"Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."
- Walt Whitman
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MOFGA’s Journeyperson Program provides hands-on support, training, and mentorship for people who are serious about pursuing careers in organic farming in Maine. The program is designed for farmers in their first three to five years to further develop the skills they need to farm independently and successfully. |
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First Year | Second Year | Graduates |
Randy and Nathaniel Canarr and Peggy Hoare – Souder Station Farm, Winterport
We are a small, diversified family farm. We operate year round, offering locally produced, natural pork and chicken products. In 2016 we bought a new farm in Winterport and have begun overhauling and creating our dream life. We strive to produce food and products that are of the highest quality, naturally produced following organic principles, and fairly priced. From our family to yours. Humanely treated animals, land vitality, clean water ways, healthy forests, and long term solutions over the quick fix underline our approach to living with the seasons. Come with us as we build a future based on good health, balance, and long term sustainability. Visit us and learn more at: http://souderstationfarm.com; on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouderStationFarml and Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/Heritagefarmmaine |
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Laura Casserly and Chris MacDonald – Good Land Farm, Freedom
Chris and Laura have apprenticed in Freedom for the last two seasons and 2017 will be their first season running their own operation, Good Land Farm in Waldo. As they search for a farm to steward for the long haul, they’re starting with raising sheep and rabbits on friends’ pasture with plans to expand their offerings in the seasons to come. They are excited to feed their community with food that is ethically and sustainably raised as well as delicious and nourishing. Some of their favorite farm tasks include: rising with the sun for morning chores, letting sheep onto fresh pasture, shoveling manure, and watching lambs frolic. |
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Anna Davis and David Levinson – Beech Hill Farm, College of the Atlantic, Mount Desert
This is Anna and David's first year managing College of the Atlantic's Beech Hill Farm together. Anna and David have been in Maine farming for the college since 2014 and are excited to be taking on the new challenge of overseeing the 73-acre property and expanding Beech Hill Farm's vegetable and pork production and educational programs. They are thrilled to be a part of Maine's inspiring local food system and hope to, eventually, play a role in helping to train the next generation of farmers. |
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Ron DiGravio and Cindy Townsend – Cranberry Rock Farm, Winthrop
Cindy and Ron started Cranberry Rock Farm in 2013 on a historic homestead in Winthrop. Prior to buying the Winthrop property, Ron had been a ski coach and Athletic Director at Carrabassett Valley Academy, and Cindy had been a full time mother. Since neither of them had any farming experience, and the property had not been farmed or even used as pasture in over 50 years, they faced difficult growing conditions and a steep learning curve. For the first two seasons, they had a small vegetable CSA. In subsequent years, they have added pork shares, meat birds, and turkeys. In addition to the CSA, they currently sell at four farmer’s markets, their farm stand and one small general store. Cindy and Ron use a permanent raised bed system to grow vegetables on about an acre and a half, and their focus continues to be improving the soils and biodiversity of their property. From a marketing perspective, they are planning to focus more on vegetables, gradually shifting away from livestock and towards a value-added product line that minimizes waste and maximizes the earnings potential of their growing area. |
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Khristopher Flack – Veggies For All/Sight Unseen Woods, Swanville
Khristopher Flack manages Veggies For All, a 2.5 acre food bank farm in Unity. With the help of a dedicated crew and over 150 volunteers, he raises organically grown vegetables for 1,500 food pantry clients in and around Waldo County. When he’s not in Unity, Khris is usually at home with his fiancee Lizzie piecing together Sight Unseen Woods, a woodland farm and homestead-in-the-making on 28 acres of recovering clearcut in Swanville. He is excited for the wisdom and experience available through the JP program, as well as the opportunity to connect with other young growers who have dreams of their own. |
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Cooper Funk – Dooryard Farm, Camden
