Common Ground Radio

Host: Holli Cederholm Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: In the June 2023 episode of MOFGA's Common Ground Radio dives into plastic. A conversation with Erica Cirino, the author of “Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis” and commu...

Producers/Hosts: Caitlyn Barker Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: Topics this episode include: – Herbalism, including herb growing techniques, harvesting and processing methods and uses. Guest/s: Emily Springer, Meeting House Farm, Scarborough, Maine. FMI Lin...

Producers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm and Clare Boland Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: In the April 2023 episode of MOFGA’s Common Ground Radio, host Holli Cederholm discusses “Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists” w...

Producers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: A panel discussion about food access and equity in the state of Maine. In this discussion we work to define food access and equity, explore the various resources available and discuss policies being...

Producers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: On the February 2023 episode of Common Ground Radio, host Holli Cederholm discusses collaborative marketing models used by farmers and food producers in Maine. She is joined by Colleen Hanlon-Smith...

Producers/Hosts: Caitlyn Barker Editor: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: The January 2023 episode of Common Ground Radio is all about maple syrup production. Host Caitlyn Barker interviewed Jason Lilley, Assistant Extension Professor, Maine Sustainable Agriculture and Map...

Producer/Host: Holli Cederholm Editing: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: On the December 2022 episode of Common Ground Radio, host Holli Cederholm discusses the organic dairy crisis in the Northeast and how it is impacting farms in Maine with the Maine Organic Farmers and...

Producers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm, Caitlyn Barker Editing: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This month: A panel discussion with three speakers on the topic of school garden creation, implementation and impact. Guest/s: David Wessels, garden coordinator at Troy Howard Middle School in...

Producer: Pepin Mittelhauser Muhidin Libah Executive Director of Somali Bantu Community Association “Liberation Farms: Food Justice in Action” Muhidin Libah is the executive director of Somali Bantu Community and has been working for Somali Bantu communities since graduating from high school in 2002. Libah graduated from the University of Southern Maine in the spring of 2014 with a bachelor’s degr...

Producer: Pepin Mittelhauser Frances Moore Lappé Author, Activist and Co-Founder of Small Planet Institute and Food First “Connecting our Food Choices to Humanity’s Biggest Challenges” Frances Moore Lappé is the author or coauthor of 20 books, many focusing on themes of “living democracy” — suggesting a government accountable to citizens and a way of living aligned with the deep human need for con...

Producer: Pepin Mittelhauser Maulian Dana Tribal Ambassador for the Penobscot Nation “Tribal Sovereignty in Wabanaki Homeland: History, Policy, Connectedness, and the Next Generations” Maulian Dana serves as the first appointed Tribal Ambassador for the Penobscot Nation. She represents the tribe in local, state and federal government as an advocate and diplomat. Her background is in political scie...

Producers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm, Caitlyn Barker Editing: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. The September episode of Common Ground Radio is a rebroadcast of the 10/14/21 Common Ground episode. Featured are two of the keynote speakers from the 2021 Common Ground Country Fair. Karen Was...

Producers/Hosts: Holli Cederholm, Caitlyn Barker Editing: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. The August 2022 episode of Common Ground Radio is all about apples! Host Holli Cederholm is joined by Laura Sieger, orchard manager with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOF...

Producers/Hosts: Caitlyn Barker, Holli Cederholm Editing: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio is an hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. The July episode of Common Ground Radio explores the issue of farmers and stress. Host Caitlyn Barker speaks with Abby Sadauckas, a farmer in southern Maine and member of the University of Main...

Producers/Hosts: Caitlyn Barker, Holli Cederholm Editing: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio: A monthly hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. This episode of Common Ground Radio digs into PFAS contamination of farmland in Maine. Host Holli Cederholm talked with Sarah Alexander, executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and...

Producers/Hosts: Caitlyn Barker, Holli Cederholm Editing: Clare Boland Common Ground Radio: A monthly hour-long discussion of local food and organic agriculture with people here in the state of Maine and beyond. The May 2022 episode of Common Ground Radio explores homesteading in Maine in conversation with homesteaders of varying levels and lengths of experience. Host Caitlyn Barker spoke with Sik...

Producer/Host: Holli Cederholm The April 2022 episode of Common Ground Radio celebrates spring, and all the delicious foods of spring. Host Holli Cederholm spoke with local food enthusiasts about what seasonal foods they’re cooking up in their kitchens. Roberta Bailey of Seven Tree Farm in Vassalboro, Frank Giglio, kitchen production manager at Ararat Farms in Lincolnville, and Wendy Watson,...

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Organic Food and Farming in Maine: ReTreeUs – Growing Trees of Fruit and Seeds of Thought -Planting school gardens and orchards -Aligning school gardens with curriculum and learning standards -Inspiring the next generation of ecological stewards Guests: Richard Hodges, Founder and Program Director, ReTreeUS Shelley Kruszewski, Program Coordinator, ReTreeUS About the...

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Organic Food and Farming in Maine: Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership (NOFFP) -Organic dairy production in the Northeast -Danone/Horizon’s contract cancellations with 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast -Efforts to support the Northeast organic dairy farms FMI: www.saveorganicfamilyfarms.org Guests: Annie Watson, Sheepscot Valley Farm, Whitefield, ME Gary Hirsh...

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Organic Food and Farming in Maine: Soil Carbon Farming -Carbon sequestration on organic farms -Linking soil health to crop health and human health -Ecological benefits of carbon sequestration Guest: Dr. Gladis Zinati, Director of Vegetable Systems Trial, Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA About the hosts: C.J. Walke has been involved in Maine agriculture for over 20 years and...

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke -PFAS “forever chemicals” and their historic use in industry -How PFAS moves through, soils, crops and livestock -Current testing efforts and attempts at remediation in Maine MOFGA’s PFAS Maine Farmer Information and Support Guests: Ryan Dennett, Farmer Programs Director, MOFGA, Unity, ME Jacki Martinez Perkins, Organic Dairy and Livestock Specialist, MOFGA, Unity,...

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke Keynote Address from the 2021 MOFGA Farmer to Farmer Conference – Dr. Gladis Zinati – Rodale Institute -Gladis Zinati – “Linking Soil Health to Plant Health: Connecting the Dots” -Linking soil health to crop health and human health -Nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration Speaker: Dr. Gladis Zinati, Director of Vegetable Systems Trial, Rodale Institute...

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke -Karen Washington – “Food Justice is More Than Growing Food and Feeding People” -Stacy Brenner – Farm Viability Through Land Justice and Farmworker Rights -2021 CGCF Keynote addresses Speakers: Karen Washington, Rise & Root Farm, Black Urban Growers Stacy Brenner, Broadturn Farm, Scarborough, ME About the hosts: C.J. Walke has been involved in Maine agric...

Producer/Host: Holli Cederholm, MOFGA On this episode of Common Ground Radio, we discuss traditional food systems with Barry Dana. Barry is a former Penobscot Nation chief and an advocate for Penobscot values, traditional foodways, language revitalization and education, and environmental protection along the Penobscot River. Growing up on a Wabanaki reservation on the Penobscot River, he learned c...

Producer/Host: Holli Cederholm, MOFGA This episode of Common Ground Radio commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). To celebrate this milestone, MOFGA put together a 50th anniversary book called “The Organic Farming Revolution: Past, Present, Future.” In this episode, guest host Holli Cederholm dives into the pages of the essay collection — a...