If you ever thought about farming in Maine, a visit to a state agriculture trade show needs to happen.
Walking, talking, visiting is so worthwhile with all the exhibitors at a Maine state agriculture farm trade show.
Farm.
It is a four letter small word that covers a lot of agriculture pursuits growing, raising something.
Farm to table is a beautiful institution. And remember no farmer, no food.
Today it is not just about meal time grazing three times a day and there, done.
Pretty important to think about what you put down your gullet when you sit down to eat.
What you dining on and where it came from, what was it sprayed with and how fresh is the farm to table?
The stakes are even higher when you are preparing the family "what's for supper" meal time spread for loved ones.
Local close to home farming in Maine, that's the pursuit. Cost too much to hit far away food markets.
See where Maine is located on the USA map?
Maine is loaded with tons of small family farm operations, not just a few very big ones.
Small local growers for your Maine farm food is something to preserve and needs all of our help to make agriculture sustainable.
At the 85th Maine Agriculture Farm Trade show yesterday you could wander around the Augusta Civic Center.
To stop, pick up literature, ask questions to agriculture exhibit vendors.
But more importantly to rub shoulders with other farm producers in Maine.
These families, producers have skin in the agriculture day to day survival.
There are the real World Maine farm agriculture producers weather markets, weather, so many economic variables.
Future farmers of America members from around Maine. You need them too for the next generation of Maine farm producers.
Hear, see, feel their enthusiasm for everything Maine agriculture! It's not just old farmers chewing the fat and remembering old ways of farming by hand.
At the trade show, you can study the schedule and go into break out sessions on everything agriculture in Maine.
All kinds of continuing education credits at this year's Maine Agriculture Farm Trade show.
I grew up on this Maine farm below and the acreage continues to produce organic potatoes, grains, local produce.
A big part of our Maine real estate business is listing and selling farms, anything to do with some form of agriculture.
But farming is a business, rides on a chassis that means watch your spending.
So often any profit in farming is found in your expenses.
Are you in the market for a lifestyle that involves Maine agriculture, farming of some type?
Here to help you develop the dream for the rich down to Earth lifestyle. Fire away with lots of questions about growing, raising something on the Maine fertile farm soil.
Start small, think big for your Maine farm operation.
Get your kids involved early on and teach them work ethic, how to protect and preserve the farm, woodlot, any waterfront resource on your patch of dirt.
Grow it, raise it, market whatever you produce on the Maine farm instead, locally if possible.
Maine is low cost high test farm ground, wooded land too that is a smart real estate investment.
Maine farming, what kind of sustainable or hobby farming in New England are you researching today?
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