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Published
January 17, 2023

Barn, farm equipment destroyed by fire at MOFGA’s Unity campus

A Saturday fire engulfed a barn at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association's educational center in Unity.
Published
August 7, 2022

Book review: Honoring Maine’s organic farming past and embracing the future

A book about 50 years of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association offers many perspectives on the organization's history - and its potential future.
Published
June 10, 2022

Meet the 2022 MOFGA Russell Libby Agricultural Scholars

Annual grants support sustainable farming, gardening and educational efforts in Maine.
Published
March 7, 2022

Apply for a 2022 MOFGA/Russell Libby Agricultural Scholarship

Submit an application for one of three $1,500 scholarships for students and teachers seeking to learn more about organic and sustainable farm systems.
Published
August 8, 2021

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.
Published
August 8, 2021

Take Me to the Fair

Tickets to the Common Ground Country Fair go on sale Monday.
Published
August 8, 2021

Since its start, MOFGA has had a friendly attitude toward vegetarians

We trace its origins, from early founders Helen and Scott Nearing to good old Maine thrift.
Published
August 8, 2021

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, through the decades

Fifty years of organic farming, local food, fabulous fairs, advocacy and more.
Published
May 20, 2021

Maine Voices: How do we fix our broken food system? Invest in local organic farms

It would benefit us if the food we were eating didn’t travel so far – so let’s convert more Maine farmland to organic production.
Published
April 18, 2021

Read about the three 2021 recipients of MOFGA’s Russell Libby Scholarships

The face of farming in Maine: Three young women cherish the soil, their state and the planet.