LISBON — Maine Farmland Trust and the Androscoggin Land Trust are partnering to celebrate Maine farmland preservation in Androscoggin County by hosting a public celebration at the Katherine Breton Memorial Preserve on the Ferry Road from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. The Breton Preserve, located along the Androscoggin River, is currently part of the larger farming operation of Rick of Belanger and Sons in Lewiston. The event is free and open to the public.
Maine Farmland Trust is a statewide nonprofit organization working to permanently preserve and protect Maine’s agricultural lands and to keep Maine’s farms farming. Androscoggin Land Trust protects, through land conservation and stewardship, the important natural areas, traditional landscapes and outdoor experience in the Androscoggin River watershed and, while it owns the Breton Preserve and has kept a portion of its land in agriculture, has partnered through its service area with MFT to seek opportunities to conserve farms
Tuesday evening’s event will celebrate a new program titled “Forever Farms.”
“Forever Farms” is a way to celebrate the growing success of farmland protection efforts in Maine. Over the next several months, signs that read “Forever Farm” will be installed on farmland in Maine that has been preserved through agricultural easements. Agricultural easements ensure that the land will forever be available for farming.
Through this signage, a new website and six events across the state, Maine Farmland Trust and its partner organizations will raise public awareness about what has already been achieved in Maine, while generating excitement for future farmland preservation.
The “Forever Farm” event will include prepared local produce, organic grilled chicken of Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds, wine from Bartlett Maine Estate Winery of Gouldsboro, beer from Andrew’s Brewing Company of Lincolnville, and ice cream treats provided by Dolcelino’s of Camden. Maine fiddler Hope Hoffman will perform live music.
For more information, visit www.foreverfarms.org, www.mainefarmlandtrust.org and androscogginlandtrust.org.
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- The Katherine Breton Memorial Preserve in Lisbon will be the site of a public celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13.
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