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Growing Rice in Maine

April 13, 2016, 6:30 PM8:00 PM

Free
Ben Rooney speaks of "Growing Rice in Maine"

We have been growing rice at Wild Folk Farm for 4 years in paddies in central Maine. We grow with human power, on a multi-acre rice paddy ecosystem where we test different methodologies, trial seeds, and integrate different plants and animals into our paddies. We want to keep the momentum for rice going strong which means we need more growers and eaters. Learn cultivation, processing, wetland mimicking and paddy systems on homesteading and commercial levels. In 2016, through SARE, we are testing the viability of directly sown rice, human powered field equipment from Southeast Asia. Lastly let’s set-up a rice growers’ network for collaborations during the pioneering and learning phase of this crop system.

Sponsored by the Sustain Mid Maine Coalition.

 

Details

Date:
April 13, 2016
Time:
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Linda Woods
Email
lwoods@waterville-me.gov
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Venue

Room 141, Diamond Bldg., Colby College
Mayflower Hill Drive
Waterville, ME
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