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Economic argument against local food...
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Yowza! Can we have some substantive responses to this article? I have never taken an economics course, but I feel that there are false assumptions here that I can't grasp because I don't have the…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Oxford Hills Food Collaborative Jun 23, 2011.

The benefits of Local Food, in a flowchart

I really need to share this graphic. It is a flowchart from the NERCRD that I just found. The full graphic can be seen at…Continue

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Started Jul 27, 2010

 

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Greater Portland Food System

This group is to facilitate connections among people and groups working directly in the Greater Portland Food System (farmers, fishermen, activists, food service, agencies, NGO's, businesses/coops, gardeners, processors, distributors/aggregators, retailers, etc.)  This online group is meant to compliment the other connecting work already happening in Greater Portland.See More
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Maine Food System

Welcome to the conversation about how we, the people of Maine, can take cooperative action to sustainably grow as much of our food within Maine as possible - for our environment, our economy & for our health!
Nov 2, 2012
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Barbi Ives at The Italian Heritage Center

October 13, 2012 all day
Maine State Beekeepers Association Annual MeetingSee More
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New Beekeeping Club in Sacopee Valley tri-county area at The old Pease Farm, Cornish

April 18, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Sanford, Oxford, and Cumberland clubs too far away?If you're interested in joining a Beekeeping Club and you live in the Sacopee Valley area, please consider starting a club with me. I live in Cornish and I'm willing to host or find a meeting space that works for folks that want to join me.Maine State Beekeepers Association will support a club but we have to organize first. Please get in touch if you're interested. (207) 482-3745 or bgives@roadrunner.com.See More
Apr 11, 2012
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Barbi Ives replied to Amanda Beal's discussion Leveraging the Co-op Model for Business Success
"Hi Nikkee, I was there and can share some resources I brought back if you're interested."
Feb 15, 2012
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Grocery Store Wars (2005). Enjoy.

Not long ago in a supermarket not so far away. Help fight the dark side of the farm. Rate the film, favorite the film, comment the film and subscribe to our ...
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Grocery Store Wars (2005)

Not long ago in a supermarket not so far away. Help fight the dark side of the farm. Rate the film, favorite the film, comment the film and subscribe to our ...
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Annual meeting Maine state Beekeepers Association at Ramada Inn

October 15, 2011 all day
Annual meeting. See the website for speakers and activities.
Oct 14, 2011
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Good Food for Lewiston-Auburn and Barbi Ives are now friends
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"Reviewing the Common Ground Fair schedule to see what's not to be missed this weekend."
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"Sitting at the monthly ELFC meeting!"
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Barbi Ives replied to Barbi Ives's discussion Economic argument against local food...
"Affordability is a critical piece of the discussion. As a working parent, I have neither the money to pay more than I must nor the time to shop at more locations than I must. By the same token, knowledge can be helpful; not all products in the…"
Jun 23, 2011
Barbi Ives replied to Barbi Ives's discussion Economic argument against local food...
"I had a pretty visceral reaction too, which is why I was looking for some help. Maybe the fundamental problem is that commodity food looks like what we used to eat and seems to be grown the same way; it looks about the same and it smells about the…"
Jun 21, 2011

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Where in Maine do you live and eat?
Cornish and Portland
What issues are you or your group interested or expert in?
farmland protection, organics, health/nutrition, food justice, farm to school, school gardens, home gardens, community gardens, hunger and local foods access, farm to institution, farm to restaurant, CSAs, farmers' markets, local foods marketing and distribution, other
Are you a food producer? If so, what types of food do you produce?
vegetables, berry fruit, other
If you produce foods of some sort, please choose one of the following:
I produce foods only for my own and my family's consumption
Other info about Me (please mention any food, fishing, agriculture, or community groups you are affiliated with):
I work at the New England Environmental Finance Center, where I administer the websites Maine Food Trader and Maine Ag Trader. I am going to put a link to your site from ours and hope you will do the same for us. We are funded by the US EPA and this project is an effort to support food security and lower the carbon footprint of food production.

As I renew the Food Trader contract for 2012, I hope to increase use of the site for actually trading of food. Got an overabundance of a crop? Trade for it!

The Maine Ag Trader site is a free classified advertiser for anything required to make the agriconomy run: land, animals, equipment, knowledge, people... if it helps your business prosper, you may list what you need as well as what you have for free.
Website (if any):
http://www.meagtrader.org
Website 2 (if any):
http://www.mefoodtrader.org

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At 1:18pm on November 15, 2010, Geoffrey Ives said…
Better now that I placed a brand new poly top on it. I'm set to attempt to grow cold weather crops through the winter in Maine.
 
 
 

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As per Monique's request for dialog on the forum, I am posting links to 3 bills.  I'll admit to being unclear as to what some of the reporting language means.  OTP means Ought to Pass, ONTP means ought not to pass, AM is amendments, and I am going to venture a guess that Divided Report means it was split down the middle.LD 475…See More
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