2018 Wolfe's Neck Center Newsletter by Wolfe's Neck Center

2018

Newsletter

Nonprofit educational farm in Freeport, Maine

626 Acre Oceanfront Farm Open Free to Visitors Every Day in Freeport, Maine Transforming our relationship with farming and food for a healthier planet

We Invite You to Grow With Us Whether you are a neighbor or are on your first visit, welcome! Over the past several years, we have developed a vision to transform Wolfe’s Neck Farm into a leading center that is building a community of people who care about the future of food and the planet. By visiting our farm and campground, you can experience this firsthand.

few years. It serves to improve and enhance your experience here, while at the same time allowing our organization to join with others around Maine and throughout the country who share serious concerns about the state of our food system and are working together to strengthen it.

Non-Profit U.S. Postage PAID Portland, ME 04103 Permit #454

This year, we invite you to grow with us. Experience We are very excited to announce that since the a deeper connection to your food choices by Fall of 2017, Wolfe’s Neck Farm is now Wolfe’s joining in a farm program, like Afternoon Milking Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment. or Harvest Your Breakfast. Become a member, find This reimagined name represents the breadth and us on Facebook for insightful articles, or embrace focus of our work and how it’s grown over the past your connection to nature through our walking trails. Learn more about our capital campaign goals, and how we continue to grow our roots to make our vision a reality. Thank you for being part of our community!

Dave Herring, Executive Director

Connect to Food on the Farm

Find this tagline throughout the newsletter! You’ll see how many ways there are to connect to the source of your food on your farm or campground visit.

184 Burnett Road Freeport, Maine 04032

When was the last time you bought food at a grocery store? This week, right? And when was the last time you bought food right from the farm where it was grown, or ate something from your backyard? We can be grateful for the convenience and variety of the supermarket, but it has led to a disconnect from where our food comes from.

Plan Your Visit

Wolfe’s Neck Center is always open free to the public, and we encourage you to visit the livestock, attend a program, and more!

Seasonal Activities:

• Oceanfront Camping • Kayak & Canoe Rentals • Bicycle Rentals • Farm Café • Farm Store • Weekend Hayrides • Fall on the Farm Weekends • Community & Visitor Programs

Year-Round Offerings:

• Barnyard & Gardens • Miles of Nature Trails • Educational Workshops • Group Experiences • Dances, Festival, & Events

A lot of effort goes into making that milk. Each milking cow requires nearly 90 pounds of feed daily and more than 40 gallons of water, so our farmers need to grow, harvest, and store high quality forage to feed the cows and balance the nutritional needs of the herd. They must also build fences, monitor grass growth, and rotate the herd across the farm in our pastures to ensure we meet the organic certification grazing requirements. Additionally, the farmers need to keep the cows comfortable by providing a clean, dry place to lay down, control fly populations, and manage exposure to weather conditions for the herd to produce plenty of high quality milk.

Join us as we take a closer look at the food you may eat or buy on your visit to Wolfe’s Neck. We’ll take All of the farmers’ attention to detail pays when you from the product in your hand, back to where when the cows put it to work making milk. They walk nearly half a mile out on barn to harvest their it all started on our farm... own meals from the pasture, and on their days in Yummy Yogurt the barn they sort through hay to find the tastiest The cows you see grazing out on pasture may look bites, laying down to taste it all again a second time relaxed, but they have a big job here. Milked twice when they chew their cud. It takes the majority of each day, they produce the organic milk used to a cow’s energy to make the 40-100 pounds of milk make Stonyfield yogurt. Here’s what Sarah, our she produces daily. Dairy Director, has to say about the process:

The herd is milked twice a day, at 5 a.m. and 4:30 “Where can I buy your milk?” It’s the most common p.m. Every step of the milking process is performed question asked at the end of a conversation with to ensure we sell a healthy and safe product. The one of our farmers. The Stonyfield sign on our cow’s teats are first cleaned with a peroxideorganic dairy barn proudly displays a cup of the based disinfectant, then dried with a towel. delicious yogurt our 40 milking cows help to make. Next, milk is hand stripped from each teat and continued on page 7 Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

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Visit the Farm & Campground

Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment is a nonprofit organization with a mission to transform our relationship with farming and food for a healthier planet. Situated on over 600 acres of preserved coastal landscape in Freeport, Maine, we use our setting to connect people of all ages to the food they eat and where it comes from.

