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Fedco Seeds 2021: Seeds and Supplies
Full text linkWhen is a seed catalog more than a seed catalog?
When it is the Fedco Seed catalog.
Fedco, founded in 1978, is a worker-consumer cooperative in Maine known for promoting the ideals of cooperation, transparency, and the common ownership of seeds. These archives contain thousands of pages of Fedco’s seed catalogs. As one of its editors noted, “We give our readers things to think about.” Annual themes have included the role played by soil bacteria—the microscopic heroes that make life on this planet possible; the contributions of plant breeders and seed keepers; poetry by Walt Whitman, Vergil, and Russell Libby, among others. Editorials often stress the negative impact multinational corporations have on the genetic diversity of food crops, and provide annual updates on genetic engineering and the consolidation of the seed industry. Bits of humor are throughout, some of them in possibly the catalogs’ best feature: original art, and engravings from old seed catalogs and horticultural books. It is, in the words of Fedco’s founder CR Lawn, “More than a marketing tool.
Monsters Without Borders: Expanding the Limits of Horror Narrative
No full textCiting “horror” as a genre brings to mind scary movies or popular novels in the Western world. Yet, the use of horrific features to drive narrative knows no such constraints. This panel will explore expansions of what we consider “horror” by turning its focus across genres and cultures. First, it will explore how youth films and podcasts repurpose horror to challenge audiences. Additionally, the panel will dissect how horror narratives tend to construct the feminine as monstrous by examining films that straddle cultures. Overall, this panel will challenge assumptions about the limits of horror in surprisingly generative ways
Abbott Park Forest Carbon Assessment
Full text linkForests are globally important carbon sinks. Using University of Maine at Farmington’s Abbott Park, our research asks: 1) How much carbon is stored in Abbott Park? 2) How does carbon storage vary by species? 3) Do patterns of forest regeneration suggest that the future forest will differ in carbon storage potential? Data were collected in 150 m2 belt transects in which diameter breast height (DBH)of all trees ≥ 5 cm were recorded by species. Seedlings and saplings were tallied by species. Allometric equations were used to calculate standing biomass and total carbon. Total carbon storage in Abbott Park was found to be approximately 508,221 kg (560 metric tons)
Maine Summer 2021 Politics Update: The Power of Elections, and Elections about Power
No full textThe Pine Tree State has had no shortage of political drama over the past year. This includes, among other things, the most expensive election ever in Maine, a potential election collision between the current governor and her immediate predecessor, conflict over the future of energy policy, and much more. This article will look at these and other issues, starting with the 2020 November 2020 election
Woodsqueer : Crafting a Sustainable Rural Life
No full textWoodsqueer is sometimes used to describe the mindset of a person who has taken to the wild for an extended period of time. Gretchen Legler is no stranger to life away from the rapid-fire pace of the twenty-first century, which can often lead to a kind of stir-craziness. Woodsqueer chronicles her experiences not just making a living but making a life-in this case, an agrarian one more in tune with the earth on eighty acres in backwoods Maine. Building a home with her partner, Ruth, on their farm means learning to live with solitude, endless trees, and the wild animals the couple come to welcome as family. Whether trying to outsmart their goats, calculating how much firewood they need for the winter, or bartering with neighbors for goods and services, they hone life skills brought with them (carpentry, tracking and hunting wild game) and others they learn along the way (animal husbandry, vegetable gardening, woodcutting). Legler\u27s story, at times humbling and at other times amusing, is an homage to agrarian American life echoing the back-to-the-land movement popularized in the mid-twentieth century -- Provided by publisherhttps://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/publications/1092/thumbnail.jp
Outdoor Tours 4-6
No full text4. Local history and architecture of downtown Farmington
Take a trip back in time to enjoy the rich heritage of our cherished community.
Heather Janson, Page Brown, Miranda Clark (Theresa Overall)
2-3pm, meet at Alumni Auditorium\u27s front door
5. Historic archaeology in Abbott Park
Tour of recent explorations on the periphery of campus
Miles Stevens (Luke Kellett)
2-3pm, meet in Roberts Courtyard
6. UMF’s brand new Prescott Field trail system
Explore the network of trails through the beautiful habitats bordering the Sandy.
Brent West and Gina Oswald
2-3pm, meet at Prescott Field Parking Lot (south end of field
Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage: Text and Contexts
Full text linkThis honors thesis emphasizes how Pilgrimage represents literary Modernism, a major artistic movement in the twentieth century, by pioneering representations of subjective temporality in fiction through the stream of consciousness technique
I Know You Love Me, Too
No full textTold from multiple perspectives, the novel-in-stories I Know You Love Me, Too follows half-sisters Ingrid and Kate as they investigate the mysteries left by their deceased father and the riddles posed by their own live
Zoom Interview with Jim Melcher
No full textEpisode 33 of the Margaret Chase Smith Library\u27s weekly Zoom interviews is with Dr. James Melcher, a professor of Political Science at the University of Maine at Farmington. We were led to him by his student, Tyler Washburn, who was the subject of episode 31. If you missed that or any others, you can find them on our YouTube channel, TheMCSLibrary. Dr. Melcher has had many connections to the Library over the past two decades and during this conversation amply demonstrates why he is such an engaging teacher and gifted lecturer. Please excuse the host\u27s forgetting to start off in shared screen and be sure to linger, or at least fast forward, to the end to catch Dr. Melcher’s repertoire of political imitations
Cartography With Programming: Visualizing Climate Trends
No full textThis computer science project was designed as an investigation into possible links between climate change and other global trends. Research was structured around creating maps using computer programs and analysis based on trends observed in the maps. The programs narrowed down relevant data and visualized climate-related trends by creating maps from the data. Topics investigated included industrialization in the U.S. and conflicts in Africa