In-between our majestic shores and breathtaking peaks are dozens of inland communities that have their own unique offerings for Maine natives and tourists alike.
There are potato farmers and poultry farmers, but have you ever heard of a sweater farmer? That’s how Atlas Farms’ assistant manager Lisa Fortin describes herself and her four kids. Fortin has launched Bloom Woolen Yarns, which sells locally made yarn.
Survey says: Organic farmers making most of pandemic
Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, farmers were able to keep their operations going as the process of farming itself didn t change at all.
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Mary Perry drives her two-horse sleigh along the trails Friday at Winterberry Farm in Belgrade. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
BELGRADE The cadence of life at Winterberry Farm remains virtually unchanged amid the coronavirus pandemic.
More than two decades ago as a single mother, Mary Perry dedicated her life to farming, and that passion remains to this day. Her 40-acre farmstead, which she and her three children tend to, is one of Maine’s many organic farms that have felt both the good and bad reverberations of the last 10 pandemic-dominated months.
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Waterville farmers market kicks off for the season with pandemic guidelines still in place
Vendors began setting up stands on Thursday afternoon at the Head of Falls parking lot, with products ranging from fresh breads and vegetables to seedlings and baked goods.
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Sage Whitehead from Winterberry Farms tends to the table at the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market on Thursday. It was the opening day of the season for the city farmers market, held in the parking lot at Head of Falls.
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WATERVILLE For Sage Whitehead, setting up shop at the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market has been a family tradition dating back to when she was born in 2006.