Russell Libby, Executive Director of Maine Organic Farmer's and Gardener's Association will give an introduction to the movie Tableland which will be showing at the Belfast Free Library on Tuesday, March 24th at 6:30 pm. The public is invited to t...
Join Logan Perkins of Food For Maine's Future for a slide show and discussion on Food Sovereignty. La Via Campesina is an international peasants and subsistence farmers movement for food sovereignty, fair trade and peasants rights. Hear about this...
What issues are you and/or your group interested or expert in?
farmland protection, organics, health and nutrition, food justice, farm to school, school gardens, home gardens, community gardens, hunger and local foods access, farm to institution, farm to restaurant, CSAs, farmers' markets, local foods marketing and distribution, food coops, GM-free seeds and genetics
Are you a food producer? If so, what types of food do you produce?
vegetables, apples, berry fruit, eggs, meats
If you produce foods of some sort, please choose one of the following:
I produce foods only for my own and my family's consumption
Other info about Me (please mention any food, fishing, agriculture, or community groups you are affiliated with):
I am the Education Coordinator for the Belfast Co-op. The Belfast Co-op hosts a November and a March Eat Local Challenge.
I also have a small homestead with goats, chickens, ducks and a big garden.
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?
10 YEARS OF FARMLAND PRESERVATION
We invite you to celebrate with us!
5-7 PM - RECEPTION
with farm-fresh food, Maine-brewed beer and local wines, good company, fun music, a short presentation by John Piotti, and a silent auction of fine Maine ar...
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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