Cooper is a West Coast boy who grew up and began farming in California. In 2010 he and two partners started a farm in the Sierra Foothills raising pastured poultry, pork, niche crops and cut flowers. In 2012, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arose when the farm that his wife grew up looking at out of her bedroom window became available from Maine Farmland Trust. Now 4 seasons and 2 kids later, Dooryard Farm cultivates 3 acres of certified organic vegetables for its farm stand and delivery in the Rockland/Camden area. Fully enamored with Maine, Cooper is still trying to figure out summer rain. Please feel free to stop by or follow us on Instagram (@dooryardfarmer). |
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Molly Griffin McKenna – Apple Acres Farm, Cornish
Molly Griffin McKenna is a manager at Apple Acres Farm in Cornish, Maine. The farm offers pick-your-own fruit, cider, a farm cafe and store with Maine-Made gifts and specialty foods. The farm also hosts events such as weddings, musical events, school trips and workshops. Since 2014 Molly has been working to restore the orchards to health, so that the farm can begin the organic certification transition, which it is slated to start this year. She also works as the farms’ sales and marketing director for value added products. She is also the co-director of the Ossipee Valley String Camp and Ossipee Valley Music Festival. Molly has a certificate from the Resilience Hub for Permaculture Design, and graduated from Bennington College in 2013. She likes to sea kayak, plays cello, and has two dogs. |
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Heather Holland – Outland Farm, Pittsfield
Heather owns and operates Outland Farm on 73 acres in Pittsfield, Maine. She and her husband purchased the property in the Fall of 2015. The farm was formerly known as Christmas Orchard, a small pick-your-own orchard. Being the mainstay of the farm, the 6-acre orchard includes multiple apple varieties, peaches, pears, plums, and nuts. Heather has started to diversify to the farm to create a more sustainable food system focusing on the overall health of the land, and in turn the food resulting from it. Currently, Outland Farm raises broiler chickens on pasture, pigs on pasture and woodlot, hosts a community garden that is free to the public, and maintains the orchard for pick your own and wholesale while transitioning it to holistic practices. The coming years will bring further diversification of the farm and increased community engagement via added educational and recreational opportunities. This year construction will also begin on an integrated farm brewery located on the property that Heather and her husband will own and operate. |
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Andrew Ketch – Ketch Organics, Woodland
Farmer Ketch comes from a long line of Swedish farmers up in Aroostook County. He was fortunate to live right next door to his grandfather's farm in Woodland – which is part of the Maine Swedish Colony – and spent his childhood picking potatoes and working in the garden. He purchased the farm in 2014 and immediately put the farm into a transition from conventional farming to organic farming. He added Icelandic sheep, Icelandic chickens and Swedish Flower hens to the farm and has been selling vegetables from his farm stand, delivering from Fort Kent to Portland, and is hoping to go back 100 years by switching over to horse drawn equipment in the near future. |
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Chris Lord – Swell Farm, Rockland
Chris Lord grew up in Maine and left after college to pursue a career in wildland fire. After a decade of working in the dirt fighting fire he decided to return to Maine to learn more about agriculture and to become more grounded in a community. Following his sisters lead out in Alaska, Chris has been growing cut flowers the past three seasons and is now ready to step into the marketplace. Changing careers has been both challenging and rewarding. He continually is learning more about the land and what is has to offer and hopes to slowly grow the farm beyond flowers. He is very thankful to MOFGA and the Journeyperson program for the generosity and support in his new career path. |
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Carole Mapes – Flywheel Flowers, MOFGA Farmer-in-Residence, Unity
In 2013 Carole moved to Maine from the Midwest. She intended to stay for a summer and ended up making at home here. It was farming that brought her to Maine as a MOFGA apprentice. She found the farm work and lifestyle suited her well. What kept her was the community around the local food movement. In Maine Carole has spent most of her time working on a diversified organic veggie farm that raises a few pigs. In 2016 she had the opportunity to raise a third of an acre of flowers on her own. Through this experience she found flower farming was a great fit for her interest and future goals. In 2018 Flywheel Flowers will be Northeast Harbor Farmers' Market, offering a flower CSA and selling to designers. She is excited to be the Farmer-in-Residence. You can find her on Instagram @flywheelflowers or to learn more visit https://www.flywheelflowers.com.Contact her at flywheelflowers@gmail.com. Photo courtesy of She of the Woods. |
