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
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 work for Maine Farmland Trust, a statewide nonprofit focused on farmland preservation. In this position, I work with landowners to preserve their farmland using agricultural conservation easements and other methods.
On a personal level, I'm involved with a group in Bangor that is starting a local foods buying club with the eventual goal of establishing a storefront food cooperative in downtown Bangor.
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Your Input Needed: Take Back Control of Your Food! | Fair Food Fight
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Wed, 12/23/2009 - 16:00
Please send an Email letter before December 31, 2009. This could be some of the most important work our Department of Justice has to do for ag…
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