We pick our vegetables when they're ready and not a moment earlier. That way they look great and taste even better.
From under the warm sun and cool rain, we harvest your veggies, wash them gently in our packing shed and bring them right to you at farmers market, fresh and ready for you to take home to feed to your friends and family.
We like colorful veggies! Whether it's a bundle of our technicolor chard, a bunch of rainbow carrots or a quart of red, white and blue potatoes, we make it easy to add color, beauty and flavor to your table.
Our soils are some of the best in the state, and our commitment to certified Organic agriculture means that they're getting better every year. We're proud for our vegetables to be certified Organic by MOFGA. That means we don't use any synthetic fertilizers or pesticides and instead we work to create a healthy farm ecosystem that naturally nourishes plants and repels pests.
Clayton is a 9th generation family farmer who grew up in Indiana. After college, he ran as far away from farming as he could and worked as a computer programmer for a space-based telescope. After buying his first farm share, he realized he really did want to farm and within 18 months had quit his job and moved to Maine to learn how to grow Organic veggies. He first farmed as MOFGA's Farmer-in-Residence in Unity, then rented a farm in Montville before buying his own farm in Etna.
Clayton farms with his son, Graham, and helps to manage the Farmers' Markets in Waterville, Bangor and Orono and also serves on the board of directors for the Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets. When he's not up to his elbows in soil, he dusts off his old programming skills to work on projects like Crop Planning Software (for which he got a SARE grant to start) and our own custom farm share webapp.
It is deeply satisfying to be exhausted at the end of the day and looking out over a field that's been newly planted or freshly weeded and knowing that you've worked hard and worked well. We get to do that every day and, if you're interested in apprenticing on our farm, you can too.
If you're excited about learning how to farm while actually doing it, we're excited to teach you. Whether the job is tedious or fascinating, simple or complex, we're commited to showing you the ins and outs of what it takes to grow and market great food. We will work side by side every day and you will have the chance to be exposed to every aspect of our farm.
We grow some of the best food in the world, and our meals show it. With few exceptions, our meals are made from foods grown only on our farm and on the farms of other great folks in our community. Farmers aren't rich, but we get free choice from a produce section bigger and better than in any supermarket.
But it's not all work! We live near some of the most beautiful lakes in the state and love to go kayaking and swimming; and every week, MOFGA hosts events for farm apprentices all over Maine.
