As winter progresses and spring is on the horizon, Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm in Newcastle, is deep in season three planning mode and looking forward to growth in 2021.
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Agriculture
On Jan. 14, 2021, at the annual meeting of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), the organization kicked off a year-long celebration of MOFGA’s 50th anniversary by unveiling…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension are offering a free three-session introduction on farm food safety planning from 5–6:30 p.…
Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) announced today that 38 Maine farms have been awarded grants through the Maine Farm Emergency Grants…
In its fifth growing season, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) grew, collected, and distributed over 75,000 pounds of fresh food to Lincoln County food pantries and youth programs. Strong support…
UMaine Extension
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two opportunities for livestock owners to get updates on forage resources and crop insurance starting at 10 a.m and again at 6 p.m.…
On Sept. 1, Rising Tide Co-op in Damariscotta awarded Veggies to Table a $500 sponsorship as part of the Co-op’s Loving Local Meals program.
Loving Local Meals began in April 2020 when…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a webinar with the Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakers Association (SMMSA) about the home maple syrup production process 9–11:30 a.m.…
Boothbay’s Highly Cannaco is among countless Maine soon-to-be retailers waiting to break into the adult-use cannabis market Oct. 9. Owner Jan Martin – also owner of Highly storefronts in South…
The Common Ground Country Fair, the premier educational event of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), will be held online Sept. 25-27.
April Boucher, MOFGA’s Fair…
This region of Midcoast Maine features a wealth of wild edible plants. From 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, Sarah Gladu of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will lead a workshop on edible…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Maine Cooperative Extension created a virtual exhibit hall for Maine 4-H members in lieu of traditional exhibits normally shown during fair…
Late June and July have brought an abundance of fresh produce to the fields of Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF). The farm crew has shifted gears from the busy planting of May and June is now…
Volunteers are needed across the state
Between July 20 and September 10, citizen volunteers across Maine are spotting deer and sending simple observations to Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The observations…
AUGUSTA — Maine's Drought Task Force convened virtually Thursday to assess drought conditions across the state as the state has experienced drought conditions in some form for the last five years…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is launching a food preservation webinar series Tuesday, May 26, at 2 p.m. The weekly series continues through Oct. 27.
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Pandemic forces organizers to take a different route to celebrate rural life
UNITY — One of Maine’s favorite agricultural events, the Common Ground Fair, will be going virtual this September.
The…
Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) are introducing new Maine Farm Emergency Grants to assist farmers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. A…
As temperatures warm, Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) in Damariscotta is preparing for its fifth season of growing fresh food for donation to area food pantries and other programs. Demand is…
In 2012, Massachusetts native Erica Berman and husband, Frenchman Alain Ollier, left Paris, France and arrived in Midcoast Maine searching for a “more meaningful life.” The couple made…
Analysis
At Uncas Farm in Whitefield, farmers Teryn and Ben Marcus looked forward to a new cash crop this fall, only to be caught up in a nightmare scenario involving the intersection of newly legal hemp…
There were apples for all at Boothbay Region Land Trust’s Oak Point Farm Sept. 22. The third annual Apple Festival welcomed about 150 people to hear local orchardist Ron Ross talk about the…
As the summer people leave, so, too, do the monarch butterflies. Since May, these beautiful insects have been amongst us, but they’ve been heading south for the past few weeks.
Monarchwatch…
Morris Farm in Wiscasset will host the Knox-Lincoln County Extension Association annual meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at 156 Gardiner Road.
Morris Farm board president and University of…
Did you know that the monarch butterfly population has dropped 97% since the turn of the century? Did you know that the U.S. government is considering whether they're an endangered species?
Why…
Damariscotta
Healthy Lincoln County has repurposed some of their front lawn on Main Street in Damariscotta for two raised garden beds.
