USDA
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PublishedApril 14, 2020
Janet Mills seeks to help Maine’s struggling hunger relief charities
Maine's governor calls for more federal help to secure more food and give priority access to emergency food providers.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2020
Bath residents call for rabies vaccine baits over traps
Peter Owen, Bath's city manager, said a vaccine baiting program was reviewed, but not considered a viable option by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Public to sound off on rabies, trapping plans in Bath
A forum is set for 5 p.m. March 5 in the Fisher Mitchell School cafeteria.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2020
Phippsburg chooses local trappers over federal program to control rabies
Phippsburg selectmen agreed to connect residents interested in trapping wildlife on their property with local fur trappers, who help control the wildlife population and the diseases they carry.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2020
To fight rabies, Bath will start trapping wildlife
The trapping process, which will take $26,611 out of the city council’s contingency budget, will take place over 10 days before the end of February.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2020
Arrowsic receives $1.2 million to improve its internet
The investment will fund high-speed internet connections all Arrowsic residents, as well as businesses and farms.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2019
USDA awards $950K for local markets
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PublishedNovember 3, 2019
Jim Fossel: Slow bureaucracy stifles new ideas
We can wait years for the Washington bureaucracy to issue rules to implement laws passed by the people's representatives.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2019
Our View: Maine hemp farmers are not criminals
But financial institutions are treating them that way, thanks to slow-moving bureaucrats in Washington.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2019
Our View: No, small family farms should not ‘go out’
Comments by the secretary of agriculture show who has the power in setting farming policy.