Monday May 20th 2013

Tagged: farm to table

maine law review’s 2013 “local food-global food” colloquium announced in portland

maine law review’s 2013 “local food-global food” colloquium announced in portland
December 28, 2012

On February 23, 2013, food law scholars, policy makers, concerned Maine citizens, and farmers will converge in Portland for the 2013 food law colloquium. Discussions will center around the challenges facing Maine food production in an increasingly globalized market.

Food Education Masochism: Farming with 40(!) Four Year-Olds

Food Education Masochism: Farming with 40(!) Four Year-Olds
October 22, 2012

The kids were brave around the dairy herd, which is saying a lot considering most of them assumed milk came from an eight pound plastic jug rather than a sentient 1,400 pound animal that farts (a very popular observation among the Head Start set), likes to be scratched behind her front legs, and responds to her name. They had the magical experience of watching milk leave an animal’s body and enter their own within the span of one hour.