Click on the icons to see what each farm and business has to offer. All of the farms included on our map are part of MFT’s Farm Network and are either protected with an agricultural conservation easement or have participated in other Maine Farmland Trust programs, like Farm Business Planning or the Maine Soil Health Network. Along with opportunities to fill your pantry with fresh Maine berries and fruits, veggies, meats, cheeses, ice cream, many of these farms offer farm tours, u-pick berries, farm-to-table dinners, fiber arts classes, goat hikes, nature walks, and more!
June is Maine Dairy Month, so make sure to add a visit to a Maine dairy on your itinerary to pick up some delicious cheese, yogurt, butter, milk, and especially ice cream on those hot summer days!
July 23rd is Open Farm Day, with many farms across the state offering tours, samples, and special activities – find a participating farm near you and mark your calendar! If you have plans that weekend, use our map to find farms that offer tours all summer long.
The month of July is National Blueberry Month and August 5-6th is Wild Blueberry Weekend across Maine. Use our map to find local wild blueberry growers where you can pick your own or buy pre-packed fresh berries, along with blueberry jams, pies, syrups, and more.
Can’t make it to one of the farms on the map? Don’t sweat it! We have plenty of ideas for farm activities that you can do anywhere in the state, or at home.
Go
Pick your own: Many farms offer the opportunity to pick your own fruit, which is one of the best farm activities for kids and adults alike. There is no more interactive way to experience fresh farm produce than picking straight from the plant themselves.
Tour a dairy farm: Learn where your dairy comes from. Discuss what your favorite types of cheese are, and what other food items come from cows, goats and sheep. Reflect on the different steps it takes for milk to end up in your cereal, or cheese on your pizza. See if you can make a meal using at least 2 different Maine dairy products (butter, milk, cheese, yogurt, etc).
Tour a fiber farm: See the sheep and other livestock, learn how natural fibers are made, and reflect on what other non-edible products come from farms
Tour a wild blueberry farm: See how Maine wild blueberries grow, and reflect on how growing wild blueberries is different from other produce, and the challenges that climate change might pose to the industry
Create a self-guided scavenger hunt: possible activities include finding a herd of sheep, a corn field, pollinators, barns of different colors, working farm animals or looking for different vegetables growing on farms
Pack a picnic of Maine foods and bring it to a favorite walking spot, hiking trail, park or beach
Create a bouquet with Maine-grown flowers
Enjoy a beverage made with Maine ingredients
Cool down with an ice cream or popsicle made with local ingredients
Try 3 different Maine-grown varieties of the same fruit or vegetable and compare them
Complete a knitting, crochet, felting, or other project with Maine-made fiber
Make a decoration for your house out of Maine-grown products
Try a preserved food that’s made in Maine
Learn
Do you know how your town’s policy decisions affect Maine’s farming landscape? Learn about the effects that municipal and state policy have on Maine’s farms.
How much do you know about the Farm Bill, the primary agriculture and food policy measure of the federal government? Congress is drafting the newest Farm Bill this year – learn about MFT’s priorities for the Farm Bill and why these priorities matter to Maine farmers.
Learn about the role of dairy in Maine’s agriculture industry, some of the challenges the dairy milk farmers face, and opportunities to enact policies that support Maine milk producers by browsing Maine Farmland Trust’s Dairy Sector Report.
Learn about soil health, how farmers create healthy soil, and why healthy soils can help farms mitigate the effects of climate change. Use our Summer Farm Activities Map to visit farms in the Maine Soil Health Network that are implementing these practices.
See how the Maine farming community rallied together to support farms affected by PFAS contamination – and follow our policy action alerts to take action to ensure that supports for impacted farmers and research on remediation are included in the 2023 Farm Bill.
Talk to your local farmer! What are the top challenges that they face? What are their thoughts on how to solve those challenges?
This map is supported by MFT’s Business Members
This map, and Maine Farmland Trust’s work, is supported by our members. We are especially grateful to our Fruit and Blossom business members, who are committed to our local farms and communities and share our vision to grow a thriving agricultural economy.
