Climate change has brought more extreme rain, snow to Maine

Sea level rise remains a top concern as the climate warms, but the increasing frequency of outsized precipitation is already having statewide impacts.

Contaminated farm in Unity to become PFAS research site

Songbird Farm is one of a growing number of farms found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals from sludge fertilizer spread on fields, once a common, state-sanctioned practice.

A forever farm is no match for forever chemicals

A fourth-generation farmer running an organic dairy farm in Fairfield lost his livelihood when his milk and lands tested hot for PFAS contamination. 'It got us good.'

Several central Maine farmers among those honored for speaking out against PFAS contamination

The farmers who received the Paul Birdsall Award from Maine Farmland Trust have been impacted by PFAS contamination and have spoken publicly about their experiences and advocated for more financial support for fellow farmers.

Grant program gives lifeline to central Maine farms struggling to cover rising costs

The initiative run by the Maine Farmland Trust has provided financial support to farms in Albion, Somerville, West Gardiner and elsewhere that complete a 2-year program meant to fine-tune their business plans.

Farming organizations raise more than $1 million to assist farmers affected by PFAS contamination

Most of the money for the fund, established by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Farmland Trust, was raised through a partnership with The Lost Kitchen, a restaurant in Freedom.

Maine farmers contending with contamination receive a lifeline

A fund established by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Maine Farmland Trust has so far raised more than $500,000 to provide financial support to farmers with land where PFAS contamination has been found.

Exhibit features work from resident artists from 2020

Maine Farmland Trust Gallery

38 Maine farmers receive Maine Farm Emergency Grants

Family buys 120-year-old ‘Forever Farm’ in Embden

Emily Eckhardt and her partner, Dillon Robinson, bought the 79-acre farm, which the Maine Farmland Trust recently designated a Forever Farm.