UNITY — It’s here. Ayuh, it is. Although the trees may not be showing it just yet, a sure sign that autumn is not too far away is the arrival of the Common Ground Country Fair weekend, Friday,…
Agriculture
New owners aim to catch Canadian harvest
BELFAST - Blueberry juice.
On Tuesday, telltale beads of the stuff trickled from under a garage door into the parking lot next to the Coastal Farms and Foods building on Route 1. Nearer to…
Purchase would allow expansion of county’s vegetable garden
BELFAST - Five years ago, county officials started a vegetable garden on a 5-acre piece of farmland in Swanville with the dual goal of offering meaningful work to residents of the state prison…
Maine Agricultural Fair Season begins next week, July 3–6, with the Houlton Agricultural Fair. For four days, the family fun event will feature over 25 games for…
inaugural Farm to Table Dinner Friday, June 27, at 6 p.m.
NORTHPORT — It’s not commonly known that athenahealth owns Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center in Northport, but it makes sense that CEO Jonathan Bush had a strong interest in…
Sale of blueberry processing business may be in the works
BELFAST – Last month Coastal Farms and Foods representatives announced …
Coastal Farms and Food Processing to shut doors after two years
BELFAST - After two years in business, Coastal Farms and Food Processing will be closing its doors at the end of the month.
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Freezing temps are making for frozen sap, local delays in boiling...
ROCKPORT — This winter, the cold won't seem to let up. But that is not stopping Maine Maple Sunday from happening this weekend, and when the thaw does come the Maine Maple Producers Association is…
Maine's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fairs, cosponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and local Maine groups, are part celebration and part education, as…
The newly formed Waldoboro Farmer's Market is now accepting applications for the 2014 season. The market will be held Wednesday afternoons from 3 to 6 p.m., beginning June 18 and concluding…
Maine women in farming, 37 percent; national average, 15 percent
ROCKLAND — Cheryl Denz, local farmer and owner of Terra Optima Farm and Terra Optima Market in Rockland, gave a lively and at times touching talk about her experience as…
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery
BELFAST — Maria and Richard King from Goat Spirit Farm in Liberty raise goats. Jackson Mcleod, and Tyler Gaudet from Fluid Farms in North Yarmouth grow fish and lettuce in their…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) held its annual awards banquet at the North Nobleboro Community…
Texting and driving, privacy, no jury duty for grandma
AUGUSTA – A slew of laws that were passed during the first session of the 126th Maine Legislature, or were included in the state’s $6.3 billion biennial 2013-14 spending plan, took effect on…
Event at Montpelier celebrates local foodies, farmers and fishermen
THOMASTON — Looking for something to do this Saturday? Oct. 12, the Knox Museum will host its inaugural "Taste of Thomaston," a food and wine festival celebrating notable local chefs, vintners,…
No decision yet on agriculture association’s Unity property
THORNDIKE - An application by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association for property tax exempt status in Thorndike has been denied by town officials. Waldo County officials have denied…
Century-old building travels by truck, and horse
KNOX - To look at it, the East Knox School — a one-room school house built in 1898 — hadn’t received much attention in recent years. The paint was peeling and…
Learning about the roots of food
It was a busy weekend for Genna Cherichello, Food Corps service member with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. On April 26, she helped Oceanside East’s High School Foundations Program…
Search for new executive director still underway, appointment expected by June
THORNDIKE and UNITY - The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is seeking exemption from property taxes on the roughly 400 acres in two Western Waldo County towns where the organization…
The food entrepreneurs of Coastal Farms
BELFAST - It was on a break from college, visiting the family of his future-wife, that Brian McCarthy tasted dilly beans for the first time. His thought at the time was: why have I never had these…
BELFAST – Jan Anderson was serving on the City Council in 2009 when she first shared her vision of Belfast becoming a regional storage and processing hub for farmers and food entrepreneurs. Her…
With help from a noble horse...
Signing up with the Oyster River Farm Express was one of the first things Loren Brown did when he moved to Rockland last summer. He was eager to get to know local farms…
Case heard in federal appeals court
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after their case against multinational agricultural corporation Monsanto was thrown out by a New York district…
Rokes Farm
CAMDEN — If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village and then some to raise local foods. One of Camden's largest farm properties, with prime agricultural soils, a prominent location…
Staying green through the winter
The gardening season in Maine is over for most of us, so what’s a gardener to do? Here are a few initial suggestions, with more to come.
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UNITY — The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association announced today, Dec. 9, the death of its beloved leader Russell Libby, following a long struggle with cancer. He passed away peacefully…
Elephants trucked to Maine
HOPE — Asian elephants Rosie and Opal arrived safely today at Hope Elephants in Hope, according to the nonprofit that has been working for more than two years to bring the retired circus animals…
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Russell Libby, longtime executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, announced Oct. 16 that he will resign from the post effective Nov. 3.
Libby will continue…
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The eye is drawn to certain things, or at least it can seem that way in hindsight. Looking back over the week's photos there are school buses, tour buses and a half dozen Volkswagen buses. There…
UNITY — The Common Ground Country Fair, in Unity, wrapped up Sunday afternoon, after a long weekend with some clouds, some rain, some sun. And always? So much…
STATE LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES, SIDE BY SIDE
BELFAST — Eleven of Waldo County's 12 candidates for state legislature were at a forum at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, Friday morning to lay out their priorities, talk about education…
a duck egg custard pie...on the fly
LINCOLNVILLE – Ladleah Dunn is a sailor and a damn good cook. More importantly, she aims not to take the foodie industry in Maine so seriously or make it…
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The photos in the gallery below were taken during the past week with a pocket-sized 35mm, kept on hand for such occasions as you'll see. There is no overarching idea to the collection except that…
LINCOLNVILLE — Cameron Mountain Blueberry Field Restoration work day will be held Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
“Help knock back the encroaching forest so that this can continue to…
NEWCASTLE — A honey bee in-person presentation sponsored by The Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) will take place Saturday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 3 p.m., at Lincoln Academy in the ATEC building.…