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Liesel McCleary – North Island Botanicals, North Haven
Liesel grew up on the great plains of Nebraska. Her love of foraging combined with an idealized vision of her grandparents’ farm inspired her to study permaculture, and led her to pursue farming as a way of life. It’s been eight years since her first apprenticeship in Kansas City. Since then she has traveled far and wide across the country, picking a new farm and climate to learn and grow with each season. In 2016 she moved to Maine with her partner to co-manage Turner Farm on North Haven Island, where they care for 2 acres of diversified vegetables, cut flowers, a small dairy herd, pigs and laying hens. Liesel studies herbalism and grows or wildcrafts herbs in her spare time. She is currently developing an organic medicinal herb business – North Island Botanicals, and is working toward building her own medicinal herb farm. |
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Michael Pecoraro – Mulberry Farms, Raymond
Michael was born and raised in Maine; he spent his youth working in his grandparents’ gardens. His grandfather developed just over an acre of land that was meticulously organized and maintained. The produce from these gardens was pickled, canned, dried and frozen for meals throughout the winter. Working in these gardens showed him just how instrumental the weather can be to the success of the garden. This unpredictability started his love of growing plants in Maine’s harsh yet beautiful environment. Michael's family now owns 350+ acres in Raymond with about 50 acres of field. We have an established MOFGA certified farm that is beginning its third year of production. This year field production will be increasing 7 acres to just over 10 acres. Mulberry Farms currently has a farm stand, you-pick berries, a CSA, and sells to wholesale. |
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Andrea Price – Helios Horsepower Farm, Guilford
Andrea Price runs Helios Horsepower Farm with her partner Lizzy Koltai. Andrea starting farming as a MOFGA apprentice in 2006, and has since worked in farming and retail vegetable sales in midcoast Maine. In 2015 she put down roots with Lizzy in central Maine on an abandoned farm in Guilford. She is currently calling on her breadth of experience in organic farming, retail vegetable sales, and renovation of old houses, as they begin to restore vibrancy to untended hayfields, neglected cropland and still-worthy infrastructure. Andrea’s passionate commitment to draft animal powered, organic vegetable farming is focused on connecting the local community with foods that are delicious, healthful, affordable, and sustainably produced. |
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Kyle Ravana – Two Roads Farm, Sangerville
Kyle followed an unconventional path into agriculture. He is originally from a small island in Southeast Alaska where agriculture is almost non-existent. It was while attending the University of Maine that he began to acquaint himself with farmers and their livelihood at a local farmers’ market. Interacting with Maine’s farming community and gaining insight into where and how produce is grown, kindled his interest. It was during this time that he also met his now wife, Meghan. Her family often had a garden in which they grew their own vegetables and so she too had a keen interest in growing food and so helped to shape and foster Kyle’s interest in farming practices. The couple maintained personal vegetable gardens as they bounced around following college until settling in Sangerville, Maine. In 2014 and 2015, Kyle and Meghan began to develop their personal garden into a market garden and Two Roads Farm was born. Their flagship product is mixed veggies, but they also raise heritage meat birds, free range laying hens, and pastured pork. They market their produce through local farmers’ markets, wholesale, and a small CSA. |
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Alaena Robbins and Dylan Watters – Old Wells Farm, Limington
Alaena and Dylan live in a 1985 Shasta Camper on family land in the Limington woods where they run Old Wells Farm with Dylan's brother Stowell and partner Marina. The farm focuses on growing organic vegetables on 1 acre of intensively managed no-till beds for a small CSA, a few farmers' markets, and a cooperative winter CSA. Old Wells Farm also produces organic pork, seedlings, flowers, and shiitake mushrooms. Alaena grew up in New York, spending many days as a child playing "colonial girl." In 2014 she moved to Maine to live out her dreams. She started working at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough as an apprentice and now is a stalwart full time employee there helping with all things floral. Dylan studied and worked in agriculture at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina before moving back home to build Old Wells Farm. In his free time he works at Broadturn Farm and herds his many pigs. Together they enjoy cooking, eating, making up words, and pestering their cat. They are really excited about it all. |
