MAINE FOOD SYSTEM

 MAINE FOOD SYSTEM:

past, present, and future

 Maine farmers, gardeners & agricultural organizers discuss:

• Maine Food Policy Council … 80/20 by 2020? … 50/50 by 2050?
• farm & farmland protection, food security, community food assessments
• Maine Food Map Project of the Eat Local Foods Coalition (ELFC)
• Bringing Food Home by Merry Hall, forthcoming book about Maine food
• & much more about the rich fertile soil of Maine’s Food System!

 Community Television Network

516 Congress Street, Portland

APRIL 23

DOORS OPEN:               5:00pm

AUDIENCE SEATED:       5:30pm (please arrive early)

TAPING STARTS:    6:00pm (’til 7pm)

• Join us for a live-to-tape in-studio discussion (broadcast throughout MAY)
• Bring your questions & share your views       (CH 4: TUE @ 2pm  &  SUN @ 12noon)

 Confirmed GUESTS include:         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Bob St. Peter, Food for Maine’s Future
• Russell Libby, Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assn & ELFC
• Lisa Fernandes, Portland Permaculture Group
• Merry Hall,   author of Bringing Food Home
• John Harker, Maine Department of Agriculture
•                                 Agricultural Creative Economy Report
• Richard Rudolph, Rippling Waters Organic Farm & Saco River/Lakes Region Food Policy Council

 Invited GUESTS include:

• Karen Baldacci, Maine’s First Lady
• Roger Doiron, Kitchen Gardeners International
• Emily Graham, Portland Food Co-op
• Alix Hopkins, author of Groundswell: Stories of Saving Places, Finding Community
• Del Ketcham, author of a book on Food Security

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maine Food System

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HEALTHY HOMES & GARDENS

HEALTHY HOMES & GARDENS:

getting ready for a safe season

 Maine environmental organizers discuss: 

 

• safe yardscaping, gardening, & home remodeling
• safe pest control – indoors & outdoors
• Children’s Healthy Environment Campaign – www.checampaign.org
• Earth Day 2009 – (April 22)

 

Community Television Network

516 Congress Street, Portland

MARCH 26

 

DOORS OPEN:                     5:00pm

AUDIENCE SEATED:             5:30pm (please arrive early)

TAPING STARTS:    6:00pm (’til 7pm)

 

• Join us for a live-to-tape in-studio discussion (broadcast throughout APRIL)
• Bring your questions & share your views (CH 4: TUE @ 2pm & SUN @ 12noon)

 

GUESTS include:

• Heather Curtis, Childrens Healthy Environment Campaign

& Portland Tenants Union

• Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting
• Gary Fish, Maine Bureau of Pesticide Control

              & Yardscaping Project

• Mary Cerullo, Friends of Casco Bay

  

FMI: Ed Democracy CELL:  899-9674 info@portlandcommons.com

Produced by: PORTLAND COMMONS: common issues for the common good www.portlandcommons.com

WOMEN, WORK, & COMMUNITY

 WOMEN, WORK, & COMMUNITY:

women’s history, economics, & future outlook

Maine women leading the march of progress discuss: 

• where women have been, where they are, & where they’re going
• Lily Ledbetter Law – federal equal pay protection – 2009
• Women, Work, and Community celebrates 30 years of work
• Maine Women’s Fund launches Economic Security Initiative
• Maine Women’s Lobby celebrating 30 years
• Maine’s LD 84 – An Act to Ensure Fair Pay

 Community Television Network

516 Congress Street, Portland

FEBRUARY 26

DOORS OPEN:                     5:00pm

AUDIENCE SEATED:             5:30pm (please arrive early)

TAPING STARTS:    6:00pm (’til 7pm)

 

• Join us for a live-to-tape in-studio discussion

(broadcast throughout MARCH)

(CHANNEL 4:  TUE @ 2pm  &  SUN @ 12noon)

• Bring your questions & share your views

 Invited GUESTS include:

• Laura Fortman, Labor Commissioner, State of Maine (*-CONFIRMED)
• Carolyn May, Women, Work, and Community (CONFIRMED)
• Maine Women’s Fund
• Jill Duson, Mayor of Portland   (Inaugural Address) [PDF]
• Sarah Standiford, Exec. Dir., Maine Women’s Lobby (*-CONFIRMED)
• Shalom Odokara, Women In Need Industries (CONFIRMED)
• Rachel Talbot-Ross, NAACP
• Fatuma Hussein, United Somali Women of Maine
• Susan Feiner, Director, USM Women’s Studies (CONFIRMED)
• Annie Houle, Natl. Dir. for Initiatives, The Wage Project (CONFIRMED)
• Helyne May, Mothers Acting Up!
• Alycia Melnick, Public Policy Counsel, MCLU 
• & MORE!!!

