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Newsletter Archives

Fall 2009

  • New Donated Easements in New Sweden, Stetson, Scarborough
  • MFT Wins Quality of Place Grant
  • Johnny's Selected Seeds Makes Major Gift
  • Saltwater Farm Preserved, Harpswell
  • New Buy/Protect/Sell Projects in Charleston, Pittsfield, Prospect

Fall 2008

  • A Farm Grows in Troy: How it Can All Come Together
  • Small Farm Makes a Difference
  • An Amazing Period of Growth
  • Why a Gallery?
  • Unique Rockport Farm Saved

Spring 2008

  • Bowdoinham Farm Latest Buy/Protect/Sell Project
  • 500 Acres Preserved in Unity
  • 200-Acre Auburn Farm Protected: The First Completed B/P/S Deal
  • Mid-Coast Dairy Farm to Be Preserved
  • Campaign to Save Rockport Farm

Fall 2007

  • 2,210 Acres Protected, MFT Accepts 15 New Easements
  • How to Protect Farmland
  • Maine FarmLink Reaches a Milestone
  • A Maine Farm Photo Album
  • Rockport Farm to Be Protected

Spring 2007

  • Our Goal: Preserve 100,000 Acres in 5 Years
  • New Program: Buy-Protect-Sell
  • Unity Subdivision Prevented
  • Preserving Historic Barns
  • Maine FarmLink Quiz
  • How You Can Help Farming's Future

Summer 2006

  • Protecting Maine Farmland Statewide
  • Eating Local in Maine
  • Maine FarmLink: How Leasing Can Work - Dairyman Chris Lewis
  • New FarmLink Coordinator, Esther Lacognata
  • Meet the New Executive Director, John Piotti

Fall/Winter 2005

  • Uncas Farm in Whitefield: protecting a community treasure
  • Guest Editorial by Jean Demetracopoulos: Buy Maine Food
  • Maine FarmLink: Meserve Farm in Scarborough linked to new farmer
  • Land for Maine’s Future on Ballot November 8
  • MFT Hires New Development Coordinator, Denis Thoet

Fall 2004

  • Keewaydin Farm: prime farmland in Bowdoinham protected
  • Our Fifth Birthday Achievements
  • Maine FarmLink: Feather Foot Farm, Aurora; Nevell Farm, Penobscot
  • Regrouping and planning for a future land bond
  • Meet Neil Crane: brings large-farm perspective to MFT Board

Spring 2004

  • Saving Farmland, Saving Farms: MFT partners with the Maine Department of Agriculture and other conservation partners
  • Annual Meeting held May 25 at Crane Brothers Farm, Exeter
  • Eat Local Foods Coalition: A new coalition to promote Maine foods
  • Another Maine FarmLink success in Thorndike
  • Farmer incubator study underway
  • Meet Adrian Wadsworth, founding MFT board member

Fall 2003

  • ThorKnox Farms: 320 prime acres protected in Thorndike, Knox
  • Land For Maine’s Future: 3 farmland projects completed
  • Farmland Stewardship: an easement is just the beginning
  • Unity Barn Raisers: a proactive partnership
  • Turkey Hill Farm — back in production
  • Meet Susie O’Keeffe, Coordinator for Maine FarmLink

Spring 2003

  • Collyer Brook Farm now permanently protected
  • Dairy Crisis — Farmland Crisis
  • Maine FarmLink: Farm Transfer Issues Addressed
  • Ben Brook: combining farmland protection with conservation
  • Meet George Maendel, from farmer to farm preservation activist

Fall 2002

  • Farmlands in West Paris and Cornville now permanently protected
  • Land for Maine’s Future: Lakeside Orchards
  • Waldo County Initiative to Sign up Farmers, Landowners
  • Maine FarmLink: Getting Retiring Farmers and New Farmers Together
  • Meet Paul Birdsall, farm preservation activist

Spring 2002

  • Brick Farm in Skowhegan now permanently protected
  • Land for Maine’s Future: Farmland Protection
  • Farms for the Future, initial projects underway
  • Farmland Protection Forum: Transfer of the Farm featured
  • Meet our Executive Director, LouAnna Perkins