{"id":22617,"date":"2021-01-10T05:36:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T09:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/our-community\/publications\/reports-and-technical-papers-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:59:31","slug":"the-maine-organic-farmer-gardener","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/our-community\/publications\/the-maine-organic-farmer-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maine Organic Farmer &#038; Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22617\" class=\"elementor elementor-22617\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40da732 elementor-section-height-min-height masthead elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"40da732\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-454ce6f\" data-id=\"454ce6f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1705342 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1705342\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bbb865\" data-id=\"7bbb865\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba9767a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba9767a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Maine Organic Farmer and Gardener<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44531fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44531fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5363d12\" data-id=\"5363d12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b5e392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b5e392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Maine Organic Farmer &amp; Gardener<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9de3362 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9de3362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Read the Spring 2026 Issue<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abe8663 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abe8663\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04a9e64\" data-id=\"04a9e64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d659b75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d659b75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.flipsnack.com?hash=QkU4QUU5ODhCN0ErdmM1d2MxYjAydg==\" width=\"100%\" height=\"480\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-read; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d2b2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6d2b2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Maine Organic Farmer &amp; Gardener, MOFGA\u2019s quarterly magazine, is considered to be one of the leading information sources on organic agriculture and sustainable living practices. The publication features articles ranging from organic farming and gardening advice to in-depth coverage on the ecological, social, and environmental consequences of industrialized agriculture. Each issue also features delicious recipes, organic products information, details on MOFGA&#8217;s activities, and more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b5351b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b5351b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1e31e8\" data-id=\"a1e31e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4022b79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4022b79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Together, We Can Build Resilience<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-571686a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"571686a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Sarah Alexander, MOFGA Executive Director, and Holli Cederholm, Editor <\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-475c30d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"475c30d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chaos continues at the federal level \u2014 from cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture programs critical to farmers, to sweeping reductions to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding, to widespread violence, fear, and intimidation through immigration enforcement actions. Things are bending, breaking, and building at a rapid pace, and each day feels both like an ending and a beginning.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOFGA, at its core, is about community resilience, finding common ground, and creating a food system that helps us feed, nurture, and take care of one another. One of the best ways to take action is to look locally and focus on what can be done at a community level. If we look back to MOFGA\u2019s roots in the 1970s, many individuals came together with a unified vision of leading a better life connected to the land and community. In 1977, MOFGA hosted the first Common Ground Country Fair to celebrate \u2014 and share skills related to \u2014 rural living. This year marks the 50th annual event and 50 years of building common ground together. Since our first Fair, held in Litchfield, Maine, MOFGA has helped educate hundreds of thousands of fairgoers, encouraging connection to the land and also finding joy in collaboration. Last year alone, over 5,000 school group members (including students and chaperones) visited the Fair. We know that for many, the first Fair experience is a spark that fuels lifelong engagement with the organic movement, in one way or another.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOFGA, through its 50-plus years of supporting farmers, empowering people to feed their communities, and advocating for an organic future, has become a keystone for creating a resilient Maine food system. As Elspeth Hay writes in her essay on the ecological significance of oaks in this issue, \u201cA keystone species is one that\u2019s as important to its ecosystem as the keystone in a Roman arch; if you take it out, the whole system falls apart.\u201d We are creating opportunities to share knowledge, connect, and advocate together for the world we want to see. Feeding our communities is key to our collective wellbeing, and there are so many ways to get involved with MOFGA to nourish yourself, connect with others, and build community.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether that means participating in the Fair (there\u2019s a list of ways to engage in this issue), or planting nut trees now for future generations, or supporting local producers by shopping at your local farmers\u2019 market, we can all look for ways to engage with nature and our communities to help foster resilience. We hope you find inspiration in the pages ahead.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f0cc7e\" data-id=\"8f0cc7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-054fbfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"054fbfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In this Issue <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d9eb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73d9eb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Features<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d86e26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d86e26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><ul><li class=\"p1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/community\/organic-buckwheat-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>From Aroostook to Hokkaido: Buckwheat Across the 45th Parallel<\/strong> <\/a><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">by Sonja Heyck-Merlin<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/community\/new-stewards-for-hidden-valley-farm-and-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Whitefield Couple Seeks New Stewards for Hidden Valley Farm and Forest<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">by<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> Jean English<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"p2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/community\/luna-moth-herbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cultivating Herbs and Connections at Luna Moth Herbs<\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">by <\/span><span class=\"s3\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Tim King<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/community\/nerdy-turnip-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bounty in Limited Spaces<\/strong><\/a> by <\/span>Lea Camille Smith<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-205a549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"205a549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reference<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ccc99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94ccc99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><ul><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/resources\/land-use\/oaks-and-acorns-a-keystone-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Oaks and Acorns<\/strong><\/a> by Elspeth Hay<\/span><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/resources\/livestock\/livestock-guardian-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Farming with a Livestock Guardian Dog<\/strong><\/a> by Deb Michaelson<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6869902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6869902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interview<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-848c724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"848c724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/resources\/toxics\/inescapable-by-marina-schauffler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PFAS Are Inescapable<\/strong><\/a> by <\/span>Holli Cederholm<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebcde4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebcde4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Columns<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97a977c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97a977c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li class=\"p1\"><strong>Harvest Kitchen:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/resources\/recipes\/harvest-kitchen-grains-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Grains in Maine<\/strong><\/a> by Roberta Bailey<\/li><li><strong>Crops: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/resources\/gardening\/starting-a-vegetable-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starting a Vegetable Garden<\/a><\/strong> by Caleb Goossen\u00a0<\/li><li class=\"p1\"><strong>Maine Heritage Orchard: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/maine-heritage-orchard\/looking-back-and-looking-forward-at-the-maine-heritage-orchard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Looking Back and Looking Forward <\/a><\/strong>by <span class=\"s1\">C.J. Walke<\/span><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><strong>Livestock: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/resources\/livestock\/disaster-preparedness-for-livestock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Are You and Your Animals Ready for an <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Apocalypse?<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s2\">by <\/span>Jacki Martinez Perkins<\/li><li><strong>MOFGA Certification Services:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/community\/human-element-of-organic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Human Element of Organic<\/strong><\/a> by Lily Macone<\/li><li class=\"p1\"><strong>Low-Impact Forestry:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/forestry\/in-the-voice-of-trees-by-daniel-minter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>In The Voice of Trees<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"s1\">by <\/span>Kyle Burdick<\/li><li class=\"p1\"><strong>Policy:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/advocacy\/toxics\/a-failure-to-regulate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Failure to Regulate<\/strong><\/a> by <span class=\"s2\">Bill Pluecker<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc11250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc11250\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reviews <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bed41bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bed41bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\\\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Books\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28eb28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e28eb28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stories<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b761fe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b761fe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Community<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38ddef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38ddef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poetry Grove<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac7a1a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac7a1a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li class=\"p1\"><p>\u201cA man apart, gone\u201d by Ian Jerolmack<\/p><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><p>\u201cAllium Sativum\u201d by Richard Lee<\/p><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><p>\u201cSlow Growth\u201d by Katelyn Boucher<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703b4b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"703b4b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MOFGA Notes<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50f850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b50f850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li class=\"p1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/news\/fifty-years-of-common-ground-posters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebrating 50 Years of Building Common Ground<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/stories\/community\/bumper-crop-lee-auto-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Philanthropy in Action<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li class=\"p1\"><strong><a 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