Common Ground Radio 3/4/16

Producer/Host: C.J. Walke
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine

Program Topic: Farm to Institution

Key Discussion Points:
a) Farm to institution movement in New England
b) Institutional success stories
c) Challenges of getting more local food into institutions

Guests:
Riley Neugebauer, Farm to Institution New England
Simca Horwitz, Massachusetts Farm to School

Special: Bucksport Heart and Soul 3/3/16

Producer/Host: Matt Murphy
Engineer: John Greenman

Issue: The Reinvention of Bucksport

Program Topic: Story collecting from all demographics to inform town decision-making

Key Discussion Points:
How has Bucksport responded to the closing of the paper mill?
What is Heart and Soul and how does it function?
How to get involved and who is invited to get involved with Heart and Soul?

Guests:
Rich Rotella, Heart and Soul Coordinator, Bucksport Community and Economic Development Director
Coleen Gross, volunteer
John Paul LaLonde, volunteer

FMI: bucksportheartandsoul.com