Co-Applicant/Spouse:

Tom Patterson

Preferred Acreage:

8 acre

Preferred Counties:

Androscoggin

,

Cumberland

,

Kennebec

,

Lincoln

,

Sagadahoc

,
Updated On:

September 28, 2026

Seeker Details

Past and Present Farming Experience:

Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, Orchards, Berries, Mushrooms, Hemp, Sheep, fowl, Ornamental, and Greenhouse.

Types Of Enterprises Considered:

Apple/Fruit

,

Berries

,

Flowers

,

Herbs

,

Nursery

,

Ornamentals

,

Row Crops

,

Vegetables

,

Business Plan and/or future farming vision and goals:

Creating a diversified crop plan using organic practices that can adjust to local market needs, environmental challenges, and fill gaps. This would also include providing and introducing perennial and annual edible natives into the local food system. Long-term goals include focusing on sustainability, expanding value-added products, and creating a program to provide unmarketable and excess products to those in the local community who have the greatest need.

Seeking

Tillable Acres:

2

Wooded Acres:

2

Acres in Pasture:

2

Acres in Orchard/Perennials:

2

Organic:

Doesn't matter

Farm Structures Needed:
No items found.
Equipment Needed:
none
Farm House:

Yes

Protection Easements:

Yes

ME Counties:

Androscoggin

,

Cumberland

,

Kennebec

,

Lincoln

,

Sagadahoc

,
Arrangements Considered:

Lease with Option to Buy

,

Long-term Lease (5+yrs)

,

Owner-Financed Sale

,

Short-term Lease (1-5 yrs)

,

Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assets)

,
Needs Training:

No

Specific Training Needs:

Contact Information

Contact Name:

Hanne at Maine Farmland Trust - Farmland Access & Transfer Program Manager