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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. 7 of 7 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,...

A nor'easter was expected but didn't turn into much. Local farmers were prepared nonetheless.

7 of 7 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. “The rest of the world...