Keywords: Local food movement
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Site Pages
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3
"… the Latin word "granum," or "grain." The Grange movement has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3
"… for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household necessities. Members might help another veteran get a job or secure a loan."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation
"Many people lived off the game for food. Phil Richards with his buck, Strong, ca. 1944Strong Historical Society There used to be a fine of…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic
"Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the needy; sometimes they even found work for the needy veterans."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"Agriculture and the Food Industry Strong has a rich history of food production. Corn and apples were sent across the country."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools
"They held auctions, catered, had food sales, sold lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4
"… public and private education, a cooperative food market, a rebirth of local farming, two historical societies, a music lending library, and myriad…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… two-foot gauge railroads allowed for the quick movement of timber south and tourists north. For the first time in western Maine’s history, rural…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"After the north-south oriented bedrock underlying the parallel ridges and valleys was formed and re-formed by plate movements hundreds of millions of…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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