{"id":2924,"date":"2017-03-31T10:57:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T14:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2017-06-20T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:54:47","slug":"farms-and-food-systems-blog-april-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/2017\/03\/31\/farms-and-food-systems-blog-april-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Farms and Food Systems Blog &#8211; April 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"2925\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"WLA workers harvesting a peach crop on a farm near Leesburg, Virginia in August 1944. Photo by the USDA wp-image-2925 size-medium\" title=\"WLA workers harvesting a peach crop on a farm near Leesburg, Virginia in August 1944. Photo by the USDA\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-31-at-10.54.37-AM-300x236.png\" alt=\"WLA workers harvesting a peach crop on a farm near Leesburg, Virginia in August 1944. Photo by the USDA\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-31-at-10.54.37-AM-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-31-at-10.54.37-AM-105x83.png 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-31-at-10.54.37-AM-317x249.png 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-31-at-10.54.37-AM-423x332.png 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-31-at-10.54.37-AM.png 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">WLA workers harvesting a peach crop on a farm near Leesburg, Virginia in August 1944. Photo by the USDA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/programs\/agriculture\/farms-and-food-systems-blog\/april-2017\/#finding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In this issue:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding Farm Labor<\/li>\n<li>Worker Protection Standards Inspection Checklist<\/li>\n<li>High Tunnel Pest Management Strategies<\/li>\n<li>Organic No-till Crop Management!?<\/li>\n<li>Tractor Maintenance and Avoiding Breakdowns<\/li>\n<li>Tractor Safety Courses Offered Statewide<\/li>\n<li>Farm Safety in Maine: On-Farm Safety Reviews Offered<\/li>\n<li>Working with Your Meat Processor<\/li>\n<li>Avian Influenza and the Importance of Biosecurity<\/li>\n<li>Directories and Resources<\/li>\n<li>Upcoming Events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this issue: Finding Farm Labor Worker Protection Standards Inspection Checklist High Tunnel Pest Management Strategies Organic No-till Crop Management!? Tractor Maintenance and Avoiding Breakdowns Tractor Safety Courses Offered Statewide Farm Safety in Maine: On-Farm Safety Reviews Offered Working with Your Meat Processor Avian Influenza and the Importance of Biosecurity Directories and Resources Upcoming Events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":5,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/author\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"News about AgrAbility","parent":0,"count":258,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":258,"category_description":"News about AgrAbility","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3178,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agrability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}