MAINE FARM DAYS
The 2009 Maine Farm Days will be on Friday and Saturday, August 21st and 22nd at the Barker Farm. Your can learn more at www.androscogginswcd.net by clicking on Maine Farm Days (MFD) link on the home page. Go to the above website and download a MFD exhibitor or vendor contract/agreement, a brochure, or the map to the Barker Farm. The Barker Farm is located in Leeds at 9 Barker Road. This is in North Leeds on Route 106 and just north of where the railroad tracks cross Route 106.
The Maine Farm Days Theme for 2009 is Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources. Presentations are scheduled pertaining to solar and wind energy, with presentations on farmland preservation from groups like Androscoggin Land Trust and Maine Farm Land Protection. Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District Executive Director Susan Gammon will speak about Carbon Sequestration and the potential financial gain for farmers and landowners.
This year a new opportunity is offered at Maine Farm Days. A Farmers Market, vendors exhibiting and selling their fresh grown Maine produce. The contract/agreements are available by going to www.androscogginswcd.net, clicking on Maine Farm Days and downloading contract/agreements on that page for vendors, exhibitors and farm markets.
This is the same weekend as the Balloon Festival giving an opportunity to see the balloons launch in the morning, take in the events at Maine Farm Days and end the day watching the balloons land in the early evening.
Annually vendors sell agricultural equipment, products, craft and food items. Agricultural organizations have displays; groups give presentations and training sessions offered with continuing learning credits.
Please come and join us August 21 and 22 at the Barker Farm and experience the Maine Farm Days.