Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Amy Browne Farms and Food System—the work of Maine Farmland Trust Key Discussion Points: How did MFT come to be and what are some of the elements in the timeline since it was started? Thumbnail sketch of farming and farmers in Maine in 2018 and what trends are playing out? Have the issues affecting farmers and farmland changed over the last twenty years? How have your programs evolved… how are you advancing your mission today? Farmland Access: Maine Farmlink, Maine Farms Realty Farmland Protection: Purchased Easement Program, Buy-Protect-Sell Farm Viability: Farming for Wholesale, Maine Harvest Bucks, Business Planning Stewardship Outreach & Public Policy: Maine Farms Journal, Art Gallery & Josheph A. Fiore Art Center, Policy & Research Guests: Amanda Beal, President, Maine Farmland Trust Erica Buswell, Vice President of Programs, Maine Farmland Trust Brady Hatch Morning Dew Farm, Newcastle Eleanor Kinney, board member for Maine Farmland Trust

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