organic farming
-
PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
New USDA rule boosts ‘organic’ food oversight, targets fraud
The new rule, aimed at cracking down on fraud and boosting oversight, takes effect in March.
-
PublishedDecember 15, 2022
Organic livestock farmers, hit by rising prices, seek help
Organic dairy farmers are calling for emergency federal aid as they grapple with skyrocketing organic feed costs, steep fuel and utility expenses.
-
PublishedSeptember 11, 2022
‘Foodtopia’ and the fifth wave: Maine’s millennial farmers stand on the shoulders of their forebears
Maine author Margot Anne Kelley's new book explores historic back-to-the-land movements and how they helped today's young breakaway farmers succeed.
-
PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Organic dairy co-op offers membership to 80 Northeast farms
Last summer, Danone, the parent company of Horizon Organic, announced it would stop buying milk from dozens of Northeast farms, including 61 in Maine.
-
PublishedFebruary 8, 2022
Wolfe’s Neck Center expanding with new indoor space
The $4 million facility will allow the research and education nonprofit to provide more indoor programing year round.
-
PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
New farm-based training course takes aim at two local issues
A pilot program from Merrymeeting Food Council and several partner organizations will try to address a labor shortage on Maine farms while helping low-income workers find steady jobs.
-
PublishedAugust 8, 2021
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, through the decades
Fifty years of organic farming, local food, fabulous fairs, advocacy and more.
-
PublishedMay 20, 2021
Maine Voices: How do we fix our broken food system? Invest in local organic farms
It would benefit us if the food we were eating didn’t travel so far – so let’s convert more Maine farmland to organic production.
-
PublishedFebruary 3, 2021
Pandemic threatens Wiscasset nonprofit farm’s long-term survival
Morris Farm in Wiscasset has given away roughly 300 pounds of fresh produce through its free take-what-you-need farm stand since it launched in late August.
-
PublishedJanuary 8, 2021
Survey says: Organic farmers making most of pandemic
Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, farmers were able to keep their operations going as the process of farming itself didn't change at all.
- 1
- 2
- Next Page →