Fifteen students studying farming practices in an environmental studies course at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College offer research profiles of three local farms at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Chase Lounge, 56 Campus Avenue. This presentation by the Program in Environmental Studies at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
The students, participants in the “World Agriculture” course taught by Peter Rogers, will present their findings from research into the operations of Nezinscott Farm, Turner; Avalon Farm, North Yarmouth; and Bell Farms, Auburn.<\/p>\n
Each of the farms demonstrates a different agricultural model. Nezinscott Farm, well-known in Maine as an organic operation, practices biodynamic farming that minimizes the use of outside “inputs,” such as fuel and chemical fertilizers, through intensive recycling.<\/p>\n
Avalon Farm is a part-time operation specializing in “heritage” livestock whose proprietors, Linda and Scott Routhier, also hold jobs off the farm. (The Routhiers will be present at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ event.) Bell Farms exemplifies the changing model of mainstream farming, as it seeks to cut out the middleman in marketing commodities to large-scale retailers such as Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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