Archives for Homesteading

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: John Greenman

Organic Food and Farming in Maine: Maine AgrAbility Program

Key Discussion Points:
a) Farming with disabilities
b) Improving on farm efficiencies
c) Resources for accessing programs and funding

Guests:
Richard Brzozowski – Project Director, Maine AgrAbility and UMaine Cooperative Extension Food System Program Administrator, Orono, ME
Lani Carlson – Project Coordinator, Maine AgrAbility, Farmington, ME
Shea Rolnick – Knotty Goat Soapery, Winterport, ME

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne

Homesteading in Maine

-Practices in homesteading
-Food preservation (canning, freezing, drying)
-Educational resources for self-sufficiency

Guests:
Fran Doonan and Dave Mussey, Winter Past Gardens, Stockton Springs, ME
Karina Shorten, Sweet Haven Farm, Union, ME

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine

Program Topic: Homesteading in Maine

Key Discussion Points:
a) Philosophy behind homesteading
b) Building skills in resiliency
c) Building sustainable communities

Guests:
Jason Tessier, Tessiers Farm, Skowhegan, ME
Elizabeth Siegal, Heritage Home Farm, Appleton, ME
Kathy Gaskin, homesteader, Morrill, ME

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine

Program Topic: Homesteading in Maine

Key Discussion Points:
a) philosophies
b) political activism
c) practices and techniques

Guests:
Betsy Garrold, homesteader
Noah Dillard, homesteader
Anneli Carter-Sundqvist, Deer Isle Hostel and Homestead

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