Tour: Food Joy & South Auburn Organic Farm
Sometimes taking a break from the normal routine is exactly what one needs… As the end of a very hectic school year last June I took a quick glance at my google calendar to see that I had almost missed an opportunity. As a member of the Good Food Council I had been...
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6 Tips for Better Digestion (Hint: Not just what you eat but how you eat it!)
In today’s society, so many people are having digestive issues. In fact, these days one of the most common reasons for E.R. visits is stomach pain. People may suffer from heartburn, indigestion, constipation and/or diarrhea, food intolerances and sensitivities,...
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Living the Food Charter: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) In Your Neighborhood
The “Living the Food Charter” blog series is a “30 minutes or less” assignment we gave ourselves to help connect the LA Community Food Charter to our daily lives. Please excuse the casualness with which they are composed. We hope you enjoy! There are many...
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Food Charter Anniversary Celebrated at Whiting Farm
AUBURN – Saturday's wet weather did not dampen the rainbow of color bursting from three full greenhouses with hanging flower baskets, potted herbs, and vegetable seedlings at Whiting Farm. Visitors were there celebrating the spring opening of the Auburn farm and the...
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Living the Food Charter: Loose Change Yields Unexpected Rewards
The “Living the Food Charter” blog series is a “30 minutes or less” assignment we gave ourselves to help connect the LA Community Food Charter to our daily lives. Please excuse the casualness with which they are composed. We hope you enjoy! My kids grew up with a...
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Living the Food Charter: A Micro-Scale Farm Solution for Seed Storage
The “Living the Food Charter” blog series is a “30 minutes or less” assignment we gave ourselves to help connect the LA Community Food Charter to our daily lives. Please excuse the casualness with which they are composed. We hope you enjoy! Imagine, our first...
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Living the Food Charter: Giving Season
The “Living the Food Charter” blog series is a “30 minutes or less” assignment we gave ourselves to help connect the LA Community Food Charter to our daily lives. Please excuse the casualness with which they are composed. We hope you enjoy! Here we are in the ‘giving...
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L-A City Councils Vote to Support Community Food Charter
Announcement of Twin Cities’ and State Legislators’ Support Kicks-off National Food Day Celebrations LEWISTON/AUBURN – The Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn (GFCLA) recently announced that its Community Food Charter received endorsements from the City...
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Living the Food Charter: Mia & Clover
The "Living the Food Charter" blog series is a "30 minutes or less" assignment we gave ourselves to help connect the LA Community Food Charter to our daily lives. Please excuse the casualness with which they are composed. We hope you enjoy! On Sunday, my 7-year-old...
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New Lewiston-Auburn Community Food Charter Celebrated
LEWISTON, March 23, 2016 - A crowd gathered this afternoon, at the Lewiston Public Library to celebrate the release of Lewiston-Auburn’s first Community Food Charter. The Lewiston-Auburn Community Food Charter was launched by the Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn...
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Healthy Holiday Appetizer Sprinkled with Maine Broccoli Info
Here's a simple, healthy, and fun appetizer for winter holiday celebrations. Not only look does it look festive, but it brings vitamin-packed and major Maine-grown crop broccoli, to your holiday table (see seasonality notation at the end) . To make this wreath...
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Event Held to Increase Farm to Institution Activity in Central Maine
LEWISTON -- Over 50 people from around the state — wholesale food purchasers, food producers, and interested community members — gathered for an inaugural social event designed to increase Farm to Institution activity called Central Maine Meet the Buyers, hosted by...
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Join Us for the All Day Local Food Challenge!
Members of the Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn have dreamed up this challenge as a way to celebrate Food Day 2015. Each member will be participating in the All Day Local Food Challenge during the month of October and will be sharing their...
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Good Food Council Receives $3,000 Grant
The Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn (GFCLA) recently received a $3,000 grant from the Rural Grants Fund, Dick Kendall Fund for Androscoggin County and Lawrence P. Ralston Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. Androscoggin Valley Council of...
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Council Tours R. Belanger & Son’s Farm in Lewiston
The Good Food Council of L-A used our June meeting to learn more about fellow council member Rick Belanger's farm in Lewiston. Located on Cotton Road in Lewiston, R. Belanger and Son's farm has an impressive 500 acres of mixed vegetables under...
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Food Council Accelerates Community Transformation
Originally published in the Summer 2015 Communities & Banking magazine. By Daniel Wallace, Julia Harper, and Deborah M. Burd Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn Much is made these days of food as a pivot point...
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8 Reasons Why We Love the Lewiston Farmers’ Market
It's the time of again for first Summer Lewiston Farmers Market of the year. From 10 AM until 1 PM the parking lot at Bates Mill No. 5 will be filled with activity. There is abundant free parking and easy access to the venue. If you've never been before, let us...
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Coming Soon: Community Nutrition and Culinary Program Online Calendar
Have you ever wanted to improve your cooking skills or nutrition knowledge, but were not sure where to look for classes locally? Do you belong to an organization, or are you a personal chef, that has had to cancel a nutrition or culinary program due to lack of...
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Maine Legislature First in Nation to Recognize Soils
By Bonnie Lounsbury, Good Food Council Member The next time (perhaps next week?) that your boots get mired in the brown ooze at your feet, don’t think of this with resignation as mud season but as the prelude to that soil beginning its wondrous work for Spring...
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Re-claim Chipotle & Splurge: Take Your Winter Food Power Back (Recipes Included!)
By Karen Bolduc, Good Food Council Member So the New Year is here and with the holidays behind us, we Mainers have only two things motivating us to stay alive for the next 3-4 months: winter sports, and spring. And God help you if you’re not into winter...
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Composting and the Dempsey Challenge: Free fertilizer!
By Karen Bolduc, Good Food Council Member AUBURN - When something is out of sight, it is often out of mind. But does this mean it doesn’t exist, or need to be managed, or thought about? All of the daily “stuff” in our lives - a chair, a cell phone, a blanket, a banana...
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L-A Mayors Proclaim Food Day in the Twin Cities
Today, October 24, is Food Day in the twin cities of Lewiston-Auburn, as well as nationally. Earlier this week, Mayor Robert Macdonald of Lewiston and Mayor Jonathan LaBonte of Auburn issued mayoral proclamations to declaring it so. (Links to the Proclamations are...
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Completed Urban Trail is Cause for Celebration
The Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn (GFCLA) wishes to congratulate the City of Lewiston on the recent completion of the Riverside Greenway Bicycle and Pedestrian Path, linking Sunnyside Park to Tall Pines Drive. This scenic urban trail through the heart of the...
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GFCLA Welcomes Julia Harper as New Coordinator
The Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn (GFCLA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Julia Harper as the Council’s Coordinator. The GFCLA, formed in 2012, was created to support improvements to the area’s food system through education, coordination and supporting...
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