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Policy teach-in at the Common Ground Country Fair

September 25, 2018
Maine Farmland Trust
Latest MFT News, Policy

On Saturday, September 22nd, MFT’s Policy and Research Director, Ellen Stern Griswold, participated in a policy teach-in at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)’s Common Ground Country Fair. The policy roundtable, which MFT co-sponsored with MFOGA, focused on…

As dairy farms struggle, organizations and farmers collaborate to find alternate solutions through new feasibility study

September 20, 2018
Maine Farmland Trust
Farmland Protection, Latest MFT News, Local Food Access, Policy

At a time when dairy farmers in Maine and across the country are facing numerous challenges affecting the milk market and resulting in low prices to producers, multiple Maine organizations have joined with Maine organic dairy farmers to investigate alternative…