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Ashley Savage – Belladonna Floral, Knox
After 13 years vegetable farming, Ashley decided to take the leap with a friend and begin flower farming! Having lived in Waldo County, Maine, her whole life, surrounded by her family, friends and farms, the roots just naturally planted themselves leaving Ashley with a deep appreciation for her home state. Heading into their fourth season in Knox, Maine, Belladonna Floral primarily focuses on growing flowers for weddings, markets and wholesale. Flowers are grown at New Beat Farm, a horse-powered farm. Belladonna Floral focuses on organic and biodynamic farming practices that help to enliven the soil and the flowers that are grown. |
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Annielyn and Eric Woodbury – East-West Farm, Verona Island
Eric and Annie came to organic farming in Maine via Ethiopia. Eric was in the Peace Corps and Annie was in the VSO, both assigned to a special needs teacher’s college that had only organic food. East-West Farm on Verona Island specializes in what its operators eat and know: Eric is from New Hampshire/Boston and Annie is from the Philippines, so the focus is on New England and Asian produce. Katahdin sheep and poultry are also raised. Eric and Annie think long-term and have fruit trees and grapes planted, too. Eric has a legal background, an active law practice in Bucksport and teaches literature at Husson University. Annie has an IT background and also has a hand-made and imported crafts and bamboo instrument venture. |
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Rose Avenia – Bar Harbor Community Farm
Rose has returned to Mt Desert Island after living in Vermont for the last 31 years to join her long time friend, Glenon Friedmann, in her farming venture. Four of us purchased a 48 acre parcel together in 2014 (with the help of Maine Coast Heritage Trust) and are now raising vegetables on about 3 acres for both a summer and fall CSA as well as wholesale accounts here on the island. Both Rose and Glenon graduated from College of the Atlantic but then separated when Rose and her family moved to Vermont. While in Vermont, Rose was active in farming for about 10 years running a CSA in the 90s. In the intervening years she has been raising food for personal consumption while working with public sector employees in Vermont on their retirement plans. She is very happy to have moved back to Maine where she can be found either working delightedly in the field during the growing season or on a major renovation of a hundred year old farmhouse during the winter. Yes, she misses Vermont but Maine is pretty darn wonderful too! |
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Anson Biller – Full Fork Farm
After six years of farming, Anson returned to the Northeast in 2015 to start Full Fork Farm in China, Maine. The farm's primary focus is the salad plate – growing beautiful baby salad green mixes, cherry tomatoes, edible flowers, and micro-greens for local chefs, caterers, and for sale through its on-site farmstand. A major component of Full Fork is its commitment to full circle farming, in particular to regional seed stewardship. Full Fork Farm strives to produce and save seeds for both itself and the local community that are well-adapted to Maine's short growing season and climate. After some encouragement, the farm has also decided to establish a .5-acre u-pick strawberry patch to serve the China Lakes Region. The majority of the patch will be ready to pick in June of 2017, but we look forward to having u-pickers to the farm late this summer (2016) as the ever-bearing strawberries begin to produce fruit. For more information, visit or contact us at www.fullforkfarm.com |
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Caitlin Frame and Andy Smith – The Milkhouse
Caitlin, along with her partner Andy and their son Linus run The Milkhouse, an organic dairy farm in the western reaches of the Kennebec Valley in Monmouth. We have a certified organic farm where we make yogurt, bottle raw milk and raise steers and pigs for meat. All of our animals are rotationally grazed on our pastures in the growing season. We are now farm partnered with our neighbors Gregg & Rhiannon at Grace Pond Farm. Gregg and Rhiannon both work with us at the Milkhouse, and they also raise pastured organic poultry at their farm down the road. We share hayland, advice, delivery and other resources. Together our cooperative family farms are committed to bringing delicious, healthful food from our pastures to your plate. We are proud to steward this land and intend for our neighbor farms to be a long standing source of nourishing food and a resource for our surrounding communities. |
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Joshua Girard – Girard Farm
