Don’t milk cows. Grow plant-based proteins instead. The switch would benefit farmers, farm towns and the Maine economy, but government assistance is needed.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
‘Buy American’ isn’t just for cars or washing machines. A proposed bill applies to flowers
The American Grown Act, supported by Rep. Pingree and Sen. King, asks that the U.S. government buy U.S. blossoms.
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Uncategorized
The Wrap: Share your apples for a new cider, find out who fed Phil
Have a Negroni, Tony, plus eat Filipino food in Portland
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
The globe-trotting tomato
The simple pleasure of eating a tomato knows no geographic boundaries. ‘We feel like without tomatoes, the food doesn’t make any sense,’ says one Portland resident who came here from Angola.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Discussions about farm succession plans can be complicated and fraught
A spoonful of sugar – in the form of chocolate-carrot snacking cake with vanilla yogurt glaze – and help from a regional nonprofit can ease the pain.
Posted inFood & Dining
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, through the decades
Fifty years of organic farming, local food, fabulous fairs, advocacy and more.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State, News
Slow Money Maine to dissolve. ‘It just seemed time,’ the founder says.
The networking organization is calling it quits after 11 years of providing funding and technical assistance.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Philanthropist Sussman donates North Haven farm to American Farmland Trust
The national conservation organization will continue using the historic 153-acre Turner Farm as working farmland.
Posted inFood & Dining, Local & State, News
Strawberry season arrived early this year, so get picking quick
It might be a short season at pick-your-own farms, many of which opened this week.
Posted inBusiness
Shortage of veterinarians for large animals a concern for farmers
Commitment and costs seen as complicating factors to getting services.