Cooperative Conference for
Farmers, Fishermen & Food Producers

 

JANUARY, 19, 2012


(snow date January 20)
- Bangor area
Eat Local Foods Coalition (ELFC) of Maine Conference

Are you interested in saving costs or increasing revenue by storing, freezing, processing, distributing, sharing equipment, or marketing with other food producers in the farming and fishing communities?

Have you thought about how a cooperative structure might help your business?

If so, please mark your calendar and indicate your interest by answering a few brief questions at the following link - your survey input will be used to inform the selection of workshops available at this event: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M2H75GF

You can keep checking for updated details about the conference on the Eat Maine Foods website events page, at www.eatmainefoods.org

If you have other feedback or questions, please contact elfcmaine@yahoo.com.

CONTENTS

Better Management Eyed for Menhaden

The Quilt

Editorial

Codfish Stock Report Sparks Fear in Fishery

Kerry Letter to Greyson, Lubchenco, and Schwaab Calls for New Cod Data and Relief Plan

Port Mayor Says Groundfish Dialogue Driven by Fear

100 Protest 137' Tall LPG Gas Tank at Searsport

Salvage Claims and Awards Under Admiralty Law

Dennis Damon - Looking Both Ways

Fishermen's Co-ops in Atlantic Canada

New Safety Standards Set for Fishing Vessels

Senators Snowe, Collins Express Concern with Possible Listing of River Herring

Captain Perry Wrinkle - The Wood Cutters

Fixed Gear Sector Supports Government's Decision to Fund Monitoring Until April 30, 2012

Pingree Introduces Food, Farms and Jobs Act

Back Then - B-52 Stratofortress Down in Maine

Electronic VTR’s: A New Era in Quota Tracking

Lobsterboat Weathervane

Science Team Identifies Influenza Virus Subtype That Infected Five Dead Seals

Lee Wilbur - Honest Les from Southwest

NOAA Extends Comment Period on River Herring

Conferences

Closed Area Notices

Call for Abstracts

Meetings