holy cow! you're starting a goat dairy when you get back to maine - we should combine forces and make some delish goat cheese...mmmm and goat yogurt yumyum.
maine is going well enough - im living in the big old city of portland now and scraping out a living with part time jobs. but its plenty of fun and im definitely keeping busy. i have to admit though, im starting to miss the whites and the amc... how are you liking seattle and americorps? you'll have to let me know when you get back to maine
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Long Meadow Farm - West Gardiner
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farmland protection, organics, health and nutrition, food justice, farm to school, school gardens, home gardens, community gardens, hunger and local foods access, CSAs, farmers' markets, GM-free seeds and genetics
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Very interested in medicinal herbs, fiber goats, and primitive skills.
Here is a link to the Maine Food Policy Council at the Dept of Ag.
I went to one of their meetings and it was really interesting.
My question, though. is whether there has been any thought of forming a Public Food Policy Council, one not tied to...
In light of climate change and peak oil, more of us might be having these discussions...since our current methods of food production assume a certain a) accessibility to fossil fuel inputs and b) a certain "reliability" of weather patterns and con...
Thanks for posting Laura. What's the best way for Portland people to support this? If we subscribe could we get our shrimp through Crown of Maine delivery (to the buying clubs?) perhaps?
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Hi Marjolaine,
I've found The Forager's Harvest by Samuel Thayer to be a great resource. It's not specific to Maine, but rather tries to include plants that are fairly ubiquitous.
Arthur Haines is an instructor with Maine Primitive Skills School...
We have about 60 delicious whole chickens available. They are 4.50/ lb. all are frozen and between 5 - 7.5 lbs. These are a pasture breed called Le Belle Rouge that are excellent foragers. Our family of 5 gets three meals from one bird! Delivery t...
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maine is going well enough - im living in the big old city of portland now and scraping out a living with part time jobs. but its plenty of fun and im definitely keeping busy. i have to admit though, im starting to miss the whites and the amc... how are you liking seattle and americorps? you'll have to let me know when you get back to maine