....Farmer led programs that improve Maine's agriculture

SUSTAINABLE AG RESEARCHERS & SERVICE PROVIDERS

Novel infrastructure, marketing and workforce development

Maine farmers - whether recent immigrants, multigenerational settlers, or indigenous - often often need support from larger resource networks to improve their efficacy for the communities  they serve. We work with MOFGA, Maine Farm Bureau, Maine DACF, and across higher ed with collaborating federal and state organizations.

View our latest video produced by one of our UMaine collaborators and the Knack Factory.

FARMERS & AG PRODUCTION SECTOR

Maine sustainable farming leaders

ME SAS relies on its network of farmers to develop and evaluate programs that can help improve systems, build stronger value chains and grow Maine's agricultural economy. Have something to offer?  Consider becoming a member or nominating a member to join our board.

AGRICULTURE ENGINEERS, ENERGY, TECH & MANUFACTURING

Connecting Maine's workforce across disciplines

We work with regional and global innovators to improve Maine sustainable ag infrastructure and workforce. Current initiative include our Greenhouse & Ag Infrastructure Improvement Program and our More Maine Meat Initiative

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Presentation on lessons and next steps for ME SAS’ Agriculture Infrastructure and Greenhouse demonstration program.

Join ME SAS Education Director, Bill Giordano at 4pm this Thursday, Janurary 13th for virtual discussion and presentation about lessons and next steps from ME SAS' Sustainable Year Round Agriculture demonstrations. The event is hosted by the Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Island Heritage trust and specifically will address Bill's work applying lessons from the SYRA program on regional farms and...

BLUE HILL EVENT POST-PONED

Unfortunately, MESAS' event originally schedule to take place today at the Blue Hill Library in being post-poned. We look forward to announcing a new outdoor gathering date for this event along with news about our climate battery and ground to air greenhouse heaters twilight tours on both Hancock and Waldo county farms. Stay tuned for updates, and as always please stay in touchor contact ME SAS...

MESAS SUMMER ’21 EVENT INFO and UPDATES

  SUMMER 2021 Event Info and Updates + "Tips From the Field: Year round Farm Infrastructure" Video! image: Broad Turn Farm high tunnels, Scarborough , Maine NEWSLETTER: 2021 ME SAS' Summer e-newsletter announcement NEW VIDEO: "TIPS FROM THE FIELD: Year round food production infrastructure" , a new video that documents design and field tips from some of Sagadahoc County's year round veggie...

MESAS SUMMER 2021 NEWSLETTER; Twilight Tour Schedule + New Video Launch!!!

Updates and on the ground work from the Maine Sustainable Agriculture Society! Click here to view the newsletter . https://youtu.be/lvkLPnscBU8 This past winter our Greenhouse and Ag Infrastructure Improvement Program developed a video: "From the Field; Year round food production infrastructure" that focused on insights from some of the leading year round food vegetable producers in Sagadahoc...

NEW Fact Sheets for Maine Greenhouse and Agriculture Infrastructure Improvement

Please view the latest new on fact sheet releases here or click on the illustration below:

Greenhouse and Agriculture Infrastructure Program Webinars 9/8 and 9/10

For Release Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 4pm FMI Contact: William Giordano, Greenhouse and Agriculture Infrastructure Program Director e-mail: mainesustainableag@gmail.com phone: (207)570-8760 ANNOUNCEMENT: Calling Maine Greenhouse Growers and Service Providers: AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE & GREENHOUSE PROJECT EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS SEPTEMBER 8th & 10th ; REMOTE ACCESS AVAILABLE The Maine...

MESAS 2020 SUMMER NEWSLETTER

2020 MESAS SUMMER NEWSLETTER: Some real gems in this one folks. "Vintage ME SAS" Digital Video Release and new educational programs from the Maine Greenhouse Project - Summer News From the Maine Sustainable Agriculture Society - https://mailchi.mp/mesas/mesassummer2020

Sustainable Year Round Agriculture Project Final Report

The Maine Sustainable Agriculture Society (MESAS) recently finalized a report on a selection of infrastructure options for year round covered agriculture in Maine.  The report is the culmination of a research, design and demonstration initiative that began in 2014,   also know as the Sustainable Year Round Agriculture (SYRA) Cluster Initiative. The project demonstrated new technologies that show...

2020 Maine Agriculture Trades Show

Greetings from MESAS, and happy 2020!   We are excited about our trade show program and annual meeting next week on Tues Jan. 14 from 1-5 in the Somerset Room, and hope you will join us. If healthy profit margins are the key to keeping good Farmers in business and Farmland in production, it is a well known fact that the two strategies to doing that are to 1. Deliver more product to market...

Certified Maine Meat Pilot Program Draft Manual

The Certified Maine Meat pilot program manual is available to read and review below: Download the full manual as a pdf (or right click to open on a new page)

BLUE HILL EVENT POST-PONED

Unfortunately, MESAS' event originally schedule to take place today at the Blue Hill Library in being post-poned. We look forward to announcing a new outdoor gathering date for this event along with news about our climate battery and ground to air greenhouse heaters...

MESAS SUMMER ’21 EVENT INFO and UPDATES

  SUMMER 2021 Event Info and Updates + "Tips From the Field: Year round Farm Infrastructure" Video! image: Broad Turn Farm high tunnels, Scarborough , Maine NEWSLETTER: 2021 ME SAS' Summer e-newsletter announcement NEW VIDEO: "TIPS FROM THE FIELD: Year round food...

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