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WALDO COUNTY, Maine (WABI) - Waldo County Bounty is a hunger-relief campaign that launched in May, addressing food insecurity in that area.
“As a community, self organizing to make sure the food gets from where it’s being grown to where it’s being used, having that organizational infrastructure is really helpful to us and to a lot of people this year,” added Songbird Farm Co-owner Adam Nordell.
Songbird Farm is one of ten in the country to receive a $3,000 grant that will fund construction of a rainwater collection system. Photos by David Leaming.
See a video of us talking about farming and playing in our band, Sassafrass Stomp in this article by the Bangor Daily News.
Read Holli Cederholm’s profile of our farm and about our transition from leasing land to eventually finding our own farm, and the way the crops we choose to grow has evolved. From MOFGA’s Farming Stories series:
From a feature about Songbird Farm by Maine Farmland Trust. Photos by Jenny McNulty.
We were included in a compilation of recipes from Maine farmers, fishers, home bakers, and restaurants by Ben Coniff and Luke Holden.
From an article in the Portland Press Herald. Photos by Jeremy Lurgio.
We’re featured in a book about the revival of the back-to-the-land movement by Joseph F. Conway.
Some favorite customer comments
"I purchased some of your Abenaki Flint cornmeal at the Common Ground Fair. WOW!! It’s outstanding."
"I was given a bag of your cornmeal and absolutely love it!!"
"Well you hit a home run with that product of yours...People love it. I love it."
"I want to tell you, I have been making cornbread for about 30 years, but yesterday's was the BEST. EVER. You're cornmeal really kicked it up a notch, and we loved it. Please keep doing what you're doing!”
"This was the best cornmeal I have ever had."
" ...bought a bag of your Warthog Whole Wheat at the Common Ground Fair and I made a loaf of 100% wholewheat bread that was over the top. I have been making bread for 45 years...this was the best loaf ever to come out of my oven. Honestly, hands down the best. It rose beautifully, kept its form and the flavor was fantastic. Thank you."