Pingree went on to become a state legislator and now is president and CEO of Common Cause, the national nonprofit that holds elected leaders accountable to the public interest (). (Informal apprenticeships had occurred previously for example, students from Antioch College apprenticed at KEN-RO Farm and earned college credit.) Later apprenticeship program coordinators were Paul and Molly Birdsall, Bill and Cynthia Thayer, Barbara Eggert, Don and Joan Lipfert, Rebecca Stanley, Sue Sargeant and Rosey Guest. Pingree helped set up the formal program in 1975 and ran it while serving as treasurer of MOFGA.
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She applies to apprentice with Tony Bok for the summer, thus starting MOFGA’s apprenticeship program.
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They work closely with Cooperative Extension to promote organic agriculture. Ken and Roberta Horn, who farmed the 140-acre Ken-Ro Farm in Plymouth, are the first certified-organic farmers in Maine. MOFGA certifies 27 farms as organic, following Rodale Organic Garden certification guidelines.University of Maine professor of plant and soil sciences Frank Eggert supports MOFGA, helping the organization connect with the resources of the University.Gould offers the space and facilities of the Cooperative Extension office to produce the newsletter.Scott and Helen Nearing were guest speakers, and from that meeting, over the winter, came the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA).
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Charlie Gould, a Cooperative Extension Agent in Lewiston, calls a gathering at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick of the many people who had been calling him with questions about organic gardening and farming.Ken Horn is the first president, followed by Jim Luthy Mort Mather is second treasurer.The first meeting of the Maine Organic Foods Association occurs at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show.Another original MOFGA member, Mort Mather, gives Abbie credit for starting MOFGA. Abbie Page (now Abbie McMillen) starts organizing the membership and starts the monthly MOFA News for the Maine Organic Foods Association the newsletter later becomes the tabloid, The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener. Organic growers decide to have a statewide organization.Cliff and Helen Parsons host meetings of the Promised Land Organic Club in Poland, Maine.Back-to-the-landers and others interested in organic growing meet at locations around Maine to share information, visit gardens and make cooperative orders.
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Information for Prospective Host Farmers.Information for Prospective Apprentices.Russell Libby Agricultural Scholar Awards.