Josh grew up in York County. After high school, he moved to Boston, earning a degree in engineering. Fueled by his curiosity about other cultures and places, he joined the Master's International Program at the University of South Florida. As part of his graduate studies he spent two years working as an aquaculture extension agent for the Peace Corps in Zambia. His experiences in gardening in Zambia taught him the joys and rewards of growing food and living close to the land. He spent two years as an apprentice at Frith Farm in Scarborough. In 2015 he started Girard Farm which grows under an acre of no-till vegetables, which he sells through a CSA program, a farm stand, and at the Saco Farmers' Market. |
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Doug and Gretchen Huettner – Farm in the Woods
Doug and Gretchen Huettner own and operate Farm in the Woods as a family-run, diversified operation in Monson, Maine. With their eight children they produce an assortment of fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meats, eggs, and honey which they sell locally. The Huettners have been married for 22 years and moved to Piscataquis County in 1996 so that Doug could pursue a career with the Maine Forest Service. In December 2014, they purchased 60 acres of the Nelson Farm which finally gives them room to grow. Recently the family was invited to help with Breakneck Ridge Farm’s sugar operation and they hope to develop their growing 4-H Dairy Herd into a licensed micro dairy. They look forward to expanding their ability to supply the Moosehead Lake area with locally produced agricultural products. |
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Edie Johnston – Eldertide LLC/Maine Medicinals, Inc
Edie Johnston, a 2014 SBA Tibbett's Award recipient, established Eldertide LLC in 2009. The company's mission is threefold: develop plant-based medicines to optimize human health, conduct research, and grow superior quality certified organic berries and botanicals. Eldertide launched its first nutraceutical product, Anthoimmune™ organic elderberry syrup in 2009 at Common Ground Country Fair. Anthoimmune™ is manufactured and distributed by its sister company, Maine Medicinals, Inc. Eldertide currently has four supplements in distribution to health care professionals via Emerson Ecologics; direct wholesale to health food stores and specialty grocery stores including Whole Foods Markets; and through e-commerce. |
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Jenny Lassen – Intervale Farm
Jenny made her way to Downeast Maine from New York City 10 years ago when she and her husband started Intervale Farm Organic Wild Blueberries. She is hoping to expand her her skills to include cut flower and dried flower arrangements and grateful to the Journey Person program for giving their support to help her do this. She is excited to get her hands into some ""less acidic"" soil this spring and hopefully find a niche market for her flowers. She is also looking forward to learning from the many talented flower growers in the downeast area and beyond. |
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Margo and Keith Leonforte – Hearthstone Organic Farm
For Margo and Keith Leonforte, getting the chance to put their hands in the dirt is a journey come full circle. Although Keith was born and raised in the city of Boston, he spent some of his younger years farming with his father in Sicily and founded the Chelsea Hiking Club for inner city youth. As an adult, Keith made his mark as a Union Laborer in Boston. Margo grew up outside of New York city and was first introduced to farming and the outdoors at summer camp. She has spent most of her adult life living all over the country gathering experience in counseling, vocational rehab., the Deaf Community, and autobody repair and restoration. Nearly two years ago Margo and Keith came to their senses, scrapped it all, and moved with their two boys, Roger and Oliver onto an abandoned property in Ripley, Maine. Keith now works with Jason Kafka at Checkerberry Farm in Parkman, and Margo works in the special ed. department at the local elementary school. Together they look forward to transforming this forgotten about space into a thriving farm, providing mixed vegetables, flowers, medicinal, herbs, and pasture raised eggs to the community. |
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Laura McLaughlin – Streamside Farm
Streamside Farm is located on the Marsh River in Brooks, Maine. We are a group of five friends coming together to create our vision of a sustainable community based food production system. We are cooperatively run; we all share ownership and responsibility over the farm equally. 2016 is our first year in production. We are growing one acre of mixed vegetables and plan to provide food for a 30 member CSA, a farmers market, and the Marsh River Coop. |
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Danielle Monroe – Laughing Flower Farm