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We are open free year-round for visitors to enjoy the barns, trails, and coastline. Check out our seasonal Farm Store, or stay in our oceanfront campground. From Farm Camp to Community Programs, visitors of all ages can immerse themselves in food & farming!

Campground Office Camp Store Kayak/Bike Rentals

Farm Office Farm Store Livestock Education Barn Farm Camp

Little River

Farm Café

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Wagon Ride to the Past

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Casco Bay Atlantic Ocean

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Recreation Field 720

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Tidal Estuary

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Middle Bay

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Quiet Cove

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Casco Bay Atlantic Ocean

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Freeport

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Camp Office/Store Farm Office Barnyard Farm Stand Laundry Organic Gardens Outhouse Parking Trailhead

Picnic Area Playground Wifi Hotspot Recycling RV Dump Station Shore Access Showers & Toilets Farm Café Trash/Dumpster

Wedding Field Public Road Farm Road Trail Spur Deer Run Trail Little River Loop Trail Fields Forest Water

Wolfe’s Neck Center

Casco Bay (Atlantic Ocean)

Just 10 minutes from L.L.Bean!

Driving Directions 184 Burnett Road, Freeport

From I-295 North or South: Follow Interstate 295 to exit 20, or US Route 1 to Freeport. Across from L.L.Bean turn onto Bow Street. This becomes Flying Point Road. After approximately 2.5 miles, turn right onto Wolfe’s Neck Road. Travel 1.5 miles, turn left onto Burnett Road. You are now on Wolfe’s Neck property. Continue across the bridge to reach the farmhouse office, animal barns, summer camp, and hayrides. Continue 800' further down Burnett Road to find our Campground office with kayak and bike rentals, and our Farm Café.

Buzzwords

Regenerative Agriculture The use of farming practices that build soil organic matter Look for farm buzzwords throughout and contribute to healthy and biodiverse soil. Examples include managed grazing, composting, and using cover crops. the newsletter & on your vist! Season Extension Growing crops not only in the summer, but throughout the year. Our greenhouses let us grow hardier crops like kale, carrots, and spinach under shelter in the colder months. Certified Organic A U.S. Department of Agriculture regulation that verifies farms using organic practices, like growing without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Our dairy operation and production plots are certified organic. Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

Livestock Education Barn Weekend Hayrides

Walk through to see our chickens, sheep, pigs and goats when they’re not out on pasture. Learn about our livestock and how we care for them. Free and open to the public yearround from dawn to dusk.

Hop aboard the hay wagon for a scenic trip through our farm and campground with beautiful views. Check out our History Hayride too. Preregister online to guarantee your spot and see schedule.

Explore our Nature Trails

On Your Visit

Bike & Kayak Rentals

Paddle the calm waters of Casco Bay by kayak or canoe, or enjoy the peaceful country roads and scenic vistas by bicycle! Available June through October, call or drop in the campground office to book.

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Whether you have an hour or a week to spend at the farm, there are plenty of activities to keep your family busy! Be sure to make your reservations online for our programming and equipment rentals.

Community Programs

Deepen your connection to food and farming on your visit. Led by our farm educators, these are fun learning opportunities for all ages and a range of themes. See the full list of programs on page 6.

Farm Café

Farm Store

Connect to Food on the Farm:

Savory Farm Pie

Aromatic Farm Store Garlic

Check out one of the two short spur trails on the loop! Marsh Landing and Heron Hideaway both bring you down to the Little River water’s edge.

Our specialty farm pizza is hot ticket menu item at the Farm Café, and gives visitors a taste of our seasonal produce harvest and meats. Café Manager Kelli spills the beans on what makes it so tasty:

Deer Run Trail The end of the Little River Loop becomes the Deer Run Trail, a portion of the trail that transitions to the even denser feel of a mixed spruce-fir forest.

Try our farm pizza pie! Every day, you can enjoy it with a variety of fresh toppings. On Wednesday and Friday nights, we even cook them in our authentic wood-fired pizza oven for an extra savory experience!

