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Two years after voters countywide rejected a ballot measure to ban genetically modified crops, the Board of Supervisors is expected to reopen the issue with a report by the county agriculture commissioner.
That report — from a committee offering the growers’ perspective — would be the fourth report sent to county supervisors on the controversy.
Earlier this week, the county Health Commission voted, without taking a political stance, to submit three reports discussing the issues surrounding genetic engineering of crops.
Randy Wyss, a third-generation dairy farmer, checks on some of the 65 cows he milks on his farm in Monroe. Wyss wife, Pam, and their daughters also help on the farm. The farm has been in the Wyss family since 1880.
Move over lobster, potatoes and blueberries. There's another food Maine is also known for: Broccoli.
Maine ranks among the top five broccoli-growing states in the nation, along with California, Arizona, Washington and Oregon, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Maine has consistently made the top five for about 20 years.
Moving along a freshly tilled row of collard greens, a light sweat began to form on Xante's forehead as he clipped and bunched, clipped and bunched, clipped and bunched.
"It's not all fun, but I like it a lot," the middle schooler said. "Fruits and vegetables are good for the soul."
Good for the soul, and the palate, and the community. That's the idea behind Soil Born Farm, a lush oasis amid an urban jungle in the heart of California's capital.
At the Florida Dietetic Association's annual symposium last month, dietitians from around the state listened to Mark Bradley, national organic deputy administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, preach the benefits of going organic.
The worst fear of community gardeners is that the land they've worked and come to love will be taken for a different use. That's what happened this year to people who grew vegetables and flowers at Farm in the City's big Jimmy Lee garden at the corner of Lexington and Concordia avenues in St. Paul.
