From Washington to your Plate: Agricultural Policy and Maine’s food Future

BAR HARBOR — The evolving federal farm policy landscape and its impact on Maine is the focus of a talk with Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Executive Director Sarah Alexander at College of the Atlantic Beech Hill Farm on Monday, Oct. 20, at 4:30 p.m. Attendance is free but RSVP is requested at coa.edu/farmtalk.

Alexander will discuss recent changes and ongoing debates in federal agricultural policy that are directly shaping the livelihoods of Maine’s farming communities and affecting access to healthy, local food for consumers across the state.

This workshop is part of the College of the Atlantic Food & Farming Workshop Series, sponsored by COA’s Food Systems Working Group and the Thoreau Foundation.