There are a lot of produce options to choose from in our Farm Store, rotating based on what’s in season. One product you may see is the tried and true garlic bulb. Check out this story from Farmer Tom on how rooted this crop is to our land:

Oceanfront Trail To continue on the Farm Loop trail, make your way west on Burnett Road back towards the campground. Take notice of a couple other Wolfe’s Neck features you may not have seen before: our new season-extending greenhouses allowing for year-round vegetable production, and the weather and research station on Brocklebank field.

It starts on Mondays, when I meet with Tom, our Fruit and Vegetable Production Manager, in the vegetable plot. This is when we pick out a variety of organic fruits, vegetables, and herbs that will find their way on to your farm pizza and into salads, sandwiches, and weekly Café specials. Garlic planting is done by hand. I like to do it the old fashioned way with an antique wheeled furrow For those of you who ask: What about meat options continued on page 8 for that pizza?, we haven’t forgotten you! All year long, I work with Ben, our Livestock Manager to plan for the season. We coordinate what meat Explore the far reaches of our forest, offerings we’ll have available for the Café, including pastures, and shoreline! chicken, lamb, beef, and eggs. In addition to being used for pizza toppings, these products are found Can you uncover our Points of Exploration? throughout the menu and in our Farm Store, in Pick up your Wolfe Tracks map & card from case you try your hand at a farm pizza at home! the Farm Store or Campground Office and head off on your adventure. It takes a number of people from around the farm

Beyond the barnyard, our 600 acres span an array of ecosystems, from coastline, forest, salt marsh, and pastures. Head out for a walk to spot the clues of the wildlife that call this place their home, and more!

Our seasonal Farm Café is open from June–Labor Day to enjoy a quality meal or tasty treat. Many ingredients come from the farm, but we also have Maine lobster rolls and ice cream.

Visit our seasonal Farm Store for organic produce, pasture-raised meats, poultry, and eggs from our farm, and local goodies. Take home a souvenir of your farm or campground visit!

Self-Guided Nature Walk By Nathan Cross, Americorps Steward

Little River Loop Head behind the Livestock Education Barn to find the Farm Loop Trailhead. You’ll quickly be transported to a mature forest of large Eastern White Pine and Eastern Hemlock. This is a great option for a shorter hike while still giving you a look at the forest bordering most of the farm.

Take a turn towards the East Bay campsites and walk through Middle Bay to reach another trailhead, taking you over a bridge for a great look at Casco Bay. Once you’ve made it to West Bay, you’ll see the organic fruit and vegetable plots to your left and more pasture on the right. Finishing up the Farm Loop Trail means walking down the road from West Bay back towards the barnyard of the Little River campus.By now, you’re probably hearing some of the more familiar sounds of the farm - cows, sheep, tractors backing up - but hopefully you’ve found out that there is much more to Wolfe’s Neck Center than what’s located inside the barns.

It all starts in the fall, when everything else in the field is wrapping up. Frost is on the way and cold north winds are blowing. Late October finds most farmers sore and worn out from a long season in the sun, with tired backs from squash and pumpkin harvests. The soil is cool, and winter cover crops are seeded and grow slowly towards the first frost. One last chore remains unfinished: planting next year’s garlic.

For the Kids: Wolfe Tracks

not only to grow and raise the food, but also to ensure it’s ready to be ordered from our café window. I believe the best taste comes from using the freshest ingredients in our recipes. Nothing makes me happier than seeing visitors enjoying food that I know was just picked from the garden earlier that day!

Learn about the tides, visit with the goats, try to spot a great blue heron, step inside one of our greenhouses and much more. At each point on your journey, mark your Wolfe Tracks card with a special hole punch. Once you’ve been to all sites, head to the Farm Store where you will present your card and choose a special Farm Explorer gift!

Visit our Farm Café this summer for a taste of the season! Visit freeportcamping.com for hours. Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

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Oceanfront Camping

Open May through October, our award-winning campground offers over 130 campsites and three oceanfront cabins. Book online at freeportcamping.com or call (207) 865-9307

What’s New!

We have some new experiences at our campground to make your stay a special one. Check out what we’re up to!

