Training the Next Generation of Maine Farmers
Farm Apprenticeships provide opportunities for training in:
- Organic vegetable, herb, and flower production at many different scales
Marketing techniques, including direct marketing strategies such as Community Supported Agriculture- Raising livestock, including cattle, goats, sheep, horses, pigs, and poultry
- Using draft animals for cultivation and woods work
- Homesteading skills, including housebuilding, food preservation, and alternative energy
- Dairy farming and cheese making with cows, goats, or sheep
- Maple sugaring, orchard pruning, cider pressing, and meat processing
- Seed saving
- Making value-added products with farm resources
- Grass-based and intensive rotational grazing farm systems
These and many other diverse opportunities are available on more than 80 farms throughout Maine.
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In addition to the individual farm experience, MOFGA offers many opportunities throughout the year for apprentice networking and supplemental learning, including the Farm Training Project, and several day-long and multi-day educational events.
Information for Prospective Apprentices
Information for Prospective Host Farmers
Links to other Agricultural Education Resources