Danielle, a native to Maine, grew up in the same rural town for 18 years, surrounded by farms, while yearning for warmer weather and city life. As a young adult she traveled, lived, and worked in various cities in the U.S. Her experience working in the medical billing field was an eye opener to the nations declining health and encouraged a desire to change her own health through exercise and food. At the time, living in the subtropical gulf coast, the quest for organic produce was almost impossible. When she decided to return to her home state, it was with fresh appreciation for the four seasons, sustainable farming, and the rising organic movement. Testing the theory that farming should be her future, she apprenticed and volunteered at various farms, then worked full time growing hydroponic tomatoes. Danielle now plans to utilize the resources offered through the Journey Person program to successfully launch her own enterprise, Laughing Flower Farm LLC, in spring 2016. Focusing on small scale, human power, low-tech tools, with plans to produce quality vegetables and berries for the surrounding community. |
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Max Nolin and Hannah Stone – Harrow Down Farm
Drawn to Maine from Andover, MA and Portsmouth, NH by family and the MOFGA apprenticeship program, we have been living and farming in Maine for the past five years. We have both gained a plethora of knowledge about organic farming through our apprenticeships on various successful farms throughout the state. Dedicated to providing high quality produce for ourselves and for our community, we took the leap from being apprentices to starting Harrow Down Farm in 2015. We love the art of farming and everything that comes along with it, including the great food, friends, the awareness of nature and its doings, the end of a hard day's work, the satisfaction... We are looking forward to the years ahead and the experiences they will bring! |
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Marilyn Plowman – Rock and Pebble Farm
Rock and Pebble Farm is owned and operated by Marilyn Plowman. Marilyn breeds pigs to produce piglets for sale and feeder pigs for meat to be marketed. She also sells eggs from her small flock of free range hens. Born and raised in New York City, she often wished she lived on a farm. After college where she majored in biology, she worked in various university laboratories in biological research. With many years of research under her belt, she switched to teaching biology, chemistry, and general science. When she retired, Marilyn moved to Maine, built an addition to her vacation home and bought two piglets. Those two piglets grew up to be custom butchered and sold to neighbors and friends as half and quarter hogs. Finding the raising of pigs so much fun, Marilyn immediately purchased one male and one female piglet to be her breeding pair. This pair, named Adam and Eve, turned out to be very productive, providing 14 to 16 piglets twice per year. Joining two farmers markets, she started selling state inspected cuts of wrapped frozen pork and fresh eggs. Now, in addition to her pigs and layer hens, Marilyn has added a small herd of alpacas, two goats, and a small flock of ducks. She plans to increase the pork production by getting an additional sow. She now sells her pork and eggs at 6 farmers markets and plans to begin selling alpaca fiber and fiber products. |
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Heide and Greg Purinton-Brown – Toddy Pond Farm
Heide and Greg have been living and farming at Toddy Pond Farm since early 2012, although the farm was not officially formed until 2013. Together with the help of their two teenage sons they milk a small herd of 100% grass fed Jersey and Guernsey cows, raise sheep, pigs, broilers, laying hens, care for honeybees and manage a year round farm stay cottage. Heide and Greg produce yogurt, kefir and ice cream in small batches for on farm sales, four wholesale accounts, a summer farmers' market, and for 2016, a small CSA. Projects on the horizon include expanding their vegetable growing to support farm guests and CSA members, organic cranberry bogs, a summer day camp for children, as well as increasing their apiary. There is also a rumor of maple syrup production at some point down the road. Heide and Greg have received overwhelmingly support of their efforts and look forward to their future in farming to give back to their community. |
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Bryan and Ali Quincannon – Eden Acres Family Farm
