Research Farms, Forests, Gardens, and Greenhouses

Aroostook Farm in Presque Isle is the center for agricultural research and development for Maine’s potato industry.

Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro is the center for agricultural research and development for Maine’s wild blueberry industry.

Highmoor Farm in Monmouth provides research and development programs for Maine’s fruit and vegetable growers.

The J. F. Witter Teaching and Research Center includes two research farms near the UMaine campus.

Witter Farm is a center for livestock research and animal science teaching.

Rogers Farm, part of the Witter Center, is a center for sustainable agriculture research.

Clapp Greenhouse and Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden are research and teaching facilities in horticulture on the UMaine campus.

University Forests include forestlands owned by the University of Maine and the University of Maine Foundation, which includes 51 properties accounting for approximately 14,436 acres throughout the state.