MOFGA seeks applications for Journeyperson Program

MOFGA to host full day of programming Jan. 14 at Augusta Civic Center

Credit union dedicated to small farmers opens in Unity

Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union, located at 69 School St., will offer equipment loans up to $45,000 and land-backed mortgages up to $225,000.

Pesticides are focus of keynote speech at the Common Ground County Fair in Unity

Investigative journalist and author Carey Gillam, who also is research director of U.S. Right to Know, spoke Saturday about pesticides, how they relate to health problems, and how corporations and policy makers continue to focus on profit over health.

The 43rd annual Common Ground Country Fair opens Friday

Locally-sourced food, crafts, speakers, workshops and livestock events are among offerings at the three-day fair, which draws about 60,000 visitors annually.

Unsung champs of carbon capture, small Maine woodlots can have big impact

Fires in the Amazon this summer have increased global awareness of the role of rainforests in tempering climate change. Less appreciated is the carbon storage capacity of forests like Maine's.

New festival in Unity draws in impressive number of attendees to celebrate the local grain economy

The Bread and Brews festival was created to showcase and celebrate what MOFGA’s Communication and Outreach Director Katy Green described as the "grain renaissance" in Maine.

New festival in Unity celebrates the ‘grain renaissance’ of Maine

Katy Green, MOFGA's Communication and Outreach Director, says they expect more than 100 people to be in attendance for the inaugural Beers and Brews gathering.

Take the pledge: MOFGA wants you to eat local and organic in August

Support farmers and farm animals, pollinators, Maine's economy and good health – both the soil's and your own.

MOFGA to host three workshops on produce safety

Atina Diffley of Chicago-based Family Farmed will conduct the workshops.