by Adam Tomash, copyright MOFGA, 2007 This article describes a system for processing waste vegetable matter with red wiggler worms (Eisenia fetida). It begins with construction directions for two worm bins and their base and ends with a list of materials and tools needed. This worm composting system has the following advantages: It is made
This article appeared in the Spring, Summer and Winter 1998 issues of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener. By Jean English Twelve years ago, my husband and I planted our first Christmas trees. We planted the last of the first on May 6, a date I remember because on the next day, May 7, our
Modified March 1, 2020 Produced and directed by Aube Giroux, Peas in a Pod Films, Inc., 2017 “Modified” follows the personal and poignant mother-daughter journey into the world of genetically engineered foods. Filmed over 10 years (including in Maine) and anchored in Giroux’s relationship with her mother (a gardener and food activist who battled cancer during
Ending the War on Artisan Cheese March 2020 By Catherine W. Donnelly, Ph.D. Chelsea Green, 2019 224 pages, paperback, $24.95 “It’s terrifying to think that, with the stroke of a pen, the FDA could wipe out centuries of traditional [cheesemaking] practice. It’s even more frightening to think that this could be accomplished through the incorrect
Where Have All the Bees Gone? Pollinators in Crisis March 2020 By Rebecca E. Hirsch Twenty-First Century Books, 2020 104 pages, library bound, $37.32 Bees are disappearing, and not just honey bees. Bumblebee populations are in decline, too. For those of us who like to eat, this is a problem because bees pollinate 75 percent
The New American Farmer Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability March 2020 By Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern MIT Press, 2019 214 pages, paperback, $30 Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern recounts the stories of new Latino/a farmers who have miraculously managed, despite many obstacles, to move from farmworkers to farm owners in the United States. Of the dozens of farmers
Wild About Weeds March 2020 By Jack Wallington Laurence King Publishing, 2019 176 pages, hardcover, $24.99 This book may make you stop cringing at the word “weed” (and even “invasive”) and enable you to consider some plants in a different light. Landscape garden designer and garden writer Jack Wallington profiles over 50 weeds and ways
Tree Leaf Fodder for Livestock Transitioning Farm Woodlots to ‘Air Meadow’ for Climate Resilience June 1, 2020 By Shana Hanson, 2020 This is the final report about a SARE-funded study of pollarding and harvest of tree growth at 3 Streams Farm in Belfast, Maine, to feed livestock. Pollarding is pruning drastically above browse height, cutting close to
Edible Weeds on Farms Northeast farmer’s guide to self-growing vegetables June 1, 2020 By Tusha Yakovleva, 2020 The 98-page free PDF discusses weeds as foods, outlines harvesting and marketing, and offers weed identification resources and recipes. The information was researched thanks to a grant from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. https://foundwith.care/weeds-as-crops
Willie Knows Who Done It June 1, 2020 By Hans Krichels Atmosphere Press, 2020. Available at BookStacks in Bucksport, Union River Book & Toy Co. in Ellsworth, all Sherman’s locations, Longfellow Books in Portland, and from Amazon and atmospherepress.com 208 pages, paperback, $15.99 Hans Krichels migrated to Maine to homestead in the ‘70s and learned
