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…
On February 24th, in a simultaneous transaction, Linda and Jerry Covell signed a conservation easement to permanently protect their 70.5 acre farm, and sold the property to young farmers Jeff Benton and Erin Ehlers. The Covells have thought about protecting…
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…
Join Maine Farmland Trust, Norway Brewing Company, and Pietree Orchard for a taste of what it takes to add Maine-grown fruits to Maine-made beer. Sample beers made with local fruit and learn about the field-to-glass process from the people who grow…
Veggies For All volunteer Sarah “Sass” Linnekin brandishes a new beet. Veggies For All is a food bank farm that grows crops on four acres of land in Unity; it’s quickly becoming a model for other organizations across the state. A…
Blue Hill Peninsula residents are encouraged to apply for a community food grant program. Maine Farmland Trust is now accepting proposals for projects or programs intended to increase food sustainability and improve the health and well-being of Blue Hill Peninsula…
Conservation Easements as a Tool to Help Fund Farm Purchase or Development This session will outline the basics of what a conservation easement is, and how sale of a conservation easement can help farmers access funding to help with acquiring…
December 5, 2016 Augusta Civic Center 76 Community Dr., Augusta, ME Join MFT and others for a day of discussions and dialog where we will grapple with the challenges of how to provide for a farm's future when a farmer…
L-R: David Wang, Ellen Griswold, Cecile Wang. Ellen Griswold of Portland, Maine has been selected by Maine Farmland Trust as its inaugural Wang Fellow. As a Fellow, Griswold will work for a year at the Trust researching current trends…
The warm late summer has meant that our onion crop is drying quickly, turning the hundreds of pounds of onions we pulled a couple weeks ago into high quality storage vegetables that will keep well into the winter. We've also been busy…