Brooklin Food Corps

09/03/2026

Yes, the Brooklin Farmers Market is still on for today (yay rain!) and runs through the month of September. The whole month we will be collecting donations for the Brooklin Food Pantry and matching your donations up to $500. These funds will then be used to purchase produce, meat, eggs, cheese and bread from local farmers and producers. Support your neighbors and your farmers! Thursdays, 11am-1pm.

08/23/2026

How lovely having community members enjoying the garden in such a special way last weekend at Art in the Garden. Thank you Tom Curry and Elizabeth Whelan for sharing your talents with all! Want to spend more time in the garden with us? Join us in collaboration with the Friend Memorial Public Library for this month’s book club discussion this Wednesday at 1 in the garden. We’ll be discussing Sam Kass’s The Last Supper. Even if you haven’t had the chance to read the book and want to join in on the discussion of working towards a more resilient food system during the time of climate change, feel free to join in. Come a little early or stay a little late to tour the garden and ask questions. If you’re feeling really inspired, bring a dish to share that reflects how this book impacted you!

08/14/2026

We had the chance to visit and volunteer at Healthy Acadia’s Downeast Restorative Harvest Garden in Machias yesterday. A handful of steering committee members and community garden volunteers headed out early in the morning to get our garden enrichment on. We learned about how this only 2-year-old community garden is growing thousands of pounds of produce for the Washington County Jail’s kitchen, food pantries, and Washington County drug court. We helped harvest beans, beets, potatoes, cucumbers, and cleaned up their cured garlic. A very inspiring trip indeed. This garden visit was chosen as a follow up to March’s book club selection of Serving the Public Good. It really brought home the importance of growing good food for all!

08/11/2026

We are excited to welcome you to explore the beauty and bounty of our Community Garden through artistic expression this Saturday. Brooklin Artist, Tom Curry, (https://tomcurrymaineartist.com/) and Brooklin Designer, Elizabeth Whelan, (https://www.elizabethwhelandesign.com) will be in the garden from 9-11am on Saturday, August 15th to inspire a couple of hours of creativity. Bring your sketchbook, pencils, and paints, or come and learn to make monoprints. We welcome all ages and skill levels. Free and open to all. Rain date on August 22nd.

08/04/2026

Two chances coming up in August to enjoy some time in the community garden! First up on Aug 15th, come let the garden inspire your artistic ability. Then on August 26, join us for the 4th book club in our food and climate justice themed book series. In partnership with the Friend Memorial Public Library and the Brooklin Climate Response Committee, we will be reading and discussing Sam Kass’s The Last Supper: How to Overcome the Coming Food Crisis. We will meet in the garden at 1pm. Come a little earlier or stay a little late to walk around and ask questions about what we do in this community space. Feel free to bring a dish inspired by the book if you’d like.

07/30/2026

Congratulations Healthy Peninsula! We love being able to donate a little from the community garden each week to the Magic Food Bus program. Brooklin’s pickup is on Friday mornings on the lawn of the Friend Memorial Public Library, right after weekly storytime!

MFB’s free community programs are available across the peninsula

07/28/2026

Thank you to all who came out to celebrate and learn about traditional Indigenous foods of Maine that are just as culturally significant and relevant today. Chef Joe Robbin’s food inspired and wowed us. We can not thank him enough for sharing his knowledge and talents with us. Thank you again this year to Carding Brook Farm for welcoming us to gather on their beautiful farm and to BAMU for the wonderful entertainment. We love collaborating with the Brooklin Climate Response Committee and the Friend Memorial Public Library on events that bring so many folks (over 70 this year!) together. The answer to so many of the world’s problems is to simply build a bigger table, and this community is really good at it! And congratulations to this year’s local food dishes, featuring indigenous ingredients: blistered milkweed pods and moose stew!

07/24/2026

Have you been following Blue Hill Heritage Trust’s farmer Fridays? Just in time for blueberry season this week… BlueZee Farm!

This week's Friday Farm Highlight is Blue-Zee Farm!

A MOFGA Certified Organic family farm spanning the towns of Blue Hill and Penobscot, owned and operated by Mark and Renata, with help from their daughter Julia.

Blue-Zee Farm has been lovingly restoring their historic farm since 2007. Through careful stewardship of the land and a commitment to time-honored organic farming practices, they grow healthy, delicious food while protecting the environment for future generations.

Blue-Zee Farm offers a variety of seasonal organic vegetables along with frozen blueberries grown right on the farm.

Blue-Zee Farm is dedicated to supporting our local food system and strengthening the Blue Hill Peninsula's local food economy. Their passion for sustainable agriculture and commitment to their community make them a wonderful example of what the Farmland Forever program is all about.

If you have the opportunity, be sure to stop by Blue-Zee Farm and experience the fresh, locally grown food they work so hard to produce! Visit their website at https://www.bluezeefarm.com/

07/21/2026

Check out this new food access project!

07/18/2026

Come join us!

The event will celebrate local and indigenous foods