Land for Farming Needed
Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205
PORTLAND, Me.–Got land? Let a farmer keep it productive. University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Farmland Trust have launched a pilot partnership to connect landowners in Cumberland County with farmers who need land. The goal is to develop a directory of available farmland for local farmers.
If you have extra land that a farmer could use, visit www.mainefarmlink.org, where information and applications for landowners and farmers are available. Start the process this summer or early fall, so that land may be evaluated and soil samples taken. While there is a nominal application fee for farmers, there is no cost to the landowner, and no minimum acreage required.
Farming in southern Maine faces a tough problem–lack of land. While the number of farmers is growing, and the demand for fresh, local food is increasing, the amount of available farmland is decreasing. Maine Farmland Trust