Maine Farmer Resource Network

The vision of AgrAbility is to enhance quality of life for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities. AgrAbility will be holding its 2020 National Training Workshop (NTW) March 23-26 in Madison, Wisconsin. This is the premier training event for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers impacted by disability and for professionals working with them (www.agrability.org). The National AgrAbility Project (NAP) has a limited number […]

Maine Farmland Trust & Land For Good are pleased to present the 5th Annual Farmland Access and Transfer Conference! Last year’s conference drew over 130 farmers, policymakers, service providers and advocates and featured storytelling, skill-building workshops, and thoughtful discussion around farmland access and transfer challenges and successes.  For more information on the conference or to […]

Please join the University of Maine Cooperative Extension AgrAbility Program and United Farmer Veterans of Maine in our inaugural Educate2Cultivate Fall symposium on Saturday, 26 October 2019, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Augusta Armory. You will have the opportunity to partner with business mentors and learn about several assistive technologies to help […]

Retail Seminar on October 29th & 30th with two nationally known retail consultants in Norwich Vermont. This 2 day seminar is designed so that each day works as ‘stand alone’; if one attends both days there is double the content!  It has been designed for all retail food stores, full-service farm-stores, technical advisers and even independent distributors.

If you are a woman owned or operated livestock business in New England, please take a moment to participate in this survey. UNH Cooperative Extension, in partnership with Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, is conducting a women livestock producer survey for the next two months. The results of this survey will be used to gather […]

The Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) for the 2020 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) will not be published until October 2019. However, that does not change the deadlines for the applications. Application deadlines are as follows: Renewable Energy Systems (RES) and Energy Efficiency Improvements (EEI) Grants of $20,000 or less: October 31, 2019 and […]

MOFGA’s Journeyperson Program provides hands-on support, training, and mentorship for people who are serious about pursuing careers in sustainable farming in Maine. The program is designed for farmers in their first three to five years to further develop the skills they need to farm independently and successfully. For more information please visit journeyperson program.

This online course about raising beef cattle covers breeds, establishing facilities, nutrition and reproduction, and marketing and finances.  For more information or to register for this class please visit Beef Production and Management.

National Farm Safety and Health Week is September 15-21, 2019.  For a list of all of the free webinars visit AgriSafe Network.

The State of Maine, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources is now accepting applications for the Maine Farms for the Future Program.  For more information visit Maine Farms for the Future Program news release.