Farmer Justin recently got his veggies certified organic by MOFGA, the state organic licensing organization. It doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that his official certification seems to have gone through so painlessly.
I was weeding rows of eggplant on the day the inspector came through, and talking with another volunteer.
“Is that the Mafia inspector?” [...]
Tag Archives: farm
A Little Bit About MOFGA
12-Aug-08Pie Fixes Everything
19-Jul-08I’ve been waiting for the perfect post to revive this blog. Really. There are five or six half-written posts on my computer, waiting for me to polish them up. But the perfect is the enemy of the good, as they say, and instead of waiting for the perfect post to come along, [...]
USDA Stifling Small Farms
05-Mar-08We recently finished The Omnivore’s Dilemma in this house, and the part that deals with corn production got me a little depressed. Michael Pollan makes some great points about food becoming a commodity, and what that means, and how our treatment of corn has brought commodity-style thinking to our other food: this egg [...]
Tidbits
26-Feb-08Well, hello there. It’s been a while. I unexpectedly wound up taking some of January and most of February off from writing on this blog. But that’s really okay as far as I’m concerned; February is not exactly the best month to wax poetic about local produce.
Tidbit #1: Speaking of waxing [...]
Brunch at the Farm, with Carrot Muffins
08-Jan-08Sunday was warmer, but still grey. The farmer invited us to come have brunch with him. On the menu: spinach fritatta, little pancakes made in a biscuit pan, and carrot muffins I’d whipped up that morning. And coffee, of course, strong and sweet.
We wrapped ourselves up in blankets and discussed exotic fruits, [...]
Summer Vegetables: Coming Soon.
06-Dec-07My friend just bought the farm.
Ok, technically he’s leasing a few acres from a semi-retired couple. But he’s treating the land as if it was his own, measuring plots, drawing up plans for vegetables, chickens, and pigs. He has plans for cover crops, grains, even worms. I went out for a visit [...]
Welcome.
30-Nov-07I like food that comes from a place. I like my fish to come from the ocean, my blueberries to come from bushes, and my potatoes to come from the earth.
We’re lucky, here in Maine. We have a host of local farmers who grow, raise, and otherwise produce food for our community. [...]