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Land for Maine's Future Program



Farmland Conservation

SUMMARY:
Land for Maine’s Future Program (LMFP) established in 1987 is the only state funding program that includes farmland conservation through the fee acquisition or the purchase of development rights as part of its mandate. The LMFP and the Maine Department of Agriculture work in partnership to solicit Federal and private dollars, identify good projects, and bring proposals focused specifically on farmland conservation before the LMF Board. This partnership has resulted in many successful proposals for federal dollars through the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service’s “Farmland and Ranchland Protection Program”.                                                                                                    

LMF FARMLAND CONSERVATION PROJECTS COMPLETED:
To date the Land for Maine’s Future Program has completed (26) projects which conserve farmlands. These are listed below:

Project Name

Town Located

Acres Protected

Land Protection Mechanism

Alice Wheeler Farm

Richmond

307

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Commissary Point

Whiting

200

Fee and

 

 

50

Conservation Easement

Tide Mill Farm

Whiting

1,520

Conservation Easement

Wilshore Farm

Falmouth

183

Conservation Easement

Bowden Farm

Blue Hill

208

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Hiatt Farm

Dresden

92

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Lakeside Orchards

Manchester

189

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Beech Hill

Rockport

100

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Lorio Farm

Penobscot

116

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Clarry Hill – Jackson Farm

Waldoboro

216.5

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Clarry Hill – MVLT tract

Union

25.5

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Jordan Farm

Cape Elizabeth

47

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Meserve Farm

Scarborough

424.4

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Packard-Littlefield Farm

Lisbon

194.7

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Five Fields Farm

Bridgton

204

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Lover’s Brook Farm

Berwick/So. Berwick

83

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Hanson Farm

Sanford

284

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Sabbathday Lake

New Gloucester

1,635

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Tibbetts Farm

Berwick

259.5

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Crystal Spring Farm - North

Brunswick

155

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Mitchell-Ledge Farm

Freeport

105

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Hawes-Prairie Road

Unity

163.8

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Smith-Dutton Farm

Unity

217.7

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Rudolph Farm

Unity

114

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Hallelujah Farm

Lisbon

170

Agricultural Conservation Easement

Davis Farm

Durham

70

Agricultural Conservation Easement

 

LMF Farmland Acreage Protected to Date:
Agricultural Conservation Easement: 5,381.10 ± acres; Fee and Conservation Easement: 1,953 acres.

As of April 2009, LMF has underway active farmland protection projects that would result in conserving an estimated 1,637± Ac. 

STATEWIDE INTEREST.  The participation from the farm community has reflected statewide interest to each of LMFB’s “Call for Proposals.”  Beyond the towns listed above applications have also come from:  Auburn, Caribou, Dexter, New Sharon, Vassalboro, Farmington, Knox, Bowdoinham, Union, Lisbon, Litchfield, Cumberland Center, Falmouth, Springvale, Nobleboro, Cape Elizabeth, Somerville, So. Berwick, Bridgton, Kennebunk, Penobscot.

FURTHER INFORMATION:  For information concerning the Land for Maine’s Future Program, you can reach LMF staff at LMF (207) 287-1485 or visit our website at www.maine.gov/spo/lmf.  For further information about the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources’ farmland protection efforts underway in Maine, you may reach agency staff directly at  (207) 287- 7520 or   http://www.maine.gov/agriculture/mpd/farmland/. Your local land trust may also be contacted about land conservation in your area.