Animal Sanctuaries Need Your Help

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on March 1, 2010

The Feast of the Frozen

It is the middle of January.  A deep blanket of snow is covering the gardens and draping the forest.  It has been nearly two months since our final harvest, and three months before our first garden ...

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on February 2, 2010

How to handle neighbors' complaints

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on February 2, 2010

Letter in Support of Bangor City Ordinance to Permit Backyard Chickens

We would like to voice our support for an amendment to permit backyard chickens in Bangor.  Although we would not personally benefit from such an amendment since our farm is located outside of city l...

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on February 2, 2010

In Defense of Backyard Chickens

We submitted the following letter (below) to the Bangor City Council in consideration of a domesticated chickens ordinance that would permit Bangor residents within city limits to keep a limited numbe...

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on January 22, 2010

High Levels of Lead in Maple Syrup from Kinney Maple Buckets

Proof that direct action and assertive confrontation work:We sent the following letter (below) to the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Maple Producers Association last spr...

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on January 22, 2010

Thanksgiving turkeys — Maine style

25 November 2009So, 5 days before Thanksgiving, and 3 days before my Dad arrived to spend the holiday with Alia and me, I was driving in the morning to pick up our pig’s food (baked goods thrown...

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on January 21, 2010

The Feast of the Frozen

It is the middle of January.  A deep blanket of snow is covering the gardens and draping the forest.  It has been nearly two months since our final harvest, and three months before our first garden...

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Postd in Chicken raising (chicken coops)  on January 21, 2010