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Maine House Democrats: Legislative Council Advances Shaw Bill to Make It Easier for More Mainers to Grow Their Own Food
November 22, 2023
AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 22 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release:

The Legislative Council recently approved a bill from Rep. Kathy Shaw, D-Auburn, that would make it easier for more Mainers to grow their own food by exempting buildings used for the cultivation of crops, like permanent greenhouses, from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC).

The exemption included in the bill, An Act to Exempt Buildings Used to Cultivate Crops from the . . .

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