organic farming

Published
January 19, 2023

New USDA rule boosts ‘organic’ food oversight, targets fraud

The new rule, aimed at cracking down on fraud and boosting oversight, takes effect in March.
Published
December 15, 2022

Organic livestock farmers, hit by rising prices, seek help

Organic dairy farmers are calling for emergency federal aid as they grapple with skyrocketing organic feed costs, steep fuel and utility expenses.
Published
September 11, 2022

‘Foodtopia’ and the fifth wave: Maine’s millennial farmers stand on the shoulders of their forebears

Maine author Margot Anne Kelley's new book explores historic back-to-the-land movements and how they helped today's young breakaway farmers succeed.
Published
March 8, 2022

Organic dairy co-op offers membership to 80 Northeast farms

Last summer, Danone, the parent company of Horizon Organic, announced it would stop buying milk from dozens of Northeast farms, including 61 in Maine.
Published
February 8, 2022

Wolfe’s Neck Center expanding with new indoor space

The $4 million facility will allow the research and education nonprofit to provide more indoor programing year round.
Published
January 25, 2022

New farm-based training course takes aim at two local issues

A pilot program from Merrymeeting Food Council and several partner organizations will try to address a labor shortage on Maine farms while helping low-income workers find steady jobs.
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
February 3, 2021

Pandemic threatens Wiscasset nonprofit farm’s long-term survival

Morris Farm in Wiscasset has given away roughly 300 pounds of fresh produce through its free take-what-you-need farm stand since it launched in late August.
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.