Quiet Cove: Walk-in Quiet Sites

This car-free quiet area is perfect for those looking for a back-to-nature camping experience. Set along the edge of a tidal estuary, this area will quickly become a favorite of those looking for quiet and solitude. Each campsite comes with a hammock, and is limited to three people and one tent. Wolfe’s Neck Oceanfront Camping is an experience like no other. How often are you setting up a tent with ocean views to one side and farmland to the other? Since 1952, our family-friendly campground has offered spacious campsites and cabins on our farm’s idyllic 626 acres of oceanfront pastures and forest. We now offer more programs than ever before for campers to connect to food and farming! With the campground open from May through October, you’ll find activities, rentals and events throughout the season. Join a Harvest Your Breakfast, Goat Hike, Farmer for the Morning, or one of our other programs to immerse yourself in this place and support our important work. You can also explore over three miles of nature trails, rent a bicycle or

Comfort Camping: Luxury Campsite

kayak, visit the animal barns, stop for lunch at the Farm Café, and visit our Farm Store to take home a Enjoy a seaside retreat in our new canvas bell tent, with a real queen size bed! Our Comfort unique Maine souvenir. Camping site is nestled in the trees along our While there is so much to do, see, and explore, at Casco Bay shoreline, and will come outfitted with Wolfe’s Neck Center, you’ll love that we’re only everything you need for camping in style. Two ten minutes from Freeport’s outlet shopping and camping cots with sleeping bags will keep the L.L.Bean’s flagship store. Take advantage of a kids happy, and you’ll love the comfy camp gear natural getaway at our campground that is close to and hammock! Freeport, Portland, and Brunswick attractions. Be sure to see what events may be happening during New RV Dump Station your stay! Unload with ease! Enjoy the convenience and However you spend your camping trip at Wolfe’s improvements of our new dump station located Neck Center, your stay supports our work and we along Recompence Lane. Beginning this summer, hope you’ll deepen your relationship to food and all RV offloading, trash, and recycling for all campers will be managed out of this facility. farming while you’re here.

Events on the Farm A Reflection on Cooking & Eating: More than what’s on your plate

By Allison Carrier, Communications Assistant Close your eyes and imagine eating your favorite meal. Each delicious bite becomes a gratifying experience, and a tasty reminder of why you decided it’s your top choice. Harraseeket Inn Head Chef Troy Mains is at the forefront of wowing his diners with unique twists on their favorite classics. Recently named 2018 Maine Chef of the Year by the Maine Restaurant Association, Mains uses his honed skills and range of career-developing experiences to confidently produce quality food in his restaurants. As for his favorites, it’s anything with mushrooms, radishes, or pork belly that brings him to a special place. Some foods, however, are tied to an experience in a different kind of way. It’s when food evokes memories of travel, childhood, or family that it transforms a simple meal into one filled with nostalgia. One of Mains’ first food memories is cooking scallop stew with his Grandma Bertha.

Events are a wonderful way to enjoy locally-grown foods, music and good company while supporting our work. For more information on our events or to register online, please visit wolfesneck.org/events And every time he bites into corn, the sweet taste, aroma, and juiciness transports him back to childhood memories of eating it fresh out of his parents’ garden. Now Mains is giving diners their own memories, as many of them staying at the Inn are visiting from away. The Maine native knows that many people eating in his restaurant are looking for an experience unique to their stay with the Maine staples – seafood, syrup, blueberries, and more. They’re also coming with an expectation toward the growing trend of supporting the local food movement. What he hopes to do is elevate this experience, giving diners a meal they recognize and brings them comfort, but manipulating ingredients in a way that makes it more memorable.

interesting, like roasted cauliflower with buffalo sauce and tahini.” Just as visitors want to experience the local cuisine, he too wants to highlight local products. The Harraseeket values working with neighboring farms and each week they purchase thousands of dollars-worth of produce from their anchor farm, Six River Farm in Bowdoinham. It also means they’re anticipating ingredient needs for their menu six months ahead of time, in line with the growing season for farmers.

