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Maine Farmland Trust
97 Main Street
Belfast, Maine 04915
Phone: 207-338-6575
Fax: 207-338-6024
Email: info@mainefarmlandtrust.org
Maine Farmland Trust
97 Main Street
Belfast, Maine 04915
Phone: 207-338-6575
Fax: 207-338-6024
Email: info@mainefarmlandtrust.org
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Check out the NEW
MAINE FARMLINK
WEBSITE!
Maine FarmLink is a farm transfer program that connects prospective farmers seeking farmland with retiring farmers and other farmland owners who wish to see their agricultural lands remain active.
FarmLink is a program of MFT.
visit the new site
www.mainefarmlink.org
Check out the NEW
MAINE FARMLINK
WEBSITE!
Maine FarmLink is a farm transfer program that connects prospective farmers seeking farmland with retiring farmers and other farmland owners who wish to see their agricultural lands remain active.
FarmLink is a program of MFT.
visit the new site
www.mainefarmlink.org
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.jpg) UPCOMING GALLERY SHOW
Forever Farms exhibit at Maine Farmland Trust Gallery
Belfast – This month through March, starting February 24th, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery will be showcasing the Trust’s recently launched Forever Farms program through an exhibit of farm photographs by Lily Piel – a Maine-based photographer with a great eye for detail, who is able to find the unique in the rituals of everyday.
"The Forever Farm Program celebrates the growing success of farmland protection efforts in Maine and recognizes the farms that are part of this movement. This includes the fact that more and more farmland owners see the value of permanently protecting their land and their legacy," says John Piotti, executive director of Maine Farmland Trust.
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Come Spring Farm in Union permanently conserved
Union — Herbert Harriman has lived on Come Spring Farm since the 1960s, raising his family, managing the farmland and milling lumber. The old farmhouse, while not the original Come Spring Farm dating back to the late 1800s, sits up on a hill on Come Spring Lane and looks out across 14 acres of rolling fields onto Round Pond in the center of Union. On Dec. 21, 2011, Harriman signed a conservation easement with the Georges River Land Trust that will allow the land to remain as farmland forever.
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 Future of farming topic of St. George talk
St. George — If the abundance of locally grown food is part of daily life, then the Thursday, Feb. 16 event with John Piotti should be on one's schedule.
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Farmland preserved 
By Kate Irish Collins
kcollins@keepmecurrent.com
SACO – Three hundred acres of land with access to the Saco River have been preserved from development by a recent agreement between the Fogg family of Saco and the Maine Farmland Trust.
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Let's Talk About the Farm Bill
MFT's executive director John Piotti will be helping facilitate a special forum on the Farm Bill to be held at the Museum of Science in Boston on January 29.
John will also be introducing U.S. Rep Chellie Pingree, who is delivering the keynote address.
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Waldo County 4-H at MFT Gallery .JPG)
Belfast — Through Feb. 20, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery is hosting an exhibit compiled by several youth members of Waldo County 4-H. Under the supervision of Marilyn Schofield, Nicole, Shaynen and Mackensie Schofield put together a pictorial overview of 4-H activities that center around agriculture, food preservation and wood science.
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 Two protected farms
By Jennifer Feals
January 19, 2012 2:00 AM
KENNEBUNK — Two farms in Kennebunk are now protected under an agricultural easement, thanks to a donation by the founders of Tom's of Maine.
Tom and Kate Chappell have donated the agricultural easements for the two properties — which together boast 100 acres of open fields and over a mile of frontage on the Kennebunk River — to the Maine Farmland Trust, keeping the 154 acres forever available for farming. The farms are located along Alewife Road and Russell Farm Road.
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Cultivating Maine's
Agricultural Future
New Guide for Towns Looking to Encourage Local Farming
For an online copy of the guide:
LinkClick.aspx
Cultivating Maine's
Agricultural Future
New Guide for Towns Looking to Encourage Local Farming
For an online copy of the guide:
LinkClick.aspx
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FROM THE LAND
maine farms at work
To view a list of Bookstores
around the state of Maine
which offer this book for sale,
Click here
FROM THE LAND
maine farms at work
To view a list of Bookstores
around the state of Maine
which offer this book for sale,
Click here
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