They’ll chew over bills seeking to boost local foods and improve labeling, and one that would establish a constitutional right to food.
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Maine lawmakers have a heaping serving of new food policy proposals on their plate
They’ll chew over bills seeking to boost local foods and improve labeling, and one that would establish a constitutional right to food.
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Debate brews over splitting Maine’s agriculture, conservation department
Some interest groups who represent farmers and conservationists want to break up the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, but Gov. Janet Mills has reservations.
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What makes chickens happy? Nobody is quite sure
Canadian researchers launch a new study to measure the welfare of poultry.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Racing the rain
Mike Brooks pulls a hay rake with his 75-year-old tractor Monday at the Packard-Littlefield farm in Lisbon. The beef cow farmer said he had 25 acres of hay to bail before the rain begins Tuesday. “The rain has been great for us farmers,” Brooks said. “The rain has helped us tremendously.” Brooks has 30 head […]
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Auburn considers future of agricultural land
AUBURN — The debate over how to best take advantage of the city’s vast agricultural zone continued Monday as the City Council reviewed the results of a recent study and committee recommendations. But even the chief recommendation from the ad-hoc committee made up of local farmers — to create a permanent agriculture commission — received […]
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Bruce Poliquin hails House farm bill that Chellie Pingree opposes
An $867 billion farm bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House on Thursday includes two provisions pushed by Maine Republican Bruce Poliquin, who represents the largely rural 2nd District. At Poliquin’s urging, the measure includes work requirements for many adults to receive food aid and a provision to replace the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program […]
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Former senator blasts Bruce Poliquin’s push for fresh produce substitutes
The retired U.S. senator from Iowa who created the national Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is charging Maine Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin with trying to destroy it. Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who served for three decades until his 2015 retirement, said, “This character from Maine” is so determined to let schools buy more […]
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Could New Auburn showcase 'the future of our farm economy?'
AUBURN — A statewide group is working to organize a veteran-owned farming collective in New Auburn. Jerry Ireland, president of United Farmer Veterans of Maine, said Thursday he sees amazing potential. “We have an opportunity in Lewiston and Auburn to really build a model of how the future of our economy around agriculture could look,” […]
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Glenn A. Dunn
ANDOVER — Glenn A. “Chop” Dunn, 54, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, at his residence in Andover. Born in Rumford on Feb. 3, 1963, he was a son of Leon and Shirley (Dayon) Dunn. Glenn was a graduate of Telstar Regional High School and worked for Morgan Concrete as a concrete technician. He loved hunting, fishing and […]