BDN features UMaine Extension ‘Growing Maine’ video on family orchard
The Bangor Daily News reported on the latest installment of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Growing Maine,” a series of short documentaries highlighting Maine food producers and farm families. The video tells the story of Patty and Gary Treworgy and their children on their second-generation orchard and family farm in Levant. Treworgy Family Orchards had a rough start after the first planting of apples failed. But with perseverance and by “starting small,” the farm grew to be a destination for over 35,000 visitors each year. The “Growing Maine” series aims to bring people closer to farmers and producers, to better understand the human dimension of agriculture, the BDN reported.