Maine Fare is a month-long series of hands-on field trips and workshops throughout the month of June, culminating into a unique finale feast on June 30th. Formerly a food festival that drew thousands of local food lovers to Belfast, MFT…
York County Land Owners (YCFN) and Seekers Unite! FarmLink Mixer and Potluck, co-sponsored by YCFN and MFT When: April 11, 2018 • 5:30 pm, potluck dinner; 6:30 pm, meeting Where: Extension office building, 21 Bradeen St., Nasson Heritage Room, Springvale,…
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…
In the next decade, more than 400,000 acres of Maine farmland will transition in ownership. What will happen to that land? Farmers, landowners, and farm advocates are invited to the third annual Farmland Access Conference on December 4, 2017 at…
On August 16, Thayden and Nora Farrington protected their 380-acre dairy farm with an agricultural easement through MFT. Thayben Farm sits on two parcels in Jay and Wilton, and the couple inherited the farm from Thayden's father. The Farringtons made…
Join us at Johnson Hall, Gardiner on Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30 pm for Forgotten Farms, a new film about the important role dairy farms play in New England’s farming landscape. Dairy farmers remain the backbone of the region’s agriculture but fight…
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…
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…