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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.
Published
February 7, 2021

Happy Birthday MOFGA!

The nonprofit Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association turns 50 this year, and hopes to celebrate its past achievements and future goals with a bang (and in person!).
Published
January 20, 2021

The Wrap: Pizza, beer, and (gluten-free) brownies

Bam Bam Bakery finds a new home, Brickyard Hollow Brewing delivers pizza, and Portland will get another brewery.
Published
January 8, 2021

Survey says: Organic farmers making most of pandemic

Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, farmers were able to keep their operations going as the process of farming itself didn't change at all.