Clouds loom over the Common Ground Country Fair in Sept. 2013.
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association has announced plans to go ahead with an in-person fair for its signature event: The Common Ground Country Fair. Of course the CDC has given us some really wonderful sanitation guidelines and data driven mandates for us to follow, says Fair Director April Boucher.
Boucher says plans are still in progress, but the fair will be reshaped a bit to allow for social distancing. Face coverings will be mandated, and additional sanitation stations will be provided. And she says the fair will develop demonstrations that allow for adequate spacing of onlookers.
Community Calendar: May 5-15
Wednesday 5/5
“Birds of Maine,” by late ornithologist Peter Vickery, noon-1 p.m., Zoom book discussion hosted by Natural Resource Council of Maine, bit.ly/2P8b55G.
“The Founder’s Mentality: The Growing Power of Entrepreneurship & Lessons from the Great Founders,” noon-1 p.m., virtual Author @ the Library talk with Chris Zook. Free, scarboroughlibrary.org.
Thursday 5/13
Spotlight Lecture Series: Jenny Offill talks about “Weather” with the BTS Center, 4-5:15 p.m. online, hosted by Portland Public Library and Print: A Bookstore. Registration required at portlandlibrary.com/events/.
Ongoing
Beanstack, online reading programs for all ages, a reading-habit tracker platform through Patten Free Library that includes reading programs and challenges. Visit patten.lib.me.us for details.
Portland’s hard-won identity as a food city is here to stay
An abundance of local food, eager diners and ambitious chefs built the city s restaurant scene, and they re not going anywhere.
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Bernard Cabrera of Portland warms his hands by a fire in the Oxbow beer garden in Portland on a Friday evening in early February. He and his wife, Jennifer Wolcott, were enjoying dinner at the brewery. They love Portland s food scene and are hopeful it will survive the pandemic. I have faith, seeing the entrepreneurial spirit in this town, and the creativity, and the incredible talent of the chefs here, Wolcutt said. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
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Funding for Agricultural Conservation Programs Essential to Moving Country to Net-Zero Emissions Share Donate
Funding for Agricultural Conservation Programs Essential to Moving Country to Net-Zero Emissions
Mike Saccone
Apr 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. A broad coalition of 133 conservation, farmer and rancher, sportsmen, and wildlife groups urged the leadership of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate agriculture committees in a letter to ensure the forthcoming infrastructure package includes robust funding for Farm Bill conservation programs and farmer assistance. They specifically urged Congress to double the investment in Farm Bill conservation programs and to ramp up conservation technical assistance funding.
“Increasing baseline funding for the Farm Bill conservation programs and ramping up conservation technical assistance on the ground will enable landowners to mitigate the impacts of drought and flood, improve habitat, improve soil health and long-term food secur