Maine farms Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Tractor safety school in Gorham bolsters students seeking farm jobs

Teens graduating from the UMaine Cooperative Extension course earn federally recognized certificates to work on farms.

Spring means one thing: vegetables. Here are 3 southern Maine farms that sell fresh produce and one recipe to use it up.

Judy Green is writing her family’s history at a North Waterford homestead, from 1790 to today.

The project is built at Shaw Cherry Hill Farm and could be open as soon as this summer.

Every Saturday, Wolfe’s Neck Center offers an opportunity for children ages 5 and under to feed barn animals and learn a little bit about farm life.

Hurricane Meadows Farm in Falmouth celebrated the last moments of fall by dropping pumpkins from a helicopter on Saturday.

At farm stands across Maine, you’ll pay less than half of what you would in a grocery store, if you go early.

The company permanently closed its egg processing facilities in Turner at some point in December.

Maine produces millions of wreaths per year thanks to its abundant pine trees, which some farmers trim for a second source of income.

Three takeaways from Friday’s roundtable discussion among local food industry professionals and lawmakers, organized by the James Beard Foundation.