The Farm That Feeds Us A year in the life of an organic farm June 1, 2020 By Nancy Castaldo; illustrated by Ginnie Hsu Quarto Publishing, 2020 80 pages, hardbound, $18.95 How wonderful to read a book that begins, “Hurrah for farms that supply us with the food we eat!” While some farms grow crops
Gardening with Emma Grow and Have Fun: A Kid-to-Kid Guide June 1, 2020 By Emma Biggs and Steven Biggs Storey Publishing, 2019 144 pages, paperback, $18.95 The first thing you notice about this book is that it is bright! It’s filled with colorful photos and kid-friendly illustrations that invite you to explore the pages. The
The Planter of Modern Life Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolution June 1, 2020 By Stephen Heyman W.W. Norton & Company, 2020 https://www.theplanterofmodernlife.com/ How is it that a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer living and working outside of Paris after World War I whose success – literary and social – was envied
Eager The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter June 1, 2020 By Ben Goldfarb Chelsea Green, 2018 304 pages, hardcover, $17.95 Thinking about beavers makes me happy. I don’t know much about them: They haven’t flooded my back garden, my neighbors’ back field or forest, chewed my trees down, jammed the culvert
Plants for the People A Modern Guide to Plant Medicine September 1, 2020 By Erin Lovell Verinder Thames & Hudson, 2020 208 pages, hardcover, $29.95 Erin Lovell Verinder, an herbalist for almost 20 years, has studied in Australia (where she lives) and the United States. “Plants for the People” is a beautifully designed, readable book
Fighting Pollution and Climate Change September 1, 2020 By Richard W. Emory, Jr. BookLocker, 2020 302 pages, $18.95 paperback, $4.99 Ebook from BookLocker.com Baltimore native Richard Emory grew up summering in Brooklin, Maine, before heading to college (Yale), and then Harvard Law School and the Coast Guard. He ended up working for more than 30
Welcome to the Agrihood Housing, Shopping, and Gardening for a Farm-to-Table Lifestyle September 1, 2020 By Anna DeSimone Housing 2020 Publishing, 2020 215 pages paperback ($15.95) or ebook ($5.99) https://annadesimone.net/books/welcome-to-the-agrihood/ Anna DeSimone says agrihoods are defined as “healthy lifestyle communities centered around a professionally managed farm.” In an agrihood, “The daily routine for residents often
At MOFGA, going organic is one of main passions. It’s in almost everything we teach and practice. But we recognize that not everyone has the financial ability to switch to an all-organic. Although it seems intimidating, organic food prices are comparable to their non-organic counterparts. Why go organic? Going, growing and raising organic has many
August 14, 2020 With the hot sunny summer we’re having (please rain…), winter squash development has progressed quickly for many. Make sure that your squash is truly ready for harvest to ensure peak flavor, thanks to the research of Brent Loy, who sadly, recently passed away. One caveat that isn’t mentioned in the squash entry
With the summer’s warm weather, growing degree days have accumulated more quickly then previously, and pests like european corn borer will be flying earlier than last year. I am not yet aware of powdery mildew showing up in cucurbits in Maine, but it is only a matter of time, and prevention at the first sight
