CONGRATULATIONS to 2011 Outstanding Farm of the Year, MOONSHADOW FARM, owned by Scot and Christine Adams, and 2011 Outstanding Woodlot of the Year, THE GRAY FAMILY WOODLOT. Both Moonshadow Farm and the Gray Family Woodlot are located in Starks, Maine.

Mabel's Book 2011 - Available now! Stop in at our office in Skowhegan to get a FREE guide to Farms and Farm Markets produced by one of our partners, Western Mountain Alliance. Mabel's Book is your guide to buying local Maine food! A digital copy of the guide is available at the WMA website:

http://www.westernmountainsalliance.org/

Canon ENVIROTHON News - The 2011 Maine State Envirothon competition held on May 26, 2011 was won by Jay High School. This is the second year in a row that a team from Jay has won the event. Poland Spring, a longtime sponsor of the event, donated $500.00 to the winning team to assist in travel expenses as the students represent Maine in the international competition to be held in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, July 24-29. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency which provides leadership and technical assistance to address natural resource conservation issues, and longtime supporter of the event, will offer a summer internship to one of the students on the winning team.