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Meet the winners of the first Russell Libby Agricultural Scholar Awards

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015

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Abigial Smith, community college student

by Peggy Grodinsky July 16, 2015July 17, 2015

When she was 5 years old, Abigial Smith asked her parents for the present of a pig, of the pet pot-bellied sort. They produced one for her, but things didn’t end well. The tiny pig sickened with tetanus, a common pig malady, and soon died. The heartbroken Smith, who was growing up in Durham, asked […]

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Abigail Karter, high school senior

by Peggy Grodinsky July 16, 2015July 17, 2015

Abigail Karter grew up on a small hobby farm in Winslow. At least so she says. It doesn’t sound all that hobbylike to us, frankly. The family has more than a dozen beef cattle. There are pigs and goats. They tap trees for maple syrup and “do blueberries,” more than 600 bushes, Karter says. There’s […]

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Late MOFGA leader’s passions shared by Maine scholarship winners

by Peggy Grodinsky July 16, 2015July 17, 2015

We’re pleased to introduce the three winners of the first-ever Russell Libby Agricultural Scholar Awards. As part of our first annual Source Awards last spring, Source partnered with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, MOFGA, to grant scholarships in honor of the late, much-loved Russell Libby. Until his untimely death from cancer, Libby served […]

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Michael Hayden, MOFGA journeyperson

by Peggy Grodinsky July 16, 2015July 17, 2015

Michael Hayden has a big heart. While operating a vegetable farm in Milbridge, Folklore Farm, he somehow finds time to tutor migrant workers in math. And to volunteer at a weekly community dinner. And to teach kids yoga, another volunteer gig. He works with Incredible Edible, a project in Milbridge that has placed gardens in […]