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May 12th Farm to School Network Conference

Saturday, May 12th, 8:30-4:00 Farm to School activists from all over Maine will be coming together at Mt. View High School in Thorndike to share the wide variety of things going on all over the State. Offerings include panels, workshops, … Continue reading

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MCED Spring Lunch and Learn Series

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Branding: Beyond business cards and brochures Speaker: Liz McLellan, The Via Agency The importance of your brand Determining your brand Executing your brand Expanding on your brand Liz McLellan has worked on such Clients as Welch’s, … Continue reading

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Michael Shuman speaking in Portland on May 3rd

Local Dollars, Local Sense author Michael Shuman at the Space Gallery May 3rd Portland Buy Local is pleased to announce that Michael Shuman, author of several books including “Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street … Continue reading

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Raising Equity – MCED program/April 25th

Spring Lunch and Learn Series Next Week: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Equity Prep Speaker Don Gooding, MCED If your company is thinking about raising equity – selling shares – there is a lot to get ready before you start asking … Continue reading

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FOOD SYSTEMS EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT COA IN APRIL

College of the Atlantic will be hosting a conference called “Reconnecting Hands, Mouth and Mind Through Food Systems Education” from April 20th-22nd in Bar Harbor. Keynote speakers will be Eric Holt-Gimenez and Gary Paul Nabhan. For more details, check out … Continue reading

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CSA FAIRS Feb. 24-26 statewide

February 24-26 2012 locations around the state Auburn: Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St, Friday February 24th, 4:30-6:30pm Augusta: Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St, Friday February 24th, 11am-2pm Bangor: Unitarian Universalist Society, 120 Park St, Saturday February 25th, 2-5pm Belfast: … Continue reading

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“Farming in Maine” course with John Piotti

FARMING IN MAINE: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU MAY THINK: John Piotti, Instructor Four Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., starting January 19th; Belfast Senior College Farming in Maine defies any single label. It is at once robust, thriving, threatened, modern, ancient, venerable, dirty, … Continue reading

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CONFERENCE ON CO-OP BUSINESSES IN MAINE

By Land and By Sea: Leveraging Co-ops for Business Success: A 1-day conference for Maine farmers and fishermen on the co-operative model of doing business……Thursday, January 19th, in Unity, 9-5:30……registration http://bylandandbysea.eventbrite.com

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Thanks to everyone for a highly interactive and energizing Slow Money Maine gathering last Thursday!

It was heartening for me to witness the engagement level of participants and to be reminded of the words of Carlo Petrini (founder of Slow Food International) that “the potential of Slow Money is to begin to reorient capital away … Continue reading

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2012 SMM gatherings

From many requests that I’ve received, I guess it’s not too early to put Slow Money Maine gatherings on the 2012 calendar, so here’s the schedule: Jan. 18th, March 21st, May 16th, and July 25th – all on Wednesdays, in … Continue reading

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