Bryan & Ali Quincannon own and operate Eden Acres Family Farm in East Waterboro, Maine. The six-acre apple orchard has over 30 organic heirloom varieties. In 2015, they acquired the orchard with the responsibility to care for more than 750 trees, after the orchard had been neglected for a number of years, employing a holistic approach to growing apples. A holistic approach aims at carefully balancing the biological diversity while disrupting habitat for pests. Responsibilities range from pruning trees, spraying holistic feeds, eliminating pests, picking and sorting apples to equipment and farm maintenance. Complete immersion in holistic orcharding has taught many lessons about the growing process, crop management and the developing of a business. Prior to 2015, Bryan grew organic food for fun while he was a ceramic artist and college professor. Other interests include carpentry, surfing and snowboarding. Ali grew up in New Jersey and pursued teaching special education before starting a family, in addition to working in business administration. Other interests include studying homeopathy and spirituality. For more information, please visit our website at www.EdenAcresFarm.com |
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Val Redpath – Redpath Orchard
Val and Jim with their children Parker and Esther, live at Redpath Orchard with their dog Sioux and small flock of laying hens. Val cherishes childhood memories of summer days spent in her grandparent's garden. She believes her love of agriculture and awe of growing food was established within these gardens. Val is passionate about the healing power of food and organic farming practices. Originally moving to Maine to focus on Metalsmithing, she fell in love with Portland and has spent the last decade working for local artists. Meanwhile, her passion for food and its relationship to health continued to grow. In 2012 the Redpaths moved to Cumberland and acquired 50 mature apple trees. The last 4 years have been spent transitioning the orchard to organic and learning the basics. Val continues to study organic, sustainable, and holistic orchard management. She is currently working with her mentors to implement elements of permaculture into the orchard and gain knowledge of small scale diversified vegetable farming. 2016 is an exciting year of growth as they plant new trees, apply for organic certification, build a farm stand and offer private pick your own parties. Redpath Orchard is grateful and excited about the future where they hope to attend farmer's markets and offer CSApple shares. |
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Will Simpson and Liz Deleo – Black Mountain Farm
Will Simpson and Liz Deleo own and operate Black Mountain Farm in Sweden, ME. The two met at school in New York City, where they both yearned for more meaningful engagement in life; soon they had decided on farming as the perfect combination of hard work and a rewarding lifestyle and chose Maine as it was Will's home state and offered ample support for beginning farmers and new business owners. 2016 will be their third year farming Maine soil, and their second growing season in Sweden. There they grow about 2 acres of mixed vegetables and cut flowers, a quarter acre of hops, oyster mushrooms, and pasture raise chicken, duck, rabbit, turkey, and lamb. Will and Liz are thrilled to be MOFGA Journeypersons and ever-grateful to be part of the Maine agricultural community. |
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Sonia Acevedo, Hide and Go Peep Farm
Bethany Allen and Eric Ferguson – Harvest Tide Organics, Bowdoinham, http://www.harvesttideorganics.com
Jason Arno – Grassland Farm, Skowhegan
Christa Bahner, Bahner Farm, www.bahnerfarm.com
Jonathan Ault
Daisy Beal – Daisychain Farm, Belfast, https://instagram.com/daisychainfarm/
Jon Bliss & Stacy Brenner, Broadturn Farm, www.broadturnfarm.com/
Max Boudreau & Cassie Sears, Winslow Farm, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Winslow-Farm/500254190039344
Sarah Bostick, Cultivating Community, www.cultivatingcommunity.org
Noami Brautigam & James Gagne – Dickey Hill Farm, Monroe, http://www.dickeyhillfarm.com
Nate Brimmer, Jed Collective
Tasha Brodeur, Tasha’s Veggies, http://www.tashasveggies.com/
Arlene Brokaw, Imagine Dairy, https://www.facebook.com/imaginedairyfarm
Amy & Jeff Burchstead, Buckwheat Blossom Farm, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Buckwheat-Blossom-Farm/454722747933869
Johnanna Burdet, Moodytown Gardens, http://moodytowngardens.com/our-farm
Lauren Buyofsky & Bill Errickson, Singing Nettle Farm, www.singingnettlefarm.com
Lana and Sara Cannon – Cannons at Noon Family Sheep Farm, Springvale, http://www.cannonsatnoonfarm.com/
Clayton Carter, Fail Better Farm, www.failbetterfarm.com/
Matthew & Jennifer Casoni
Arla Casselman – Calico Floriculture & Design, Warren, https://www.calicofloriculture.com/
Chris Cavendish, Fishbowl Farm, www.fishbowlfarmmaine.com/
Holly Cederholm & Brian St Laurent, Proud Peasant Farm, http://www.mofga.net/Profile/tabid/88/asuid/2099/Default.aspx
Mary Ellen & Austin Chadd, Green Spark Farm, www.greensparkfarm.com
Dylan Chapman, Brookfield Farm
Brenna Chase, Turner Farm, www.turner-farm.com
Michael Clark
Dan Colby
Lauren Cormier
Kate Coseo & Martin Maines, Morning’s Glory Farm
Hannah Court – Wandering Root Farm, Wiscasset, https://www.facebook.com/pg/wanderingrootfarm/about/
Katherine Creswell, Kennebec Valley Community College, http://www.kvcc.me.edu/pages/farm/contact
Molly Crouse & Everett Ottinger, Nettie Fox Farm, www.nettiefoxfarm.com/
Johanna Davis & Adam Nordell, Songbird Farm
