Climbing on Interstate 95 traveling to Augusta for Maine Agriculture Farm Trade show.
Yesterday hitched a ride with my partner Meg who is a New Limerick Maine organic farmer up here in Aroostook County. We climbed in the van and headed down I-95 to attend the Augusta Maine 85th agriculture farm trade show.
We met, listened to the Maine agriculture farm commissioner Amanda Beal.
Got to network with lots of other agriculture farm producers, talk to vendors at this 85th Maine agriculture farm trade show.
Attended a couple break out sessions to tackle farm operation problems everyone has to hunt down solutions for in Maine farming.
I love farming, grew up on one and still own the family agriculture spread where the four boys, my brothers and I were raised.
The thing that hits you at the Maine farm trade show is how diverse, how small and precious the agriculture operations really are in Maine.
You have to stay small to survive and to keep your expenses low to the ground on a Maine farm.
The love of raising, growing something and the farming lifestyle is the Maine attraction.
Farm to table is so important and finding a market to make agriculture in Maine sustainable is the constant battle.
Teenie weenie itsy bitsy Maine micro farms make it happen with keep it simple homesteading.
If you keep it small farming in Maine, the rewards are rich and home grown. Nothing is taken for granted and your family raised on the family farm really benefit.
It was refreshing to see Maine Future Farming high school members in attendance at the agriculture show in Augusta.
It was really interesting to stop by and talk with Maine Aquaculture Association booth.
You think of Maine oyster farmers, those growing sea vegetables make you realize it is not just Maine beef and potatoes at meal time!
Thought about buying a Maine farm?
I list and sell them all the time and Maine is a vast rural state. Where you can know your local Maine farmer.
When you think of draft horses, not just big horsepower Maine farm tractors. The farming types are diverse and have to be to carve out a living you really have to be born into to enjoy. Not that long ago, everyone was a farmer, agriculture was kind.
I did see a booth at the Maine farm show for the state grange.
Everything under the Sun arranged around the Augusta Civic Center for this three day Maine AG farm show.
Break out sessions to work on a slew of topics. Big industrial drones for spraying and more.
Glad I tagged along and zipped down to Augusta for the Maine agriculture farm show. Hope you enjoyed the videos, the farm images collected yesterday from my travels.
Thank you for watching, sharing the Me In Maine blog posts. I appreciate you being out in the audience on anything the state Maine.
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