This summer, MFT is excited to welcome two summer interns: Eric Day and Diego Valazquez. Eric Day is working this summer with MFT’s Policy and Research Department on conducting research and analysis for the Wild Blueberry Sector Report, which is…
The Maine Legislature adjourned on June 20, 2019. Here is how MFT’s policy priorities fared this legislative session: LD 797: An Act to Limit Greenhouse Gas Pollution and Effectively Use Maine’s Natural Resources; LD 1679: An Act to Establish…
During an engagement effort that was coordinated by a group of agriculture organizations and farm business owners between August 2018 and January 2019, farmers across the state were asked to share their ideas about what is needed to strengthen farm…
Throughout the month of June, MFT traveled across the state for a listening tour that brought us into the fields and barns of the farmers we serve. This tour is helping us dig into what is happening on the ground…
Anna has been with MFT for a full decade now, joining the small team in 2009 to start the MFT Gallery in Belfast. In 2016, her work evolved to encompass the Fiore Art Center at Rolling Acres Farm, where she…
In order for farms to continue to provide the economic, environmental, pastoral, recreational, and educational benefits to the state, there must be the land base to support and grow Maine’s food and agricultural economy. The Land for Maine’s Future (LMF)…
Kyle Warren, MFT's newest stewardship staff member, walks the property at Hanson Farm.
MFT is part of Food Solutions New England (FSNE), a regional collaborative network with goals to support a New England food system that drives healthy food for all, racial equity, sustainable farming and fishing, and thriving communities. As part of…
This month, MFT is hitting the road to visit Maine farms! There’s no better way to celebrate our 20th Anniversary than with an epic road trip and listening tour that will bring us straight to the fields and barns of the…
MFT recently awarded 25 Blue Hill Peninsula Community Food grants, totaling $61,613. Projects included starting new community gardens, equipment and infrastructure for farm and food businesses, and purchasing of local food for food security programs for students and summer campers.…