Sean Murphy stood in his 12 by 14 foot cabin, stirring the maple sap that he had just collected. Long curls protruded from beneath his bandana as a smile crept across his face, “the sap is starting to turn brown.” Murphy collects tree sap behind his cabin and has two taps running collecting sap in … Continue reading
Unity College’s Student Activities Center (SAC) is the “black hole” of the campus consuming the most oil, said Dan LaForge Friday, as he prepares the plans to wrap the building in new siding this summer, the college’s next step in “walking the talk.” As the Director of Facilities & Public Safety Dan LaForge is in … Continue reading
Unity College in partnership with Waldo County Technical School received a Future Farmer’s of America (FFA) Food for All grantto raise 100 Red Broiler chickens in the spring semester to be donated to the Belfast Soup Kitchen and Regional Food Pantry, according to Unity College’s FFA president. This is the second grant that Unity College … Continue reading
They call him the Blue Beryl Man of West Paris. His hands were covered in lacerations and his face was ever filled with excitement. I met Dave while prospecting for minerals and precious stones in the Waisanen Quarry of West Paris, Maine. At this point, all I had accumulated was some quartz rock and some … Continue reading
Reaching back to the Middle Ages young adults have become first apprentices and then journeymen in order to learn their profession from master craftsmen. In an effort to reach out and educate young farmers, MOFGA has instituted the Apprenticeship Program, which is a program where young aspiring farmers can learn the craft of farming first-hand … Continue reading
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