Blog

MOFGA's Low-Impact Forestry Workshop  Low-Impact Forestry Level II -- Logging with Draft Animals Bethel, Maine -- July 26-28, 2013 Join MOFGA’s Low-Impact Forestry Project in Bethel, Maine, for a weekend intensive focusing on the practices and principles of managing a woodlot with draft horses.

blackfoxfarm.wordpress.com Black Fox Farm in Montville, Maine is seeking 2 full-time live-in farm workers or a couple for the 2013 growing season. We are looking for individuals with at least one-year prior experience working on a farm and with a basic understanding of organic vegetable production. The ideal candidates would also have some basic experience […]

Stone Soup Institute is offering a Fall Semester to four students who are curious and adventuresome enough to explore the experiential learning opportunities on a small homestead in Maine. Animal Husbandry Butchering pigs Daily care of laying hens Butchering broiler chickens Daily care of draft horses Logging with draft horses Craft Wild harvesting mushrooms Wine […]

For all of the apprentices in their system and other aspiring farmers.  Such a great model.  Here's what they're up to this week: Greenhouse Management. Wednesday, May 29, 5pm at Peacemeal Farm, Dixmont Thursday, May 30, 5pm at Broadturn Farm, Scarborough The greenhouse is a key part of any organic farm. As “the place where […]

Right To Know GMO: Citizen Lobby Day Thursday, May 30th 8:00 a.m. To 4:00 p.m. At The Capitol In Augusta Please come to the State House to help us shore up support for Maine’s landmark legislation requiring labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food. Momentum is building as the campaign moves forward. We need […]

A Hands-on Skill Sharing Event, Saturday, June 15, 2013 MOFGA's Common Ground Education Center Unity, ME, 9 am - 3 pm - Gates will open at 8:30 am Event is FREE Learn to weave, spin and felt; how to raise alpacas, rabbits, chickens and other livestock; how to harness a draft horse or make tinctures […]

Great opportunity for a greenhorn chef! Sheepscot General Store is looking for a cook who is creative and excited about fresh food. Someone who is fast paced and ready to build systems to make a farm kitchen efficient and profitable. We are asking this person to learn the current system and then add to it. […]

Sign up for their emails! Events in Maine and Beyond - Mark Your Calendar! MOFGA's Chainsaw Safety, Level I May 4, Cambridge, Me., 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19, Bethel, Me., 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come join us May 4th in Cambridge, Maine, or May 19th in Bethel, Maine. This one-day course covers […]

This is the first issue of the Maine Grain and Oilseed Newsletter.  In response to the growing number of questions from farmers regarding the production of grains and oilseeds, we decided that it was best to start a newsletter that will, hopefully, provide timely research-based knowledge to Maine’s producers.  This newsletter will be distributed on […]

Lakeside Orchards in Manchester, Maine is seeking a Gardens and Greenhouse Manager to manage its several acres of organic gardens and greenhouse. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to develop a high production operation that supplies our retail store and other established markets. This is a full-time seasonal position for 2013. The […]

Wanted: Seven inspired & diligent souls to join forces (Beehive Design Collective in Machias, ME) Wanted: Seven inspired & diligent souls to join forces with the Beehive Design Collective It's Spring, and our work is in full bloom! Dear Big World, please send us a few more kickass pollinators! The scope of our collective's work […]

Great opportunity in Maine: BEECH HILL FARM ASSISTANT MANAGER Salary: Dependent on experience Reports to: BHF Manager Supervises: Field crew workers, farm stand workers Education: BA or comparable agricultural experience Qualifications: Exceptional organizational and personal communication skills. Passion for working collaboratively with college age students, college staff, faculty, and the wider Mount Desert Island community. […]

Kennebec Valley Community College seeks Farm Manager (Full-time 12-months) SALARY: Salary and benefits commensurate with the Agreement between the Maine Community College System and the MEA Administrators Unit. Level III ($36,215.82 to $47,253.45) QUALIFICATIONS: The successful applicant will hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture or a related field and possess a minimum […]

