Farm Viability

Maine Farmland Trust, Wolfe’s Neck Center Launch Maine Soil Health Network Healthy soil, and the farmers that steward it, are key to mitigating climate change On May 4, Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) and Wolfe’s Neck Center (WNC) in Freeport launched…

Grant Cohort Includes Farms from Bowdoinham, Monmouth, Whitefield, Freedom On April 26, Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) announced the award of matching grants totaling $200,000 to four farms across the state upon completion of MFT’s Farming for Wholesale program. The farms…

A Q&A with Farm Business Planning Co-Manager Alex Fouliard Alex Fouliard is MFT’s Farm Business Planning Co-Manager. Since 2016, she’s worked with farmers to build tailored business plans through programs like the Business of Farming workshops. Every year, Maine Farmland…

MFT is pleased to announce the launch of FarmCalc, a cloud-database program that helps farmers make financially informed decisions about their farm business. This program was developed by MFT, Jed Beach of FarmSmart Maine and Lori Bailey of ReNew Development.…

MFT and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association distribute a total of $47,960 to farms in a second round of grants.

In 2021, MFT is offering two  business planning programs for farmers: The Business of Farming and Farming for Wholesale. The organization has offered business planning training programs to farmers since 2016 in order to enhance farmers’ abilities to make informed …

MFT has awarded grants to five farms, totaling $238,103, to grow their businesses. The farms participated in MFT’s Farming for Wholesale program and worked with business advisors to research and define business plans focused on scaling up for wholesale markets.…