowhegan High School boys and girls wrestling teams. Both teams won Class A State Championship matches and, for that, were invited to the gallery of Maine’s House
The discovery of forever chemicals (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS) in the Maine agricultural landscape over the last several years has led to a significant amount of information coming to light about the state of Maine’s sanctioning and licensing of biosolids applications over decades. For producers who have come to Maine to start
On March 31, Erin French of The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine, announced the opening of the restaurant’s 2022 reservation system with a special fundraising effort to support local farmers dealing with PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contamination. Through French’s encouragement over the last month, over 25,000 people have donated more than $950,000 to the
MOFGA is celebrating landmark policies enacted two weeks ago by Maine’s Legislature. With bipartisan support, two bills address the devastating problem of farmland contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as forever chemicals due to their persistence and prevalence in contaminating human health and the environment. One bill stops the practice of
The bill would ban the spreading of PFAS-contaminated sludge on Maine farmland, a key step in stemming further contamination of Maine land and water. The extent of contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to Maine farmland and water continues to come to light across the state. The contamination on farms that have come forward
On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a final Origin of Livestock Rule for organic farmers. USDA’s publishing of this rule signals a long-awaited win for organic farms in Maine and is something that a coalition of advocacy groups and farmers has been recommending for several years. “This will
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