October 2019
Growing Together
Our Annual Meeting & 20th Anniversary Celebration! Thursday, October 3, 2019 Broadturn Farm Scarborough, Maine Let’s celebrate all the work we’ve accomplished together over the last 20 years, and look forward to a bright future for farming in Maine!…
Find out more »November 2019
Webinar: Agricultural Land Reclamation in the 21st Century
Join MFT & Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry for this upcoming webinar: Agricultural Land Reclamation in the 21st Century: Best practices for farmers, landowners, and service providers A webinar for farmers, landowners and service providers covering best practices…
Find out more »Small Works Holiday Show at MFT Gallery
MFT’s 2019 Small Works Holiday Show features 21 artists from all over the state. The show is a diverse collection of fine arts and crafts with landscapes, figurative work, and abstract imagery related to Maine’s rural culture. The works in…
Find out more »2019 Farmland Access & Transfer Conference
MFT & Land For Good are pleased to present the 5th Annual Farmland Access and Transfer Conference! Last year's conference drew over 130 farmers, policymakers, service providers and advocates and featured storytelling, skill-building workshops, and thoughtful discussion around farmland access…
Find out more »Agricultural Land Reclamation Field Walk and Workshop
Join David Rocque, Maine State Soil Scientist, Andrew Marshall, MFT Research Fellow, and farmers Graham and Emily Mallory for a discussion and demonstration of agricultural land reclamation. Over the past 5 years, Graham and Emily have reclaimed 100 acres of…
Find out more »December 2019
Young Farmers Conference Happy Hour Watch Party
MFT and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) invite you to gather with other young (or not so young) farmers and friends for a happy hour and to watch the keynote from Stone Barn Center’s annual Young Farmers Conference.…
Find out more »Support Working Landscapes: Information and Resources for Belfast Area Farmland and Woodlot Owners
Monday, Dec 9th, 2019 6-8pm Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library Are you a Belfast area farmer, farmland owner, woodlot owner, or municipal representative? Join us for an evening of information and resources for farmland and woodlot owners,…
Find out more »January 2020
Farms Tools Project
Fiore Art Center Residency alumni Sarah Loftus (2017) and Michel Droge (2018) explore the relationships between farmers and the land with a series of cyanotype prints of hand tools pulled from barns, fields, and greenhouses at seven farms across Maine.…
Find out more »“Farmsteaders” Screening in Bath
Join MFT on Tuesday, January 21 for a free film screening and discussion in Bath. About Farmsteaders: Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture…
Find out more »“Farmsteaders” Screening in Lewiston
Join MFT on Thursday, January 23 for a free film screening and discussion in Lewiston. About Farmsteaders: Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture…
Find out more »“Farmsteaders” Screening in Kennebunk
Join MFT on Wednesday, January 29 for a free film screening and discussion in Kennebunk. About Farmsteaders: Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture…
Find out more »“Farmsteaders” Screening at Sheepscot General
Join MFT on Friday, January 31 for a free film screening and discussion at Sheepscot General. (REMINDER: Friday is pizza night!) Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s…
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