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The Wolfe's Neck Farm Teen Ag Crew spends the Maine growing season cultivating a foundation of skills vital to any small-scale farming operation. In addition to supplying much needed fresh local produce to food banks in our region, the Crew members participate in educational opportunities around the state of Maine; they visit and learn from local farmers, tour Maine's food relief systems, volunteer at food pantries and participate in leadership trainings.

In the pilot year, 2012, the Four Teen Ag Crew Members:
  • Gained meaningful employment in an educational agricultural setting
  • Participated in the growing season from planting to harvest
  • Studied business models and learned about field planning
  • Learned organic growing and pest-control methods
  • Worked with livestock and learned humane animal husbandry methods
  • Partnered with at-risk youth from Youth Building Alternatives in Portland
  • Donated nearly 4,000lbs. of produce to Freeport Community Services Food Pantry and the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program

"The Teen Ag Program from Wolfe's Neck Farm has been a godsend for our Food Pantry. During the Summer of 2012 the teens delivered fresh produce weekly and it was of the highest quality – it was evident that the quality and quantity was a real source of pride for those kids." ~ Sue Mack, Family Services Coordinator for Freeport Community Services
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In 2012, the pilot year of the Teen Ag Program was completely supported by the generous grants and donations from the following funders: The Horizon Foundation, The Environmental Funders Network, The Northeast Agricultural Education Foundation, Farm Credit Northeast AGEnhancement, The Maine Community Foundation as well as private donors to the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and Wolfe's Neck Farm.
 

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