Maine Farms Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/living-in-maine/maine-farms/ Maine Local Community Blog Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:05:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://meinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-moose-Maine-32x32.png Maine Farms Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/category/living-in-maine/maine-farms/ 32 32 Maine Organic Farmers Gardeners Association Farmer To Farmer Conference https://meinmaine.com/2026/02/10/maine-organic-farmers-gardeners-association-farmer-to-farmer-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-organic-farmers-gardeners-association-farmer-to-farmer-conference Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:50:46 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18562 The MOFGA Farmer to Farmer conference held over the past weekend in Portland Maine. MOFGA, the Maine Organic Farmers Gardeners Association offered 30 education sessions at the Portland Holiday Inn By The Bay. Here is the rundown of the 2026 Farmer to Farmer sessions offered. The Farmer to Farmer conference kicked off with a farm […]

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]]> Picking Potatoes On A Northern Maine Aroostook County Farm https://meinmaine.com/2025/09/23/picking-potatoes-in-a-northern-maine-aroostook-county-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=picking-potatoes-in-a-northern-maine-aroostook-county-farm Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:56:59 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18444 One spud, two spuds, picking potatoes on a Northern Maine Aroostook County farm. Was it hard for kids to head out into the early morning darkness to the Maine potato farm field? What work ethic lessons were learned for youth relied on to get the potatoes basket picked, poured into barrels, trucked from the Maine […]

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]]> Thought About Moving Relocation To Maine? https://meinmaine.com/2025/03/13/thought-about-moving-relocation-to-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thought-about-moving-relocation-to-maine Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:39:54 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18267 Thought about moving relocation to Maine? Packing up, heading out and bee lining to the state of Maine. Is it time to trade the chaos of city life for simple living, no traffic, and the natural rural beauty of wide open rural Maine? Maine continues to gain popularity momentum as a top destination for those […]

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]]> How To Start A Small Farm In Maine, Why People Homestead? https://meinmaine.com/2025/03/03/how-to-start-a-small-farm-in-maine-why-people-homestead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-start-a-small-farm-in-maine-why-people-homestead Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:05:33 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18258 How to start a small farm in Maine, why people homestead? Space, less or no regulations, no home owner’s associations, low crime. Is it time to trade the chaos of city life for simple living, no traffic, and the natural beauty of rural Maine? More and more people are moving to Maine for peace and […]

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]]> Free Land Homestead Grant, New Settlers To Maine https://meinmaine.com/2024/08/26/free-land-homestead-grant-new-settlers-to-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-land-homestead-grant-new-settlers-to-maine Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:58:13 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18160 Free land homestead grant, new settlers to Maine. The free land Homestead Land Grant Act of 1862. The legislation enacted into law during the Civil War opened up wilderness, vast expanses of acres with little or no population. Land was plentiful and not so valuable. Clearing it, settlements in Maine took a lot of hard […]

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]]> Why Moving To Maine? What’s The Attraction? https://meinmaine.com/2024/03/12/why-maine-whats-the-attraction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-maine-whats-the-attraction Tue, 12 Mar 2024 22:26:03 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17987 Get calls from Maine real estate buyers who need to invest in property someplace else that where they now live. Some are looking for a vacation home location and Maine scores top of the list. Moving to Maine. Others just know they can not stay where they live now. Either to raise a family, run […]

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]]> Flowers On Maine Farms https://meinmaine.com/2023/07/05/flowers-on-maine-farms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flowers-on-maine-farms Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:44:38 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17747 Flowers on Maine Farms on autopilot. I grew up on a Maine farm and the flowers around the 7 buildings pop up like clockwork. My Dad orchestrated the field planting. My Mom wrangled the flower beds around the farmstead. Years ago, bought the same family farm in Maine from my three older brothers. The rich […]

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]]> Small Town Living In Maine https://meinmaine.com/2023/02/09/small-town-living-in-maine-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=small-town-living-in-maine-2 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:52:36 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17629 Small town living in Maine. If you’re a life long native, you’ve known many of those in your daily small Maine town circles for life. Had a classmate drop in who was looking for a piece of Maine waterfront lake property, land just land. He and his wife think parked next to a Maine lake […]

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]]> The Vegetable Garden Seed Catalog Arrives, Thinking Spring Planting ? https://meinmaine.com/2022/03/08/the-vegetable-garden-seed-catalog-arrives-thinking-spring-planting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-vegetable-garden-seed-catalog-arrives-thinking-spring-planting Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:23:03 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=17220 The vegetable garden seed catalog arrives in your mailbox. Thinking spring planting and what goes where in the rich fertile garden soil at your home? Anyone who plants a vegetable, fruit or flower garden in Maine knows the joy of beginning again. Plop down on your knees working the dirt, preparing it for the rows […]

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]]> How To Start A Farm In Maine https://meinmaine.com/2021/11/20/how-to-start-a-farm-in-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-start-a-farm-in-maine Sat, 20 Nov 2021 13:57:07 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=16989 How to start a farm in Maine. Thought about taking life to a whole new level and dreaming of farming in Maine? The four letters “FARM” is a pretty big word. This blog post jumps into the topic how to start a farm in Maine. Reach out with questions about Maine farming. For starters, the […]

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