Producers/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco and Amy Browne
Topics: An update on agriculture and pesticide spraying bills, affordable housing for farmers and fishers in Washington County, the Panama Free Trade agreement
**Second audio file is the interview on housing in Washington County in it’s entirety**
Guests: Heather Spaulding, MOFGA; Logan Perkins; Anais Tomezsko, Mano en Mano; Sarah Bigney, Maine Fair Trade Campaign
FMI: www.mofga.org, www.manoenmanocenter.org, www.mainefairtrade.org
Tag: Maine Fair Trade Campaign
Voices 9/30/08
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Segment 1: Labor and Human Rights Activists Present 24,000 Pink Slips to Senator Susan Collins
Collins is the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation that has not taken a stand against the Colombia “Free Trade” Agreement. The pink slips were used to represent the 24,000 Mainers who have lost their jobs in the aftermath of the passage of NAFTA. FMI: Maine Fair Trade Campaign, www.mainefairtrade.org
Segment 2: Noel Paul Stookey Concert
Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary fame is also one of the founders of WERU-FM. On Thursday, October 2nd he and Julianne Gardner will help WERU celebrate our 20th Anniversary with a benefit concert, desserts and a panel discussion featuring Stookey and some of the other station founders. The event will take place at the Alamo Theater in Bucksport. Station Manager Matt Murphy and Development Director Renee Johnson give us the details. FMI: www.weru.org or 207-469-6600