Maine Farmer Resource Network

The Legal Food Hub is pleased to invite you to its upcoming Winter Webinar Series for farmers, food entrepreneurs, food-focused organizations, and anyone else who has an interest in the legal framework of the food system. Please see the attached flyer for more details and links to register for each webinar. After airing, the webinars […]

The Maine Department of Education Child Nutrition Program is excited to announce the launch of Maine’s Harvest of the Month (HOM) Program, piloting in Spring of 2019. The program is a nationwide marketing campaign promoting the use of seasonally available, local products in schools, institutions, and communities. Each month, a different Maine product will be […]

Regional universities and technical schools are updating their programs to make sure that our future beef farmers have the knowledge, skills, and training experiences needed to meet region-specific demands and challenges in the beef industry. We need your input in a roughly 20-minute New England Beef Farmer Skills Survey by March 3, 2019 — a […]

Attend the Horticulture Job Fair on Wednesday, February 20! Time: 4:00 – 4:30 Space is available for set-up; 4:30 – 6:00 Job Fair Storm date: Wednesday, February 27 Location: Culinary Arts Dining Room Directions and Campus Map Tables and chairs will be available. Electrical outlets are available (Bring an extension cord if you need to […]

March 15, 2019 is the deadline to enroll, cancel, or change policy coverage for crop insurance on spring-seeded crops in Maine such as corn, sweet corn, barley, oats, spring wheat, and potato. Those producing other “non-insurable” spring-seeded crops such as tomatoes, pumpkins, squash, etc. may seek coverage through the Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) […]

Sonja Birthisel and Erin Roche “So many tools,” one farmer wrote on our feedback survey after attending the Weather Tool Show and Tell session at this year’s Maine Agricultural Trades Show. The session’s purpose was to raise awareness about tools to help growers deal with variable weather. These included physical tools like weather stations and […]

Wild & Woolly is a quarterly publication by the University of Maryland Extension. Its author, Susan Schoenian, is a small ruminant specialist at the Western Maryland Research & Education Center. View the Winter 2019 issue (PDF). You can view other issues online. You can also join the listserv to receive an email message when a […]

A new website has been launched for small and backyard poultry producers. Visit the site at poultry.extension.org. Five free webinars are already booked: What to think about BEFORE getting chickens for your backyard (February 20, 2019; 3 PM Eastern Time – 20 minutes) What kind of chickens should you get for your backyard flock (March […]

Accounting can be one of the most difficult and essential functions of owning a farm. At Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) we believe you can, and should, get to know the story your financials are telling you. That’s why MFT is offering Digging into Farm Accounting, a free two-day farm accounting workshop, in a relaxed and […]

The Legal Food Hub is pleased to invite you to its upcoming Winter Webinar Series for farmers, food entrepreneurs, food-focused organizations, and anyone else who has an interest in the legal framework of the food system. Topics include: Protecting Your Trademarks and Copyrights (February 5); Entity Governance for Businesses & Nonprofits (February 26); Legal Considerations […]