What issues are you and/or your group interested or expert in?: farmland protection, organics, home gardens, 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

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):: Local land trusts. We have also offered to let farmers use our fields for producing organic foods (via Me. Farmland Trust), but so far no takers...

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At 7:15am on June 13th, 2008, Merry Hall said…: Joan,
May I quote your post on a cottage industry opportunity for canning or freezing Maine produce in my upcoming book on growing community in Maine? If so, can I have your last name?
Blessings, Merry

At 7:36am on May 15th, 2008, LisaF said…: Joan, I am a new member of our local buying club in Portland and one of the vendors to the club is Crown of Maine. I was just able to buy organic frozen Maine strawberries which is, of course, eating out of season, but...

Anyway, the infrastructure might already be there at some level to do what you're talking about with Crown of Maine and like organizations. It certainly can develop more in the different regions of the state.