CAMDEN — The Town of Camden welcomes the public to an open house at the Camden Snow Bowl Lodge on Thursday, April 25, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., to discuss an ongoing trails master planning effort for…
Agriculture
BELFAST — Land In Common, The Possibility Alliance, and the Little River Coalition are fundraising to purchase 66 acres and a house that will become a land trust and community educational center…
The United States Department of Agriculture recently released results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, including state- and county-level statistics. The most recent data for Maine show that…
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an online Cover Cropping for Nutrient Management webinar on Wednesday, March 27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Participants will discuss how…
The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) will offer a 16-hour training program on Wednesdays in April for individuals interested in learning more about conflict resolution or becoming a…
Paul Sweetland brings a bucket-like object with him to work on a blueberry farm in Rockport — not to collect Maine’s hallmark fruit, but to protect his head.
That’s because this farm is a…
“Coastal Mountains Land Trust acquired a very special property in the month of December as part of the Waldo County Conservation Initiative – an effort that launched in November 2022 with the goal…
DAMARISCOTTA — Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is hosting a volunteer fair Wednesday, March 27, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the Denny Conservation and Education Center, at Round Top Farm, in…
UNION — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is offering a hands-on workshop to teach pruning apple trees on Saturday, March 30, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., at Vose Library in Union.…
Rebecca Jacobs will lead an online presentation called Conservation Landscape Certification (CLC), hosted by Merryspring Nature Center, on Tuesday, March 19, at 12 p.m.
Jacobs, program…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a two-part online informational session for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers on March 19 and 26, from 6 - 7 p.m.
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WALDOBORO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a presentation and roundtable discussion centered around the cultivation and marketing practices of specialty potato varieties…
National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) is being observed from February 26 to March 3, 2024. This annual event aims to educate the public about the threats posed by invasive species and…
WATERVILLE — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Dairy Industry Association (MDIA) are hosting the 2024 Maine Dairy Seminar and MDIA Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 14,…
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a state-wide land conservation organization, is offering teens ages 14-18 an hourly-paid position in the Teen Ag Crew at Erickson Fields Preserve (164 West…
The Camden Public Library welcomes Andy Whitman and Allyssa Gregory from the Maine Forest Service on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m., for a presentation on ways to steward woodland with forest…
WALDO COUNTY — Waldo County Bounty (WCB) has announced the impacts of its 2023 food access programming. Waldo County Bounty works to ensure that everyone has access to fresh, nutritious food grown…
ROCKPORT — “Cabin fever setting in?” said Maine Coast Heritage Trust, in a news release. “Looking for a sweet pick-me-up?”
This March, MCHT invites all ages to learn about making maple…
ELLSWORTH — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host its annual wild blueberry conference on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Moore Community Center, 125 State Street…
CAMDEN — Join the Megunticook River Citizens Advisory Committee (MRCAC) for a roundtable presentation and conversation with representatives from four different river restoration projects across…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2024 Spring Plant Sale Catalog is now available in print and online. Plants are available for pre-order, either online or by mail through…
ROCKLAND — Discover the joys and benefits of backyard chicken keeping in a free community class with the Good Tern Co-op, Sunday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m., at Hole in the Wall Bagels, 754 Main Street,…
UNION — The Trustees of the Union Fair – Maine’s Wild Blueberry Festival have announced the dates to the 2024 event.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control our 2024 fair will be a little…
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is offering a three-part webinar series focused on using weather-based tools to…
ROCKLAND – ScrapDogs Community Compost, a composting company in Rockland, is offering potential customers in its existing service areas the opportunity to try curbside composting.…
ROCKPORT — George’s River Trout Unlimited welcomes Brian Stranko, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Rockport, for a discussion on TU priorities in Maine.
Brian Stranko recently joined the Trout…
Coastal Mountains Land Trust acquired three properties in the month of December as part of the Waldo County Conservation Initiative – an effort that launched in November 2022 with the goal of…
A Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) rural business development grant is being…
THOMASTON – Saturday, December 9, Watts Hall in Thomaston was an innovative hub with the Call for Merry Mannequins Evergreen Extravaganza Creators. They came – individual and teams — working to…
The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP), which is part of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has released its 2024 wall calendar.
The theme of this year’s calendar is “…
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust said Nov. 29 that it has received $250,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation for Aldermere Farm and Erickson Fields Preserve. The gift will support key…
The Maine Coastal Observing Alliance (MCOA), a network of nine conservation groups monitoring water quality in Midcoast Maine estuaries, has received a grant for $142,000 from a fund at the Maine…
USDA Funding for Waldo & Knox counties: How Should Money be Spent?
CAMDEN — The Waldo and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the…
CAMDEN — Knox County and Waldo County Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) field office in Belfast, will host an…
ROCKPORT — On Saturday, Dec. 2, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a state-wide land conservation organization, invites all ages to celebrate Beltie Holiday with the cows at the Aldermere Farm Preserve.…
WALDOBORO — Winter is fast approaching and beekeepers will soon be making the final preparations to physically overwinter their colonies, according to Knox Lincoln County Beekeepers, in a news…
AUGUSTA — To enhance fire safety and prevent wildfires, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is implementing a new law that mandates burn permits for larger…
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a statewide land conservation organization, said Oct. 12 that it will…
UNION — The Midcoast Farmers Alliance is hosting a Harvest Fest at the Midcoast Farmers Union Site on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 2 - 5 p.m. Community members and farmers are invited to join in on the…
JEFFERSON—In a rural corner of Maine, a sanctuary for farm animals has quietly taken shape for pigs, goats, equines, and birds who’ve been abandoned or dumped by their owners. Or, who grew too big…
UNION and WALDOBORO — “With views of the White Mountains, Muscongus Bay, and the Camden Hills, Clarry Hill is an iconic landscape where agriculture, wildlife, recreation, and Maine’s natural…
ROCKLAND — AIO Food and Energy Assistance announces the successful beginning of a fundraising campaign for the implementation of year-round hydroponic growing.
This campaign is the…
KNOX COUNTY — Six community organizations serving residents in Knox County are seeking volunteers for projects to increase access to nutritious food for active and healthy…
ROCKPORT — “The ‘Blues’ will be ready early again this year,” said Coastal Mountains Land Trust, in a news release.
CMLT invites the public to participate in its 21st annual free…
CAMDEN – After days — nay weeks —of clammy, rainy, foggy, and generally crummy weather, a break in the yuck Saturday…
LIBERTY— From 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nicole Moore, a first-generation Liberty farmer, does not stop working. Most farmers understand that lifestyle already, but Moore has more on her plate than just…
FREEDOM — The Lost Kitchen announces the launch of the Freedom Farmers’ Market at The Lost Kitchen as part of its ongoing effort to support Maine-based producers and growers and the communities…
BAR HARBOR — Cruise out to Petit Manan Island to see the puffins and other seabirds on Sunday, July 9, from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
“Travel on the water in style on the Bar Harbor Whale Watching…
SEARSPORT—The humble shop that sits at the Hobby Horse Antiques Marketplace in Searsport (383 E. Main Street) is actually a hub of creative collaboration between multiple industries in Maine.…
A business staying in the same family for three generations is a remarkable achievement, but for a family to continually operate a business for nine generations and 265 years, such Brodis…