Maine's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fairs, cosponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and local Maine groups, are part celebration and part education, as…
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The newly formed Waldoboro Farmer's Market is now accepting applications for the 2014 season. The market will be held Wednesday afternoons from 3 to 6 p.m., beginning June 18 and concluding…
The Margaret Ellis Community Garden located at the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset is now accepting applications for plots for the 2014 growing season.
This…
State officials applauded the decision of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reevaluate the new food safety rules impacting farmers in Maine. They also thanked Maine producers for speaking…
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) held its annual awards banquet at the North Nobleboro Community…
As more focus is put on farm-to-table and local farming, so too will the focus be placed on Lincoln County's farmers.
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Have you ever wanted to visit France, the Bahamas or Westport Island, Maine? Now's your chance as the…
Celebrate the history, flavor and tradition of Maine apples while honoring the importance of a diversified, perennial agriculture.
The annual Great Maine Apple Day takes place on Sunday, Oct…
If you walked into the livestock barn at the Eastern States fairgrounds, better known as “The Big E” in West Springfield, Mass., September 12, you would have witnessed an invasion of 183 4-H…
I grew up in Aroostook County, which some people refer to as the "Potato Capital of America." One…
Services/Goods offered: We offer farm raised beef, chicken, pork and seasonal turkeys. We will also offer our farm fresh eggs and produce, as well as produce from…
The American people are fortunate to have the most abundant and affordable food supply in the world. This bounty is the result of the hard work and initiative of our nation's…
The Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District would like to thank everyone who helped make our Spring Plant Sale and Fair at Union…
Spring has arrived at last, and gardeners like Wiscasset’s Linda Pope are thinning out their perennials. Linda and a number of other local gardeners will pot their extra plants…
Last week, students in Ralph Keyes and Prema Long’s Wiscasset High School biology classes transplanted over 500 heirloom tomatoes they had grown from seeds into four-inch pots. As…
Wiscasset Middle School eighth graders have been mucking out barn stalls, feeding animals and learning about the many facets of sustainable farming as part of a multi-day outdoor…
The Morris Farm Trust Board of Directors has hired Kelsey White to be its new Outreach Coordinator. White is an educator and environmental science program coordinator, most…
The Margaret Ellis Community Garden located at the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset is now accepting applications for plots to grow fruits and vegetables for the 2013 growing season…
Employees of The First, N.A. recently raised $600.10 for Morris Farm Wiscasset Primary School Garden in Wiscasset. First employees in 15 branch locations collected the funds in…
The Morris Farm Board of Directors is pleased to announce that John Affleck has been selected to be the new Program Coordinator.
With a background in…
March in Maine is a gray time.
The leaves haven't formed buds on trees, the skies remain leaden and laden with…
The Morris Farm’s Tour de Farms is in its 15th year and celebrates local farms and the social, health, environmental and economic benefits of eating locally produced food.…
Winters Gone owners Skip and Judi Taylor are reopening their farm store located at 245 Alna Road (Route 218) in Wiscasset.
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Ask Caitlyn Spear and Saoirse Bogart what they like best about helping out at Alan-Dee Dairy Farm, at the Morris Farm in Wiscasset, and their answers come as quickly as a goat to…
The Morris Farm Trust hosted its Winter’s Moon Celebration February 25 at Le Garage Restaurant, with more than 50 supporters attending the event to watch the moon rise over the…
Boothbay Region Land Trust is proud to sponsor a talk by FARMS (Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools) on Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m. at the BRLT office at…
The Damariscotta Farmer’s Market has openings in both its Monday and Friday markets for the 2013 market season. The Monday market runs from 3-6 p.m. from June 3…
Avena Botanicals herbalist and owner Deb Soule is hosting “Our Living Earth, Living Soul Series” of four talks about herbs to honor and raise funds in memory of…
Win a prize by entering the FARMS (Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools) T-shirt design contest. Your design should be on an 8.5x11-inch piece of white…
Alna fruit and vegetable grower Tom Albee said he attends the Maine Agricultural Trades Show every year to gawk at shiny new tractors, to chat with other…
The Morris Farm's Office was recently redesigned and re-purposed to serve as both an administrative office and a new visitor's center and library. The work was made possible by Bridget Nery’s new…
Farming can be tough. The same hard work that leads to a good crop one year could produce little to nothing another year, depending on the weather.
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Alan-Dee Dairy 4-H Club youths exceeded their $500 goal to help a family have a better Christmas when they organized a holiday fundraiser last weekend at Morris Farm. The Country Christmas in the…
On November 28, the Harbor Theatre premiered “Betting The Farm,” a story about local farmers who get dropped by their national companies and start their own organic milk company despite sluggish…
The Alan-Dee Dairy 4-H Club will sponsor an event dubbed Country Christmas in the Barn at Wiscasset’s Morris Farm December 8 and 9 from noon to 6 p.m.
The club’s members have assembled a…
The winter farmers' market in Bath is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in the old freight building on Commercial Street in Bath. Shoppers will find familiar farmers' faces there, including…
At Boothbay Region Adult Ed you can learn to make delicious conserve, chutney, and relish just in time for the upcoming holidays.
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The Morris Farm will celebrate the season at its annual Harvest Festival and Apple Pie Baking Contest on Sunday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come celebrate fall at this…
Midcoast Maine Community Action Head Start has collaborated with Morris Farm to celebrate National Farm to Head Start Day on October 18. Events…
The Morris Farm will kick off its Evening at the Farm auction with silent bidding open to the public for free on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Anyone can stop by the barn…
Now through October 24, the Morris Farm Trust is conducting a public pastured poultry demonstration in the Wiscasset Primary School Garden. The demonstration gives homeowners a…
On September 29, Morris Farm will hold its Evening on the Farm Autumn Auction. We need your help cleaning up the barn and education center, setting up the…
Late summer is the time of year that 4-H Club children here in Maine get to show everyone what they have been working for all year. Nicole…
Robert Meixell grasped the flywheel handle on a stout 1917 Olds-Seager four-stroke standing in his Westport Island barn, gave it a firm crank and the engine sputtered to life.
“It's the…
Inspired by the athletes competing in the 30th Olympic Games? Feeling like this is the summer you and your family can go for the gold together? Then do it for a great cause.…
Volunteer hop farmers will harvest their crop to provide hops for a local harvest ale to be brewed at Boothbay Craft Brewery and released in the fall. Winners of several growing…
Maine’s Board of Pesticide Control, with the Maine Department of Agriculture and Maine Department of Environmental Protection are partnering to provide homeowners a free opportunity this fall to…
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Tickets for the 2012 Common Ground Country Fair are on sale at advance sale ticket outlets throughout…
Interested in finding out about how honeybees live, work, gather nectar and pollen and create a queen? Join John and Jean Webster for a Backyard Beekeeping Demonstration and Talk on Tuesday, July…
The Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset will join farms across the state opening their doors to the public to celebrate the 23rd annual Open Farm Day.