“With so much of our work focused on nutrition and food security,…
“Amazing!” was how an organizer described local response to Wiscasset’s inaugural farmers market June 6. The outdoor market held Thursdays from 3 to 6 p.m. will continue at the waterfront through…
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) invites landowners to learn how to spot and identify common invasive plants on Saturday, June 8 starting at 10 a.m. as part of a two-part series on invasive…
The barn at Morris Farm is once again filling up with a huge selection of heirloom tomatoes, hardy Maine-grown perennials, vegetable and flower seedlings, and herbs for the farm’s annual plant…
The Boothbay Farmers’ Market starts its season on Boothbay Town Common on Thursday, May 23. They will set up on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday through October 10, except that the…
For going on two decades, Morris Farm in Wiscasset has made garden space for people to “grow their own.” The Margaret Ellis Community Garden was named in honor of one of the founding members of…
Lincoln County Gleaners are ramping up for their third season, collecting fresh produce from local farms, markets, and gardens and they need more volunteers. Volunteers are needed not only for…
This past week marked the official beginning of the Twin Villages Foodbank Farm’s (TVFF’s) fourth growing season. Farmers Sara Cawthon and Kaitlyn Gardner got things underway in the greenhouse…
Maine has a long history of family-scale agriculture, and the apple tree has been an integral part of that history. Not so long ago, most Mainers lived on farms that contained orchards. According…
Discover the fascinating hobby of beekeeping. A seven-week course, presented by experienced beekeepers from the Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB) and the Maine’s State Bee Inspector, will be…
harvested from a crocus that blooms during a short period in autumn
WALDOBORO — When Barbara Boardman and her husband, Chris Augusta, moved to Maine in 2000 they were inspired by their rich personal connections to a state where he summered as a child and she…
Discover the fascinating hobby of beekeeping! Join the seven-week course, presented by experienced beekeepers from the Knox-Lincoln County Beekeepers (KLCB), the Maine State Beekeepers Association…
This is the time of year when fresh food donations become scarcer at food pantries, while the line at the pantry door often gets longer. Twin Villages Foodbank Farm (TVFF) in Damariscotta has been…
The Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA is excited to announce they will host many of your favorite Damariscotta Farmers' Market vendors inside at the YMCA starting this week.
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Doug Peck wins 13 blue ribbons
A Boothbay Harbor man’s flowers had the sweet smell of success at the Maine Organic Farmers’ and Growers’ Association Fair. Doug Peck, a professional gardener, earned 13 blue ribbons during the…
The sweet, tangy flavor of fresh-pressed apple cider is always an autumn treat and the 1761 Pownalborough Courthouse in Dresden was a perfect setting for Sunday’s cider-pressing sponsored by the…
Lincoln County Gleaners
On two very hot mornings Aug. 6 and 8, the Lincoln County Gleaners trekked out to Clark Farm in Nobleboro to get food for area food banks, churches, libraries, senior citizen homes and senior…
On Saturday, Sept. 8, the Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation Farm Tour will hit the road. This year's tour puts the spotlight on farms in coastal Lincoln County. Participants will see…
There is a lot of buzz about pollinators these days, especially for farmers. Join farmers Brady Hatch and Brendan Quillen at Morning Dew Farm in Damariscotta on Wednesday, Aug. 1 from 5-7 p.m. to…
Twin Villages Foodbank (TVFF) Farm Assistant Manager Kaitlyn Gardner is a blur of motion, tugging large fistfuls of beets up out of the earth and twisting off the greens before dropping the ruby…
Boothbay Railway Village
On July 7, guests of Boothbay Railway Village viewed stationary engines that innovated work on farms and in households of late 19th and early 20th century America. Members of…
Marybeth Canedy of Jefferson submitted the winning T-shirt design for this year’s Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & RegattaTM.
Originally from Massachusetts, Canedy is an enthusiastic artist…
Bailey Bartlett loves digging in the dirt. She started her business, Bailey’s Blooms, two years ago, and is transforming the grounds around Montsweag Farms Restaurant on Route 1 in Woolwich, after…
The Boothbay Farmers Market starts its season on the Boothbay Common on Thursday, May 17. They will set up on the Common from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday through Oct. 4.
Dan Sortwell of…
