Apprentice on a Farm in Maine!
We hope you will spend the season with us- learn about all
aspects of running a dairy operation from homestead to commercial scale.
Interested in goats? cows? These farms are still looking for apprentices
Read more and apply to the MOFGA Apprenticeship program by
visiting-
www.mofga.org >programs >apprenticeship program.
We are focused on four season production of vegetables.
Small and large fruits, bees, laying hens and a growing herd of dairy goats for
milk and cheese production round out the picture at this central Maine farm.
Using a mixture of hand and power equipment and following biodynamic practices.
Farmstand, CSA, farmer’s markets and direct sales get our product from the
several cultivated acres to the consumer.
Our small growing farm located on a dead end road seven
minutes from a small town. Our main focus is increasing our goat cheese sales
and haying. We have a licensed cheese room and kitchen. Hope you can come join
us to make our farm bigger and more self-sufficient.
Small-scale state licensed dairy goat farm. We offer a wide
selection of hand crafted goat and organic cow milk products, in partnership
with a local cow dairy. We sell our product direct from the farm and at several
local farmers’ markets. Our farm is situated on +/- 100 acres located in
Maxfield.
- SOM-10 Certified Organic Dairy, Livestock and Mixed
Vegetable Operation
Incredible opportunity to learn about diversified, but
integrated farming systems 289 acre certified organic farm specializing in
dairy, mixed vegetables, beef, and poultry. We sell at five farmer’s markets
each week, specialty food stores, restaurants, and a CSA. Hardworking young
family looking for hard working apprentices and potential business partners.
- SOM-16 Certified Organic Cow Dairy
101 acre Certified Organic Dairy farm located in Pittsfield
ME. Creamery on farm produces soft cheeses, milk, yogurt, butter and aged
cheeses. We sell at 5 regional markets in the summer. We also raise beef, pork,
and chickens for eggs, and have a large garden and apple orchard.
- SOM-17 Certified Organic Cow Dairy
200 acre organic dairy farm. Gain experience working with
cattle and learning milking, herd health, equipment use and repair, putting up
feed and also raising beef, chickens, pigs, and vegetables.
- WAS-07 Certified Organic Dairy, Livestock and Mixed
Vegetable Operation
We are a nine generation family farm located on the coastal
waters of Downeast Maine. Carly and Aaron and a hardworking farm crew operate a
diversified organic farm with 100 dairy and beef cows, 50 pigs, 500 turkeys,
7000 broilers, 40 acres of pasture, cover crops, 3 acres of row crops and composting.
- WAS-09 Goat Dairy, Livestock and Berry Operation
Work with animals at an approved dairy and immerse yourself
in farming on 200 acres on the coast of Maine. Join a family raising goats,
poultry and other livestock, growing organic berries on over 20 cleared acres.
We sell fresh at local markets and make value added items such as soap, cheese,
yogurt, jams and more.
