Maine Land & Sea Farmer Wellness Forum

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO A FREEZE IN USDA FUNDING

Monday, April 28, 2025, 8:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center
11 Inn Road, Hallowell, Maine 04347 (Google Maps)

Join this action-oriented, professional networking event.

Hear from:

  • Hannah Carter, Dean of University of Maine Cooperative Extension
  • Nancy McBrady, Deputy Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
  • Representative Chellie Pingree (invited)
  • Monique Coombs, Director of Community Programs, Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association

Who: For service providers working with Maine’s fishing and farming communities and seeing stresses and health/wellness needs.  For healthcare practitioners, land/sea worker or farmers, policymakers and/or providers with insurance, finance, healthcare, or legal expertise that can support farming and fishing communities.

What: A day of learning and strategic doing to:

  • Address knowledge gaps about physical and psychological health
  • Create networks of care
  • Share existing resources
  • Find opportunities within existing structures
  • Consider new policies and program

There will be a panel with Laura Valencia-Orozco from Maine Mobile Health; Tora Johnson from Sunrise County Economic Council; Emily Horton from Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry; Bo Dennis from Maine Organic Gardeners and Farmers Association; Tara Casmir from USM School of Nursing; moderated by Alex Redfield from Food Solutions New England.

Learn more about programs through roundtable discussions with Legal Food Hub, Farm Credit East, FarmAid, Vermont Farm First, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, The Maine Insurance Marketplace, Slicing Through the Stigma and more.

Contribute your expertise in a Strategic Doing process to develop plans of action in our state with short term goals of mutual interest working in small groups, facilitated by local leaders in the land and sea farming communities with guest Maria Pippidis from University of Delaware Cooperative Extension. All attendees will be invited to contribute materials and papers to the Forum Proceedings.

Registration is CLOSED

Deadline for registration: April 21, 2025

Cost: Free (Lunch provided)

 

A networking event to create networks of care for farmer health and wellbeing.

With support from:

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension
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