The Nature of Phenology 10/5/19: Leaf Change

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn
Host: Hazel Stark

I drive by that copse of poplar trees every day and yet I have not stopped to absorb or photo-document their splendor. But to these wayward travelers from perhaps a city or suburb, our dead end road was as strange, quaint, and special as Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Sometimes it takes tourists to remind me of just how special our place is.

Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com.

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Common Ground Radio 10/4/19: Military Veteran Farmers in Maine

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Joel Mann

Key Discussion Points:
a) Skills learned during service that transfer to farming
b) Beginning farmer programs with veteran focus
c) United Farmer Veterans of Maine (UFVM)

Guests:
Anne Devin, Maine AgrAbility, Chase Stream Farm, Monroe, Maine
Richard Brzozowski, Food System Program Administrator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Bob Sousa, Vice President of United Farmer Veterans of Maine (UFVM), Frankfort, Maine
Sheila Foley, Treasurer UFVM, Attwood Farm, Poland, Maine

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