Brooklin Food Corps

05/03/2026

What a great day yesterday getting Maine-made soil amendments out into the community to feed our gardens which feed us all! We learned from Green Kraken all about how he harvests the invasive green crab and turns into an amazing fertilizer for our gardens… all harvested off the Downeast coast. Lots of folks went home with this new source of all-local fertilizer and we will have it for sale again at the Seedling Swap on May 23. Also, we sold about 7 yards of Chickadee Compost in under 4 hours which is made from food scraps from all over the peninsula. The rest of the compost is now self-serve. $5/5 gallon bucket. Come fill up your own buckets or grab a pre-filled bag. There is a place for you to leave your payment. Happy Growing!

05/02/2026

TODAY!!

04/30/2026

Proud to be selling Chickadee Compost again this year on Saturday! Did you know they started collecting food scraps from the Brooklin School this year?

04/29/2026

No book club today!!

Unfortunately there is still a lingering smell from the insulation work we had done on the basement yesterday, so we will not have our book group discussion at one today. If folks are interested, we would be happy to reschedule. See you all at four for the groundbreaking ceremony!

04/27/2026

Our Annual Compost and Allium Plant Sale is less than a week away now! 8:30am - 12pm, Saturday, May 2nd. (Rain date May 3). New this year…We have Green Kraken green crab meal fertilizer for sale! Bonus, founder and owner Sam Cheeney will be giving a talk the day of the sale from 10-11am. Sam will explain how this crab meal fertilizer works in the garden, what farmers are seeing in the field, and how scaling green crab harvest and processing can help support both healthier soils and more resilient coastal communities. The sale is located in the parking lot of the Brooklin School and the talk will take place near in the community garden, adjacent to the school.

04/24/2026

Hey Brooklin! Annual Town Meeting is this Saturday, April 25th. Come see us at our info table and learn about all the ways you can volunteer with the Brooklin Food Corps. Lots of new and exciting things happening this year! And…we will be holding a free raffle to give away some windowsill salad and herb boxes. You’ll be harvesting a salad in no time!

04/19/2026

It was all hands on deck today to get the community garden all pest-proofed today! We are going to be having regularly scheduled working while learning sessions throughout the season. Next Saturday at 2pm we will be learning how to prep beds with a broad fork, applying soil amendments, and also how to get parts of the garden into cover crops to help revitalize the soil. Join us!

04/17/2026

save the date!

04/07/2026

Brooklin’s very own Mycologist will be giving a talk hosted by the Surry Garden Club Wednesday!

04/04/2026

All kinds of ways to support this important cause!