Chris Hamilton BARRED OWL CREAMERY • WHITEFIELD, MAINE From our very first meeting in 1999, MFT had ambitious goals and a confident energy. I am in awe of MFT’s proactive…

Warren & Helen Balgooyen WISHING WELL FARM • NORRIDGEWOCK, MAINE Our friend Jim Hastings introduced me to MFT at an early meeting at his house in Skowhegan. As a career…

Ellen & Jack McAdam MCDOUGAL ORCHARDS • SPRINGVALE, MAINE In 2000, the Maine Dept. of Agriculture, under the leadership of Bob Spear, began sponsoring an action plan for farmland protection…

David Flanagan VIKING LUMBER • BELFAST, MAINE Hopefully, over the last 20 years,  awareness has grown enough to help create an economy of appreciation for more healthy foods and the…

Frances Kilea APPLETON, MAINE I support MFT's mission in the abstract because I have long believed in the importance of a strong web of local commerce and food production, but…

Rob Tod ALLAGASH BREWING COMPANY • PORTLAND, MAINE There are so many benefits to bringing industries like farming back to local communities: jobs, profits, sustainability, the value in knowing where…

Troy & Brenda White LIL BIT ORGANIC FARM • LAGRANGE, MAINE Some of the fields that we leased for hay went up for sale. We knew these fields would appeal…

Sam Hayward FORE STREET RESTAURANT • PORTLAND, MAINE In the time I’ve been cooking in Maine—that is, since 1974—everything has changed. Then, almost all food supplies for restaurants came from…

Jodi Paloni WRITER • JEFFERSON, MAINE As the daughter of farmers on both sides of the family from the mid-Atlantic region, my move to New England as a young adult…

Stacy Brenner BROADTURN FARM • SCARBOROUGH, MAINE My hope for the future is that the shelves of the Hannafords and Shaws and Market Baskets around the state are filled with…

Andrew Sevey BROADCREST FARM • RIPLEY, MAINE We have to have our farms because if we don’t have our farms, rural America is dead, period.  As a lifelong farmer, I…

Carrie Whitcomb SPRINGDALE FARM • WALDO, MAINE It was my grandmother's relentless passion for farming and her farmland that led her to MFT.  She shivered at the thought of her…

Heather & Phil Retberg QUILLS END FARM • PENOBSCOT, MAINE The future of farming in Maine hangs in the balance.  Its future very much depends on what we do now…