BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can sign up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program. The signup runs through Friday, June 28. Grassland CRP, offered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency, is a voluntary working lands conservation program that enables participants to conserve grasslands and provide important […]
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Federal court denies Bangor church’s request for injunction in tuition lawsuit
Crosspoint Church, which runs Bangor Christian Schools, is challenging the stipulation in Maine’s Human Rights Act that prohibits schools receiving state funding from discriminating based on gender identity, sexual orientation and religion.
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Posted inCommunity, Connections
Ag department, FarmRaise launch online disaster assistance decision tool
The partnership further expands an online library of disaster assistance and farm loan program reference resources and decision aids.
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Educator to lead free conference for Maine teachers
The registration deadline is June 3.
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Funds available to help cover organic certification costs
Through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will cover up to 75% of organic certification costs at a maximum of $750 per certification category. FSA is accepting applications, and organic producers and handlers should apply for OCCSP by the Oct. 31 deadline for eligible expenses incurred from […]
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Ag department offers farm loans for underserved, beginning farmers
BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency reminds producers that FSA offers farm ownership and farm operating loans to underserved applicants as well as beginning farmers and ranchers. Underserved or beginning farmers and ranchers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank can apply for FSA direct or guaranteed loans. USDA defines […]
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Court documents provide deeper look inside Maine’s clandestine cannabis grows
Laborers living out of suitcases, $10,000 electricity bills and elaborate automatic growing systems are among what officials found inside several of the residences, according to recently filed federal documents.
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Carrabassett Valley hires new town manager
Garrett Corbin of Coplin Plantation and Wiscasset will begin his duties June 17.
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Maine’s shelters are in crisis as homelessness surges
With the state’s homeless shelters struggling, legislators have what might be their final opportunity Friday to prevent some shelters from closing for good.
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Farm loan programs offer climate-smart opportunities to producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency reminds agricultural producers that farm loan programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart agriculture practices, which build on many practices that farmers and ranchers already use, like cover cropping, nutrient management and conservation tillage. Climate-smart agricultural practices generate significant environmental benefits by capturing and […]