On this page find pest reports, fact sheets, and contact information for MOFGA’s organic crop specialists for any other questions!
Pest Reports
Fruit and Vegetable Fact Sheets
- Technical Bulletin 1: Basics of Organic Vegetable Gardening (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 1: An Organic Farmers’ Guide to the Interpretation of a Standard Soil Test from the University of Maine (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 2: Organic Strawberry Production (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 3: Introduction to the Physical Nature of Soils (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 5: Composting in the Back Yard or on a Small Farm (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 6: Controlling Garden Weeds (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 8: Providing Nitrogen to Crops (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 9: Soil-less Mixes for Vegetable Seedling Production (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 10: Using Green Manures (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 11: Natural Sources of Plant Nutrients (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 15: Storing Garden Vegetables (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 20: Zone Tillage – A Reduced Tillage Option for Northern Farms (PDF)
- Fact Sheet 21: Ridge Tillage at Hackmatack Farm (PDF)
Ask an Organic Specialist
- Ask Caleb Goossen questions about vegetables, small fruits, flowers, soils, pests, or growing questions in general
- Ask C.J. Walke questions about growing in downeast Maine
- Ask John Chartier questions about growing in northern Maine
- Ask Dave Colson questions about organic agricultural policy
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