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PublishedApril 21, 2025
USDA cancels $35M climate grant to Freeport demonstration farm
The termination letter said Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment failed to pay at least 65% of its climate-smart agriculture grant directly to farmers.
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PublishedApril 16, 2025
Farmers angry over federal funding cuts rally at Maine State House
They showed up, on their tractors, to protest millions in cuts to federal grants, canceled support for school lunches and the termination of 20% of USDA workers who support Maine's farmers.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2025
Maine Climate Council says it’s ‘not all doom and gloom’ amid concerns about federal cuts
The council working to achieve state goals to reduce climate change emissions says it is still on track despite some funding disruptions.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2025
Maine lawmaker wants state to help farmers affected by federal funding freeze
A proposed bill would create a state-funded no-interest loan program for Maine farmers whose federal contracts are frozen by the Trump administration.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2025
Common Ground Country Fair artwork to be unveiled Jan. 14
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will unveil artwork for September’s fair.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2024
Pass the cranberries: Maine growers embrace intense demand of holiday season
While many Maine cranberry bogs had a good harvest this year, growers are grappling with the holiday rush.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2024
Maine organic farmers group formally recognizes union for its employees
Employees at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and MOFGA Certification Services put together the union and requested recognition in September.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2024
Author talks climate future at Common Ground Country Fair
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, author of "What if We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures," speaks Saturday at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2024
Maine organic farming group sues EPA over forever chemicals
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association created a PFAS Emergency Relief Fund in 2022 that has handed out more than $1.5 million in assistance to more than 50 Maine farmers impacted by forever chemical contamination.
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PublishedJune 2, 2024
Agriculture is a growing part of Maine’s economy despite fewer farms, farmland and farmers
Rising production costs, climate change and an aging population of farmers ready to retire are among the challenges facing the agriculture sector in Maine.
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