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Market Opening 



{Crowing ME Green, January, 1998) 



Opening this spring, the Portland 

 Public Market will reestablish the 

 tradition of indoor public markets 

 in Portland, Maine. Permanent ten- 

 ants will be 30-35 independent, lo- 

 cally owned businesses selling pro- 

 duce, meat, poultry, seafood, baked 

 goods, flowers, and a variety of 

 specialty foods. The idea is to 

 maximize the number of products 

 that come from Maine, while offer- 

 ing customers year-round availabil- 

 ity of high-quality fresh foods. 



The market is in downtown Port- 

 land near Monument Square, where 

 the Portland Farmers' Market will 

 continue to meet on Wednesdays. 



Day tables inside the new Port- 

 land Public Market will provide an 

 opportunity for local producers to 



sell food or horticultural products 

 on a short-term basis. 



For information, call 207-772-8140. 



Conferences 



The 24th annual summer conference 

 of the Northeast Organic Farming 

 Association will be held on August 

 7-9 at Hampshire College in Amherst, 

 Massachusetts It seems as fun and 

 informative as ever: the keynote 

 speaker will be Wendell Berry, 

 well-known farmer and writer; other 

 aspects include exhibits, workshops 

 (over 140 on topics ranging from 

 Organic Fruit and Vegetable Pro- 

 duction to Families and Health), a 

 children's conference, a teen con- 

 ference, a contradance, an old-time 

 country fair... 



For information on advertising, 

 exhibiting, or sponsorship, contact 



Beth Ingram, PO Box 71, Winchen- 

 don Springs, MA 01477. Her phone/ 

 fax is 978-297-1 148; for general in- 

 formation, write to NOFA Summer 

 Conference, 411 Sheldon Road, 

 Barre, MA 01005; the phone number 

 there is 987-355-2853. 



Publications 



The very useful New England \nte- 

 grated Pest Management Scouting Guide 

 jor Poinsettias, a Manual for Growers and 

 Scouts is now available. This 30-page 

 manual shows key insects, diseases, 

 and disorders in 23 color photos 

 and 1 I line drawings and contains 

 15 tables and two summary charts 

 on the biology of key pests and 

 scouting techniques. 



For a copy, send a check for 

 $10.00 made payable to the Univer- 

 sity of Connecticut to University of 



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