Greenhorns, this is a tremendous opportunity.  Check out Tide Mill Farm here

Spring Semester course at Stone Soup Insitute in Harpswell Maine. Stone Soup Institute is offering a spring semester to four students who are curious and adventuresome enough to explore the learning opportunities on a small homestead in coastal Maine. The major focus of this semester will be farming and farm construction.  Coursework will include: Use […]

JOIN MAINE'S CITIZEN CAMPAIGN TO LABEL GMOS Help Food for Maine's Future continue the fight for GMO labeling In late 2011, an Aroostook County farmer tipped off Food for Maine's Future (FMF) about a meeting in Caribou on canola seed trials conducted by the Cooperative Extension. The evening would be hosted by an area seed […]

2013 Maine Grain Conference / Commercial Production for New Small Grain Markets: Food, Organic Feed, and Seed WHEN: Friday, March 1st, 2013 WHERE: Spectacular Events Center, Bangor (395 Griffin Rd., near the airport) Market Overview and Resources for Small Grain Farmers Converting a Potato Farm to Organic Grains – Markets, Infrastructure, Rotations, Production, and Processing Producing Food Quality Grains – Rotation, Fertility, and Disease Managing Problem Weeds […]

Cultivating Community, based in Portland Maine, is looking to hire an Assistant Farm Manager for the 2013 growing season.  We are accepting applications through February 27th.  All inquiries should be directed to [email protected] More information here: http://www.cultivatingcommunity.org/get-involved/jobs.html Cultivating Community (based in Portland, Maine and active in greater Portland and greater Lewiston) is committed to growing […]

Young farmers, or farmer wives or farmers boyfriends -- seems like some of us are going to have to get dirty in the office-- leadership is needed all over. Here's one opportunity: The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) is looking for an Executive Director. The organization is searching for an inspiring and visionary […]

In Whitefield, Maine. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/35600217]

FLORA*BLISS at Broadturn Farm is seeking an intern to work and learn primarily about our cut flower business. We grow over an acre of cut flowers and 9 acres of produce organically. Our markets include a CSA, wedding and special event floral design and wholesale accounts. The internship provides a $600 month stipend, a private […]

If you haven't seen this film yet... Since our premiere in June, 2012 at Silverdocs, and our subsequent Maine premiere at Camden, we've embarked on a very successful Maine tour. Literally thousands of people showed up at more than 30 screenings in 23 cities across the state, from Eastport to Presque Isle to Kittery. But […]

the seaweed man! [vimeo http://vimeo.com/30959868] Seaweed Man Produced by Perennial Plate Sometimes a few words can capture the essence of what makes up a person better than an extended interview. Such is the case with Larch Hanson, a Maine seaweed harvester/poet who shared with us his beautiful way of life.

A note from the folks at the Somerset Grist Mill. Dear Interested Grain Growers and Land Owners, As you may know, Maine Grains at the Somerset Grist Mill in downtown Skowhegan has just launched operations, processing Maine-grown grains for human consumption.  Maine Organic Milling in Auburn is another exciting project that processes livestock feed grain […]

ALLIS-CHALMERS ALL CROP Harvester Technical Forum & Operator Round Table With Tom Yasnowski – ALLCropharvester.com Saturday November 3, 2012,  8:30 – 4:30 pm at Spring Creek Farm, 65 Drown Lane,  Lyman, Maine AC Combine Clinic Flyer AC Clinic Registration  

[vimeo=https://vimeo.com/44213976]

Apprentice on a Farm in Maine with MOFGA’s Apprenticeship Program! Many amazing farms are looking for strong seasonal workers to end the harvest on a high note. Positions are available now and continue through fall and early winter. Year-Round positions are also available. Read more and apply by visiting- http://www.mofga.org/Programs/FarmApprenticeships/tabid/502/Default.aspx

