ABOUT LD 437 Maine's Legislature will consider numerous bills this session seeking to implement Governor Mills’ four-year plan for climate action. One of those bills focuses on the role that healthy soil plays in helping farmers become more resilient to…
Maine FarmLink is a land linking service that helps connect people who are seeking farmland, with farmland owners (or their representatives) who are looking to sell, lease or work out non-traditional tenure arrangements, based on their respective interests, needs and…
MFT is announcing our 2021 grant program for projects or programs intended to increase food sustainability and improve the health and well-being of Blue Hill Peninsula residents. In addition to meeting these goals, successful applications will be those that place…
By: Ellen Stern Griswold, MFT's Policy & Research Director The new legislative session began this month, and I wanted to share some of the state policy priorities MFT will be working on this session. Not all of the bills have…
This past summer, MFT’s Fiore Art Center offered four virtual residencies. Instead of working at the beautiful Rolling Acres Farm at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson, ME, the residents worked from their homes, farms, gardens and studios. From January…
By Ellen Stern Griswold, MFT's Policy & Research Director On December 21, 2020, Congress passed, and the President later signed on December 28th, the Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, a bipartisan compromise bill that combined approximately $900 billion in…
The new year brings an opportunity for reflection on happenings and accomplishments, and anticipation of what’s to come. The first Harvest of 2021 reminds us that even in a year as full of challenges as 2020, there’s good work happening…
In 2020 we worked with farmers to protect a total of 20 farms, totaling almost 2,000 acres. Learn more about some of our most recent farmland projects:
MFT’s FarmLink is a linking service that helps connect people who are seeking farmland, with farmland owners (or their representatives) who are looking to sell, lease or work out non-traditional tenure arrangements, based on their respective interests, needs and goals.…
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.…