Ben Dearnley, Life Force Farm, www.lifeforcefarm.com
Jeff Dec
Justin Deri, Deri Farm, derifarm.com/
Luke Donahue, Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Jessie Dowling, Fuzzy Udder Creamery, http://www.fuzzyudder.com/
Terra Dumas, Farmer Pirates, http://www.farmerpirates.com/
Nate Drummond & Gabrielle Gosselin, Six River Farm, www.sixriverfarm.com/
Peter Engler
Ryan Fahey & Michael Dennett, Crescent Run, https://www.facebook.com/crescentrunfarm
Luis Feliciano, Miel Farm & Apiary, www.mielfarm.com
Gina Fiori & Geof Hancock, Hancock Family Farm, www.hancockfamilyfarm.com
Rob Fish & Glenon Friedmann, Bar Harbor Community Farm, www.barharborfarm.com
Megan Gilmartin
William Giordano, Valley of the Stars Farm
Miriam Goler & Mark Stonehill, Full Circus Farm, https://fullcircusfarm.wordpress.com/
Katya Gorbunova & Ryan Keinath
Scot Gould, Fairy House Farm
Eliza Greenman, The Greenhorns, https://elizapples.wordpress.com/tag/eliza-greenman/
Brady Hatch & Brendand McQuillen, Morning Dew Farm, www.morningdeworganic.com/
Jessica Holloway, Moot Farm
Brittany Hopkins, Wise Acres Farm, http://www.wiseacresfarm.net/your-farmers/
Ian Jerolmack, Stonecipher Farm, http://stonecipherfarm.blogspot.com/
David & Jessica Koubek, The Good Shepherd’s Farm, http://www.portlandmainefarmersmarket.org/#!good-shepherds-farm/caok
Katheryn Langelier, Herbal Revolution, www.herbalrevolutionmaine.com
Sarah Lapine, Watershed Floral, www.watershedfloral.com, (Was Sarah Bullet)
Adrienne Lee & Ken Lamson, New Beat Farm, newbeatfarm.com/
Dalziel Lewis & Tessa Vellani, Dig Deep Farm, www.digdeepfarm.com
Tim Libby, Veggies For All, http://www.veggiesforall.org/home_+_links.html
Margaret Liebman, South Paw Farm, www.southpawfarm.net
Sarah Longstreth
Emily Lowe, Birdsong Farm, https://www.facebook.com/birdsongfarmmaine
Angela & Ben Mackie, Mackie Family Farm, http://www.blenheimhill.com/manager-of-livestock-outdoor-crops-ben-mackie/
Daniel MacPhee & Corinne Wesh, Blackbird Rise, www.blackbirdrise.com
Emily & Graham Mallory, Pastures Of Plenty, popgrazing.com/
Ben Marcus & Taryn Hammer, Sheepscot General, www.sheepscotgeneral.com/
Sarah Marshall, Cultivating Community
Daniel Mays, Frith Farm, www.frithfarm.net/
Michael McCoy & Kiley Randall, Black Fox Farm
David McDaniel, Earth Dharma Farm, www.earthdharmafarm.com
Brendan McQuillen & Brady Hatch, Morning Dew Farm, www.morningdeworganic.com
Erin McWalters & Aktan Askin, Lor Farm, https://lorfarm.wordpress.com/about/
Kimberlee Michel, Blue Cloud Farm, http://www.bluecloudfarm.com/
Lily Montgomery
Kate Mrozicki, , http://www.morganbayzendo.org/kate-mrozicki
Samuel Mudge, Grange Corner Farm, https://www.facebook.com/GrangeCornerFarm
Christelle Munnelly & Jon McKee – Copper Tail Farm, Waldoboro, http://www.coppertailfarm.com
Laura Neale, Black Kettle Farm, http://blackkettlefarm.com/
Maisie Newell & Eric Dayan
Ross Nolan
Pheonix Obrien and Megan Gardner, Sandy Meadow Farm, Thorndike
Sarah Oliver
John Palumbo & Nyla Bravesnow, Many Hands Farm, manyhandsfarm.weebly.com/
Dominic Pascarelli & Kelsey Herrington, Two Farmers Farm, www.TwoFarmersFarm.com
Kim Patnode, 3 Level Farm, https://www.facebook.com/3levelfarmstore
David Perry
Brady Potter
Amanda Provencher & Paul Schultz, King Hill Farm, kinghillfarm.com/
Rachel Randall
Alex Redfield
LaVonne Rhodes
Reba Richardson & Bill Pluecker, Hatchet Cove Farm, hatchetcovefarm.com/
John Paul Rietz & Emily Skrobis, Out on a Limb CSA, https://outonalimbcsa.wordpress.com/about/
Gene & Mary Margaret Ripley, Ripley Farm, www.ripleyorganicfarm.com/
Ben Rooney, Wild Folk Farm, http://www.wildfolkfarm.com/land/
Jennifer Rowland
Tania Rowse-Felger and Andy Felger – Penobscot Potting Shed, Penobscot, http://www.penobscotpottingshed.com
Abby Sadauckas, Apple Creek Farm, www.applecreekfarm.wordpress.com
Lou Sarofeen
Lara Schneider
Kate & John Seaver, UpBeet Farm, https://www.facebook.com/UpBeetFarm
Jamien Shields
Ben Slayton, Farmers Gate Market, www.farmersgatemarket.com
Anna Smith
Andy Smith & Caitlin Frame, The Milkhouse, www.mainemilkhouse.com/
Tim Staples, Perfect Place Farm
Jennifer Steingass & Scott Hoxie
Marina Steller & Stowell Watters, Old Wells Farm, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Wells-Farm/317835878320190
Cate Stoner, Turning Wheel Farm, http://www.mofga.net/MyProfile/tabid/88/asuid/1861/showtab/products/Default.aspx
John Strieff, 3 Level Farm, https://www.facebook.com/3levelfarmstore
Liz Tenaglia, Red Bird Farm
Sonya Theriault & John Sayles
BrennaMae Thomas & Brandon McKenney, Patch Farm, https://www.facebook.com/patchfarm.me
Sarah Trask
David Wessels
Ben Whalen, Melissa Law & Jeff Fisher – Bumbleroot Organic Farm, Windham, http://www.bumblerootorganicfarm.com
Benjamin Whatley & Ailish Kress, Whatley Farm, https://www.facebook.com/whatleyfarm
Ryan Wilson & Gina Simmons, Common Wealth Poultry Company, Gardiner, https://www.localharvest.org/common-wealth-poultry-co--M42672
Andy Wingard, Six River Farm
Matthew Woods Sidar
Heidi Woolever Daly
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