Maine Foodscapes

08/26/2025

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06/05/2025

🌱 FGP Gardeners: Seedling Pick-Up & Drop-Off Week is Here! 🌱

From June 7 to June 14, it’s time to get your vegetable seedlings for the season! If you’re an FGP gardener from 2018–2025, swing by to pick up your tray.

Can’t make it? No worries — we’ll drop off seedlings by request while supplies last.

This year, we’re excited to offer perennials too, including Elderberry, Blueberry, and more!

Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors and partners: Allagash, CMP, Skillins, CC Gleaning Initiative, Winslow Farm, and Bumbleroot for making this possible!

To schedule your pickup or drop-off, please email [email protected].

12/03/2024

🌱 This , Support Maine Foodscapes and Help Us Grow Stronger Communities! 🌱

At Maine Foodscapes, we partner with nutrition-insecure households and families across southern Maine to build no-cost vegetable gardens. Together with our dedicated volunteers and community partners, we provide these gardens to support healthy, sustainable food sources for those who need it most.

Your support can make a big difference! A donation of $500 helps us provide two 4x8 raised beds filled with seeds and seedlings for our gardeners. We typically build three raised beds for every household, and we aim to construct up to 45 new gardens each year that include three raised beds, or more, for households and community organizations.

Please consider donating today or anytime throughout the year. All donations are tax-deductible, and we hope we can count on your generosity to help us continue to grow and serve our community.

Together, we can help families nourish their bodies and their futures. 💚

12/03/2024

Thank you to all of you who have contributed to Maine Foodscapes in 2024! Contributions to our projects go directly towards developing healthier, greener, and happier lives in Southern Maine. 🌲🍂🌲

Now, on this , we ask you to give one last contribution of the year to help support our efforts in 2025. This year, we're striving to make a bigger impact than ever, as we expand our garden-based projects to brand-new households and communities. Support this effort by donating to Maine Foodscapes and helping to build a garden, support a family, or sponsor a community workshop! 🔨🏡👩‍🌾

Visit our website below to make a monthly or one-time donation, to tell us how you'd like to contribute, and to support the Maine Foodscapes community! https://www.mainefoodscapes.org/donate.html

11/19/2024

🌱🌟 Dear Community -- The Foodscapes Garden Project is officially part of the ! 🌟🌱

Our gardens are more than just patches of soil—they’re spaces for fresh food, connection, and growth 🌻🥕. With your help, we can bring more of these transformative spaces to households and communities in need.

Your support TODAY can help us launch strong 💪 and even win a bonus $400 grant 💰 for the project that raises the most early on! Let’s grow something amazing together.

Donate ❤️ here:
👉 https://donate.seedmoney.org/11304/2025-foodscapes-garden-project

Thank you for being part of this mission to grow gardens, grow community, and grow opportunity. 🌟✨

We empower community members by providing access to raised-bed vegetable gardens, providing the tools and resources needed to grow their own food.

11/19/2024

Last month, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work pressing cider! 🍎🎉 Residents of Sagamore Village and Front Street West joined in Autumnal celebrations, enjoying freshly made cider and festive fun.
A big shoutout to the Maine Tool Library for lending us the classic wooden cider press—dubbed "one neat machine" by a young participant—and to Orchard Ridge Farms for their incredible Gold Riot and Enterprise apples. 🥂🍏
Thank you also to for inspiring our lesson! Did you know apples have a deep-rooted history in New England? The first orchard in the region dates back to Old Orchard Beach!
We love sharing special activities and local history with such enthusiastic young learners. Here's to more moments celebrating community, food, and fun! 🌟

11/07/2024

🌾 Last Month, Maine Foodscapes welcomed our new AmeriCorps Service Members to the Maine food scene by jumping right into action at the Common Ground Fair’s famous Common Kitchen! 🎉 Nothing like a day in the kitchen to get acquainted with farmers, garden enthusiasts, and some seriously skilled cooks! 💪
Kyle, our VISTA AmeriCorps member, powered through chopping countless onions 🧅 (no tears, we promise!), while Darle Bailey, our Public Health AmeriCorps member, whipped up some delicious cranberry muffins! 🧁🍂
The Common Kitchen is where volunteers come together to fuel hundreds of other helpers with hearty meals and snacks throughout the fair.
🌻 Have you been to the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine? It’s the place to learn about all things homesteading, from farming and preserving to stonework, spinning, and even contra dancing! Next year, maybe you’ll catch us chopping, mixing, or just soaking in the community vibes. 😊

11/05/2024

Come one, come all! Join Foodscapes & Cooking Matters on Saturday, November 16th from 1-3PM at 409 Cumberland Ave in Portland for a free Community Workshop about how to achieve a seasonal diet without breaking the bank!

Educators will discuss nutrition, recipe building, qualifications for government assistance, and how to get the freshest produce for the lowest price! After, there will be a cooking demonstration utilizing squash and other farm fresh ingredients!
Join us and gain the tools and resources to eat locally and fresh and enjoy a light meal with fellow participants!

Led by Cooking Matters & Foodscapes Educators, Public Health AmeriCorps Members Riley Richardson and Darle Riordan.

Participants will leave having gained valuable resources about the produce available in Southeastern Maine!

🥗Link in Bio + via Eventbrite🥗

10/30/2024

What a fun and educational workshop led by Foodscapes Educator & Master Food Preserver Volunteer, Linsey MacDougall! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Preserving Autumn’s Bounty: Canning 101 workshop at the kitchen! Special thanks to for donating such beautiful, crisp apples. We’re thrilled to share these awesome food preservation skills and tips with you. Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated on upcoming events! Happy Apple Season! 🍏🍎

10/17/2024

Come out to Fork Food Lab next Wednesday, October 23rd at 5:30PM for a hands-on Introduction to Canning! We will learn how to preserve apples using the hot water bath method!

Educators will discuss the necessary tools for home preservation and guide you step-by-step on how to process and can Maine Grown Apples! 🍎🍏

Join us in the Kitchen to learn the differences between food preservation methods and the types of produce you can can at home!

This workshop will have a hands-on demonstration component!

Led by Master Food Preserver & Foodscapes Educator Linsey, participants will leave having gained knowledge of food preserving basics! All participants take home canned goods.

Linsey is a Master Food Preserver Volunteer through the University of Maine Extension.

🍎Link in Bio + via Eventbrite🍎

10/16/2024

Just a few days left for this year's Silent Auction! Bid now to win a wonderful collection of local gifts and to help households in our community keep growing their own vegetables in 2025!! 🥦🍅🥕

https://tinyurl.com/fsgala24

10/09/2024

This year’s Garden-to-Table Fundraising Gala was a smash! 🎃🌽 Thank you to all our sponsors and contributors, including and IDEXX for joining us for an amazing evening!

A warm thanks to all our very special volunteers for making this happen. Can’t wait to see you all next year!

Our wonderful photos are courtesy of Stephen Davis Phillips Photography .