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Incorporating Local Knowledge Into Population And Habitat Viability Assessments: Landowners And Tree Kangaroos In Papua New Guinea, Philip J. Nyhus, J Williams, J Borovansky, O Byers, P Miller
Incorporating Local Knowledge Into Population And Habitat Viability Assessments: Landowners And Tree Kangaroos In Papua New Guinea, Philip J. Nyhus, J Williams, J Borovansky, O Byers, P Miller
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From Maine Farms To Maine Colleges: The Symbolism And Reality Behind The Local Purchasing Efforts At Colby, Bates, And Bowdoin, Kathryn L. Spirer
From Maine Farms To Maine Colleges: The Symbolism And Reality Behind The Local Purchasing Efforts At Colby, Bates, And Bowdoin, Kathryn L. Spirer
Honors Theses
The idea for this thesis emerged out of my experience last summer, when I worked for an organization in Ellsworth, Maine called the Locally Grown Foods Project. The purpose of this organization is to facilitate the relationship between farmers and restaurants or other small institutions in the Bar Harbor area. After talking with one farmer at length about his experiences working with local institutions, I became curious about the growing institutional market for locally grown foods. I began to wonder what larger institutions throughout the state were doing to support local farmers and why they were interested in purchasing local …