The good folks of Wood Prairie Farm have raised $15,000 but they've got a ways to go and only 3 days left in their fundraising campaign. More information here: http://www.indiegogo.com/help-woodprairie-build-repair-shop and check out this great video of one of the Gerritsen boys, Caleb, talking about the project. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzO-wPViKOo]

2012 Seed Camp @ Saving Seeds Farm, Sedgwick, Maine  August 17 - 20, 2012 A weekend-long intensive course on small-scale farming and seed production. Includes full-day workshop with master seedsman Will Bonsall, founder of Scatterseed Project and major curator for Seed Savers Exchange.

UMaine Small Grain and Forage Field Day Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:30 to 8:00pm (registration starts at 5:15) University of Maine Rogers Forage and Crops Research Farm Stillwater, Maine (1.5 miles from I-95 Exit 193) Please join us to learn about: · Small grain varieties for organic production (wheat, spelt, flax) · Wheat and spelt varieties […]

A wonderful new film by Pull-Start Pictures. We love these guys, and this milk! The film is having its world premier screening at Silverdocs this month. Betting the Farm Website Facebook Page A group of Maine dairy farmers—dropped by their national milk company—launch their own milk company in a bid to save their farms. Owned […]

2012 Seed Camp @ Saving Seeds Farm, Sedgwick, Maine August 17 - 20, 2012 A weekend-long intensive course on small-scale farming and seed production. Includes workshops on producing a variety of seeds for the garden to small farm. Farm tours, workshops, hands-on learning, and time for socializing. Deadline for registration is July 31. Tenting and […]

Darthia Farm - Urgent Outreach Darthia Farm is an organic farm on the Downeast coast of Maine. Darthia Farm has been certified organic by Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association for 33 years. They are a family-run farm and each year accept several apprentices who help with the farm work in exchange for room board, and a […]

At College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor ME, April 20-22. What happens to food between farm and fork? While many people today are looking into food production and healthy eating, the extensive intermediary stages—of food packaging, processing,distribution, sales, consumption, and waste—are seldom investigated. From April 20 through 22, College of the Atlantic will be hosting […]

College of the Atlantic (COA) seeks to hire an Interim Farm Manager for its Peggy Rockefeller Farms located in the Town of Bar Harbor, Maine. The 125-acre farms have 55 acres of open pasture and hay land, with the balance in forests and wetlands. Buildings include a lovely farmhouse, three barns, a large heated garage, […]

Young farmers are increasingly turning to new fundraising opportunities, whether it be small loans, grants or projects through kickstarter.  These young farmers in Maine are utilizing all three - a good model.  Do your homework, work hard, get funded.   Help 'em out! Bahner Farm is a three year old family farm owned and operated by […]

Specifics on the Unity swap: The Maine Tree Crop Alliance, the Maine Seed Saving Network, Fedco and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will host the twelfth annual combined Seed Swap and Scionwood Exchange, in MOFGA’s Common Ground Exhibition Hall in Unity. For gardeners and orchardists, it’s like the most wonderful flea market in […]

Another opportunity in Maine. Our farm is a certified organic small diverse vegetable operation, also growing strawberries cutting flowers and eggs.  We crop off of 4-5 acres, with several more in cover crop.  We have also many more acres of hay land and forest, that we utilize for fertility and fuel respectively.

Grassland Organic Farm is a 300 acre diversified certified organic operation looking for an assistant vegetable manager for three+ acres sold through three farmers' markets and direct wholesale to local stores and a multi-farm CSA. Our farm is owned and managed by us, Garin and Sarah Smith, along with our three young children. In addition […]

Greenhorns, here some great opportunities at Tide Mill, one of the most highly respected organic farms in Maine. They produce beef, chicken, pork, milk and vegetables. The view is okay too. Tide Mill Organic Farm is currently looking for apprentices, journey persons and day laborers for the 2012 growing season. If you are interested, please […]