The Farmers

Adam Nordell and Johanna Davis own and operate Songbird Farm together on a beautiful hilltop farm in Unity, Maine.

For the last 5 years Songbird Farm has produced vegetables on 4 acres and grains on 15 acres the latter of which are leased from the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust. New plans and dreams are in the works with a shift in production models which will greatly expand upon the grain production side of the farm. If all goes well, in 2021 the couple will have 40 acres of patched together land leases growing grain.

Originally from the coastal town of Round Pond, Johanna grew up playing in the woods and streams and helping out with a large family vegetable garden, goats and chickens. After high school she worked on several farms around the country.

Adam grew up in the hills south of Helena, MT, where he spent his free time hiking, catching frogs and playing bass guitar. He came to college in Maine where he and Johanna met. Adam also worked on several farms and after spending a few years in Montana together the couple moved back to Maine in 2011. Together they formed the traveling folk and contradance band Sassafras Stomp, but that’s a whole other story.

Songbird Farm started in a couple back fields, one in Pemaquid and one in Whitefield in 2011. After that it moved to the beautiful river bottom land in Starks. In 2016 Adam and Johanna moved Songbird Farm to Unity.

In 2018 Caleb was born into the family. We’re all very happy he’s joined the crew!

We increasingly recognize how our privilege as white farmers is intertwined with the historic and current disenfranchisement of indigenous and black people in the United States. We live and farm on Wabanaki Confederacy/ Abenaki land. As a way to invest in Wabanaki led projects, a meaningful portion of our farms 2020 income was contributed to Wabanaki REACH.