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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: John Greenman
Organic Food and Farming in Maine: The Good Life Center
Key Discussion Points:
History of Helen and Scott Nearing
Creation of the Good Life Center
Educational programming on the Nearing legacy
Guests:
Warren Berkowitz – Farm Manager – Good Life Center, Blue Hill, ME
Masanobu Ikemiya – Homesteader – Peace Farm, Bar Harbor, ME
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
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
Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne
Organic Food and Farming in Maine: Beginning Farmer Resource Network (BFRN)
a) History of BFRN
b) Availability of service providers and organizations
c) Examples of on-farm implementation of resources
Guests:
Tori Jackson, U-Maine Cooperative Extension
Tom Kielbasa, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Randy Canarr, Souder Station Farm, Winterport, ME
Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne
Organic Food and Farming in Maine: Keynote Address, 2017 MOFGA Farmer-to-Farmer Conference
-Description of Three Springs Farm
-Process of commenting on USDA/NOSB issues and agendas
-Contemporary challenges to traditional organic farming movement
Speakers:
Jim Gerritsen, Wood Prairie Family Farm, Bridgewater, ME (introduction)
Emily Oakley, Three Springs Farm, Oaks, Oklahoma (keynote address)
Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne
History of Organic Farming in U.S.
-History of organic farming in U.S.
-Early days of organic certification and current federal regulations
-Contemporary challenges to the historic view of organic farming
Guests:
Jim Gerritsen, Wood Prairie Family Farm, Bridgewater, ME
Eric Sideman, Organic Crop Specialist, MOFGA, Unity, ME
Diane Schivera, Organic Livestock Specialist, MOFGA, Unity, ME
Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne
Beekeeping and Honey Production
-History of beekeeping
-Honeybee hive management
-Honey production and processing
Guests:
Peter Cowin, “The Bee Whisperer”, Hampden, ME
Dr. Kourtney Collum, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Joel Mann
Homesteading in Maine
Key Discussion Points:
a) Descriptions of guests’ homesteads
b) Skill sharing and learning opportunities
c) Building community
Guests:
John Twomey, The Howard Place, Montville, ME
Elizabeth Siegel, Heritage Home Farm, Appleton, ME
Emily Lowell, Feather Foot Farm, Aurora, ME
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