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Full-Text Articles in Agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture And Public Policy, Stewart Smith
Sustainable Agriculture And Public Policy, Stewart Smith
Maine Policy Review
This article is an adaptation of Stewart Smith’s recent presentation on sustainable agriculture to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee of the Maine Legislature.
Maine's "Other" Commissions: The Maine Milk Commission, Ralph E. Townsend
Maine's "Other" Commissions: The Maine Milk Commission, Ralph E. Townsend
Maine Policy Review
Maine Policy Review has taken a particular interest in the activities of Maine's key regulatory agencies, such as the Public Utilities Commission and the Board of Environmental Protection. The state also has a number of regulatory agencies with jurisdictions over relatively narrow interests or industries. Because of their narrow mission, these agencies often do not attract regular media attention. Beginning in this issue with the Maine Milk Commission, MPR will highlight one of these "other" regulatory boards, providing readers with general and contextual information about these bodies.
Regulatory Updates: Maine Milk Commission
Regulatory Updates: Maine Milk Commission
Maine Policy Review
Maine Policy Review has taken a particular interest in the activities of Maine's key regulatory agencies, such as the Public Utilities Commission and the Board of Environmental Protection. The state also has a number of regulatory agencies with jurisdictions over relatively narrow interests or industries. Because of their narrow mission, these agencies often do not attract regular media attention. In this issue, MPR continues its policy of highlighting these "other" regulatory boards, in this case the Maine Milk Commission, providing readers with general and contextual information about these bodies.
The Transformation Of Farming In Maine, 1940-1985, Richard Wescott, David Vail
The Transformation Of Farming In Maine, 1940-1985, Richard Wescott, David Vail
Maine History
Stone walls running incongruously through deep woods; fields and pastures becoming overgrown with brush; broken-backed barns tum bling in upon themselves; clusters of day lilies and lilacs guarding empty cellar holes — the remains of thousands of farms are scattered across the Maine landscape, relics of another age when farming was the lifeblood of hundreds of rural communities from the Piscataqua to the St. John.
“The Poor People Had Suddenly Become Rich” A Boom In Maine Wheat, 1793-1815, Jamie H. Eves
“The Poor People Had Suddenly Become Rich” A Boom In Maine Wheat, 1793-1815, Jamie H. Eves
Maine History
The article discusses the important role played in the surreptitious trade in wheat to the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Its European supplies choked off by tariffs and embargoes, Britain turned to Ireland and to the United States for grain.
Salt Marsh Dykes (Dikes) As A Factor In Eastern Maine Agriculture, David C. Smith, Anne E. Bridges
Salt Marsh Dykes (Dikes) As A Factor In Eastern Maine Agriculture, David C. Smith, Anne E. Bridges
Maine History
The article discusses the prevalence of dykes found, primarily in Washington County, which had been built in the period 1790 – 1870 to reclaim salt marshes for agricultural purposes.