Come celebrate Earth Day at the Gem Theater! There will be a Potluck at 3:30pm, followed by showings at 4:30pm of farm-friendly films including: 'Growing Local': While "buying local" is on the rise, the stories in Growing Local make clear that small farms…
MFT is rebranding its innovative nutrition incentive program under the name Farm Fresh Rewards. Farm Fresh Rewards offers bonus local fruits and vegetables to low-income shoppers at participating retail stores. Farm Fresh Rewards is currently offered at 16 retail locations…
What do you get for the people on your list who love Maine farms and food? We’ve added to our list from last year to give you a few ideas to fill your holiday season with local goodness. A CSA…
Join us for a special tasting & discussion with Tod Mott, owner/brewer of Tributary Brewing Company ; Luci Benedict, Associate Professor of Chemistry at USM; Ryan Houghton, owner/farmer at The Hop Yard ; and Chris Cabot of Maine Farmland Trust. For…
Join Spice & Grain Natural Market, Fly Away Farm, MFT and others for a screening of Growing Local at Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. MFT Lands staff member Chris Franklin will lead a Q+A discussion after the film. Light refreshments…
Shake off the winter hibernation and join us for Pizza Night in Portland! On Tuesday, April 4 from 5-9 pm, Maine Farmland Trust will receive a portion of the proceeds of all pizzas sold at Flatbread Company, 72 Commercial St,…
Original story in: Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Winter 2016-2017 Newsletter In 2011, Amanda Beal and several others, including Russell Libby (then MOFGA's executive director), began to explore deeply the capacity for New England to produce much more of…
Unity Barn Raisers and Veggies For All present Empty Bowls 2017, a benefit for the Volunteer Regional Food Pantry and the Western Waldo County Gleaning Initiative. Due to inclement weather the date has been changed from Tuesday, March 14, to…
Photo Exhibit and Community Conversation FEEDING MAINE is a traveling photo exhibit documenting some of the many people working for change in our communities across the state, with the hope that these efforts will continue to grow into a resilient…
CANCELLED DUE TO SNOWSTORM (RESCHEDULING TBA) The Gibbs Library and Maine Farmland Trust will present the film “Growing Local” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in the Bryant Room of the library at 40 Old Union Road, Washington. Prior…