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Painter Ed Nadeau on Exhibit at Maine Farmland Trust Gallery
Editor: Brenda Bonneville Sunday, 13 May 2012 (Belfast, ME) Painter Ed Nadeau is on exhibit in Belfast at the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery through July 11th. For a fine-art painter to devote a whole body of work to the subject of compost is certainly pushing the edge. But Ed Nadeau likes it that way. “Lots
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In case you missed John Piotti on MPBN on Tuesday, May 1st, you can listen here!
Click Here to Listen to the Broadcast There will be a discussion of the challenges associated with and resources available to family farms in Maine. Host Keith Shortall will discuss family farming with: Caragh Fitzgerald, Assistant Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension,(she teaches a course to new farmers) John Piotti, Executive
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New breed of Maine farmers say survival depends on optimism, ingenuity
By David Harry May 02, 2012 12:00 am FREEPORT — Ralph and Lisa Turner have owned Laughing Stock Farm on Wardtown Road since 1984, and have sold their produce commercially since 1998. Less than half a mile away, husband and wife Steve Burger and Sarah Wiederkehr have managed Winter Hill Farm for less than a
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Family Farmers – Tune in and listen to John Piotti, Tuesday, May 1st @ 12:15 p.m. on MPBN
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE! There will be a discussion of the challenges associated with and resources available to family farms in Maine. Host Keith Shortall will discuss family farming with: Caragh Fitzgerald, Assistant Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension,(she teaches a course to new farmers) John Piotti, Executive Director, Maine Farmland
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Maine woman vows to protect a farm, and its way of life
By MECHELE COOPER Kennebec Journal BELGRADE — Mary Perry wants to ensure that the 1870 farm she has been living on for 11 years with her three children remains farmland forever. So Perry is attempting to protect Winterberry Farm with the help of the Maine Farmland Trust through its new Forever Farm Program, which promotes
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Event Explores Food Connections
BAR HARBOR — College of the Atlantic’s Sustainable Food Systems conference is offering a feast for the mind, mouth and eyes. The conference, Food Connections: Reconnecting Hands, Mouth & Mind through Food Systems Education, begins Friday, April 20 with a reception in the college’s Blum Gallery, to celebrate an associated Maine farming photography exhibit, continuing
Check out the NEW MAINE FARMLINK WEBSITE!
Maine FarmLink is a farm transfer program that connects prospective farmers seeking farmland with retiring farmers and other farmland owners who wish to see their agricultural lands remain active. FarmLink is a program of MFT.
Visit the new site: www.mainefarmlink.org
