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Last year, Smith’s Farm saw an idyllic spring that set the stage for an outstanding season for its signature Maine broccoli, which started more than a week early and brought record yields.

Smith’s Farm has been growing broccoli at its flagship location in Presque Isle, ME, since the mid 1980s, providing its prized Stag Brand product to retail clients along the Eastern Seaboard.

Smith’s Farm carried the momentum of a record-setting summer season in Maine into its fall broccoli and cauliflower deals in the Southeast, where it has enjoyed strong volume and yields. Tara Smith Vighetti, a partner at Smith’s Farm, said harvest wrapped up in Maine in October, and the transition to its southeastern production areas was a smooth one.

By June 28, 2021 While Smith’s Farm grows broccoli and cauliflower up and down the East Coast, its home base and key production area is Maine, and optimism abounds as the company gets set to begin harvest in the Pine Tree State. Tara Smith Vighetti, a partner in the multigenerational family-owned business, said weather has been extremely cooperative this year and harvest should start by the Fourth of July — approximately two weeks earlier than normal. “This season, we have acquired additi...

By April 29, 2021 Smith’s Farm, a leading broccoli and cauliflower grower headquartered in Presque Isle, ME, has come to rely on Georgia to bridge the gap in its East Coast supply. Tara Smith Vighetti, a partner in the family-owned business, said the company has been growing product in Florida for some time but began growing product in Georgia five years ago, and it is now hitting its stride in production. “Our Florida production is wrapping up this week, and we will immediately transition ...