GUEST Host:                                                                         (*- via taped interview)

• Heather Curtis, President, Portland Tenants Union

 

FMI: Ed DemocracyCELL:  899-9674 info@portlandcommons.com

Produced by: PORTLAND COMMONS: common issues for the common good www.portlandcommons.com

EVICTIONS: how to avoid them & how to deal with them if you can’t

Tenants & Landlords!  Join together in:

• working together to prevent evictions
• sharing information, sharing resources, & sharing perspectives

Community Television Network
516 Congress Street, Portland

JANUARY 29

DOORS OPEN:    5:00pm
AUDIENCE SEATED: 5:30pm (please arrive early)
TAPING STARTS:   6:00pm (‘til 7pm)

• Join us for a live-to-tape in-studio discussion (broadcast throughout FEBRUARY)
• Bring your questions & find out how to prevent evictions

GUESTS include:
• Brit Vitalius, President, Greater Portland Housing Association

ADVICE from:

• Jim McKenna, Assistant Attorney General for Consumer Protection
  
• Katherine McGovern, Attorney, Pine Tree Legal Services
• Heather Curtis, President, Portland Tenants Union

Co-Sponsored by:

Portland Tenants Union   &  Greater Portland Housing Assn.
    www.portlandtenants.org                    www.gphamaine.com

FMI: 
Ed Democracy
CELL:  899-9674
info@portlandcommons.com
 

Produced by:
PORTLAND COMMONS:
common issues for the common good
www.portlandcommons.com

JAN 2009 SCHEDULE: Sundays @ 12 Noon & Tuesdays @ 2pm

The Portland Commons WEATHERIZATION AND ENERGY FORUM will air on CTN Channel 4 in January on Sundays @ 12 NOON & Tuesdays @ 2pm for an hour.  You can also watch it online at the scheduled time – just CLICK HERE .

CTN Channel 4 reaches the homes of 65,000 cable TV subscribers in eastern Cumberland County.

On an icy DEC 11 night, many guests & crew (please see below) risked their lives – LITERALLY! – to travel to the CTN studio at 516 Congress Street in Portland to tape this show because they thought it was important to get this information out to people as soon as possible.

Just getting across the street was risky.  Most came from across town, one person came from Windham, one person stayed in town overnight rather than travel home to Sanford, three people came from Augusta – Assistant AG Jim McKenna, AG Steve Rowe & Energy Czar John Kerry.

We want to thank all the guests & crew who came out that night and also the folks at CTN who helped make this show possible – Arthur Nichols, Ray Tiley, and Bill Blood.

Thanks to our crew who all did an amazing job!

Brian Knoblock, Director 
Ted Berlstein, Audio
Demian Trask, Graphics
Donna Knoblock, CAM 1
John Fairweather, CAM 2
Jim Burton, CAM 3

FORUM

Weatherization  &  Energy

Tenants & Landlords … WE are all in this TOGETHER!
 

Tenants & Landlords!  Joined together in:

• working together on weatherization & energy efficiency
• sharing information, sharing resources, sharing perspectives

Community Television Network

516 Congress Street, Portland

DECEMBER 11  

• we had a live-to-tape in-studio discussion
• audience members brought questions to find out what we can do to get through the winter 

GUESTS:

• Steve Rowe, Attorney General, State of Maine
• John Kerry, Director, Governors Office of Energy Independence and Security
• Heather Curtis, President, Portland Tenants Union
• Carleton Winslow, Vice-President, Maine Apartment Owners and Managers Association
• Jim McKenna, Assistant Attorney General for Consumer Protection, State of Maine

RESOURCE PEOPLE among audience members:

Brit Vitalius, President, Greater Portland Housing Association

Todd Anges, Weatherization & Energy Manager, PROP – Peoples Regional Opportunity Program

Tom Peterson, Home Builder, Super-Insulated Energy STAR Homes

HOST:

Ed Democracy, Host & Producer, Portland Commons

Co-Sponsored by:

Portland Tenants Union   &   Greater Portland Housing Association

    www.portlandtenants.org                            www.gphamaine.com

FMI: 

Ed Democracy

CELL:  899-9674

info@portlandcommons.com

 
Produced by:

PORTLAND COMMONS:

common issues for the common good

www.portlandcommons.com

Weatherization & Energy – DECEMBER 11 at CTN

Weatherization  &  Energy

Tenants & Landlords … WE are all in this TOGETHER!
 

Tenants & Landlords!  Join together in:

• working together on weatherization & energy efficiency
• sharing information, sharing resources, sharing perspectives

Community Television Network

516 Congress Street, Portland

DECEMBER 11
 

DOORS OPEN:              5:00pm

AUDIENCE SEATED:      5:30pm (please arrive early)

TAPING STARTS:          6:00pm (‘til 7pm)

 

• Join us for a live-to-tape in-studio discussion
• Bring your questions & find out what you can do to get through the winter

 

GUESTS:
 

• Steve Rowe, Attorney General, State of Maine
• John Kerry, Director, Governors Office of Energy Independence and Security
• Heather Curtis, President, Portland Tenants Union
• Brit Vitalius, President, Greater Portland Housing Association

Co-Sponsored by:

Portland Tenants Union   &   Greater Portland Housing Association

    www.portlandtenants.org                            www.gphamaine.com

FMI: 

Ed Democracy

CELL:  899-9674

info@portlandcommons.com

 
Produced by:

PORTLAND COMMONS:

common issues for the common good

www.portlandcommons.com