Common Ground Radio

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Pasture Management and Grazing Key Discussion Points: a) Fundamentals of pasture management b) Grazing habits of various livestock c) Soil fertility management Guests: Diane Schivera, Organic Livestock Specialist, MOFGA Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Sustainable Dairy and Forage Systems

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Homesteading in Maine Key Discussion Points: a) Philosophy behind homesteading b) Building skills in resiliency c) Building sustainable communities Guests: Jason Tessier, Tessiers Farm, Skowhegan, ME Elizabeth Siegal, Heritage Home Farm, Appleton, ME Kathy Gaskin, homesteader, Morrill, ME

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Soil Management in Organic Farming Systems Key Discussion Points: a) Basics of soil structure and composition b) Chemical and biological characteristics of soil c) Building and maintaining soil fertility Guests: Eric Sideman, MOFGA Bruce Hoskins, Maine Soil Testing Service Nicolas Lindholm, Hackmatack Farm and Blue Hill Berry Co., Penobscot, ME Paul Volckhausen, Happy Town Farm, Orland, ME

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Farm to Institution Key Discussion Points: a) Farm to institution movement in New England b) Institutional success stories c) Challenges of getting more local food into institutions Guests: Riley Neugebauer, Farm to Institution New England Simca Horwitz, Massachusetts Farm to School

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Keynote Address, 2015 Farmer-to-Farmer Conference, recorded 11/8/15 at Point Lookout, Northport, Maine Key Discussion Points: History of Butterworks Farm, Westfield, VT Changes in organic farming over past 40 years Guests: Jack Lazor, Butterworks Farm, Westfield, VT Ann Lazor, Butterworks Farm, Westfield, VT

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Maine Heritage Apples Key Discussion Points: a) History of Maine heritage apples b) Efforts to cultivate and conserve heritage apple varieties c) Basics of fruit exploration Guests: John Bunker, Fedco Trees Todd-Little Siebold, College of the Atlantic

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Solar Energy on Maine Farms Key Discussion Points: a) History of renewable energy production on farms b) Production of solar energy c) Cultural considerations Guests: Bill Behrens, ReVision Energy, Liberty, ME Anna Demeo, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME Steven Katona, MDI Clean Energy Partners, Bar Harbor, ME

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne (assisted by Annabelle and Stella Walke) Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Growing Rice in the Northeast Key Discussion Points: a) Cultivation methods and techniques b) Fertility requirements and management c) Processing and storage Guests: Laura Hill, Integrated Biological Science Program, University of Vermont Ben Rooney, Wild Folk Farm, Benton, ME

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Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne (assisted by Annabelle and Stella Walke) Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Pasture Management and Grazing Key Discussion Points: a) Pasture management in Maine b) Grazing practices for ruminants c) Forage production Guests: Rick Kersbergen, Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono, ME Diane Schivera, Organic Livestock Specialist, MOFGA, Unity, ME

The post Common Ground Radio 6/5/15 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine Program Topic: Soils and Spring Garden Prep Key Discussion Points: a) Basics of soil structure and composition b) Chemical and biological characteristics of soils c) Building and maintaining soil fertility Guests: Eric Sideman, Organic Crop Specialist, MOFGA, Unity, ME Bruce Hoskins, Maine Soil Testing Service, U-Maine, Orono, ME

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