“So many restaurants are doing the same exact thing, you know, we’re all working with local farmers, we’re all trying to find foragers,” says Mains. “We set ourselves apart [at the Harraseeket] because we’ve been doing that for 25 years. So we have to take all these ingredients that are really great and really delicious, and all the people and all Because they work with local farms so frequently, the relationships we’ve formed, and now we have it’s important to Mains that these ingredients are to manipulate them into something that’s cool and continued on page 5

event features a chef highlighting local foods at the peak of their season. Drinks from our partners Farm to Table Dinner Series Each New England Distilling and Maine Beer Company are included. Events are ages 21+ unless otherwise noted.

Summer Tasting with Miyake Family Farm Feast with the Farm Café Sunday, June 24, 5-8 PM Sunday, August 19, 5-8 PM (All ages) Start your summer off with Masa Set on our main campus, this is a Miyake at the Mallet Barn. Small plates great event for the whole family. We’ll will follow a theme of ‘Ennichi’, a type feature our wood fired pizzas with farm of Japanese carnival. toppings. Hayrides add to the fun!

Art Auction with Frontier & Gather Harvest Dinner with the Harraseeket Inn Sunday, September 23, 3-6 PM Sunday, October 14, 5-8 PM Join us for an afternoon of great food, Feast on the harvest of the season with and a live and silent auction featuring 2018 Maine Chef of the Year. Enjoy local artists. Take home an original a seated, family-style dinner in our piece of art. Held at our Mallet Barn. historic Mallet Barn.

Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

Events on the Farm

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Events are a wonderful way to enjoy locally-grown foods, music and good company while supporting our work. For more information on our events or to register online, please visit wolfesneck.org/events

New this Year!

Fall on the Farm Weekends September 8-October 21

Spring Festival Saturday, June 2

Interact with the animals, learn about seeds and plants, and observe farm demonstrations. Crafts, face painting, and a hay bale climb, too! Enjoy hayrides, live music, and food. No preregistration required and half-off for members.

History Haywagon Tours Saturdays monthly this summer

Join us for a wagon ride to the past! Climb aboard and travel through time as you hear stories of the ship captains, fishermen, farmers, and homemakers who have lived on Wolfe’s Neck over the past 250 years. Ages 12 & up, preregistration recommended.

Golf Outing

Monday, September 10

Hit the links with our community of supporters! Enjoy a lunch with updates and remarks from Wolfe’s Neck Center leadership, followed by an afternoon of farm-inspired golf. Held at Highland Green in Topsham, pre-register with a team of four.

Harvest Dance

Saturday, September 24

Dig Deeper Series

Join us as guest speakers “dig deeper” into some of the key issues in food and farming today, and learn how Wolfe’s Neck Center is playing an important part in finding solutions. Free, 4:305:30 p.m., RSVPs recommended. The Art and Science of Grazing: Growing Greener, Healthier Pastures, Tuesday, June 12 Join author, educator and farmer Sarah Flack for an engaging, informational conversation about grazing management and how the techniques used at Wolfe’s Neck are giving back to the soil.

We’re celebrating the arrival of fall with a different theme each weekend. Join us for special workshops, demonstrations, music, food and more! Each weekend is unique and offers activities for all ages. Pick up some of autumn’s bounty at the Farm Store or head out to our pumpkin patch on a hayride. There’s no better way to welcome this colorful season! September 8-9: Dairy Weekend September 15-16: Woods & Shore Weekend September 23-24: Arts & Culture Weekend September 28-30: Music Weekend October 6-8: Harvest Weekend October 13-14: Community & Sustainability Weekend October 20-21: Fiber Weekend No cost for admission, but some programs or activities may have a fee. Find details online this summer.

What is Regenerative Agriculture?, Tuesday, July 10 Katherine Paul, Associate Director of the Organic Consumer Association, Board Member of Regeneration International, & Freeport resident, will talk about this old but resurging farming practice and the ways in which Wolfe’s Neck Center and others are embracing it to ensure a healthier planet. See page 9 to learn more. Connecting Maine’s Classrooms with their Communities, Tuesday, August 7 Maine is composed of rich natural resources and close-knit communities. Morgan Cuthbert, a Yarmouth science teacher and WNC Board Member, along with some of his students, will talk about how to engage kids to become involved citizens within these communities and understand the history and importance of places like Wolfe’s Neck Center. ‘Cooking & Eating’ continued from page 4 highlighted in the meals they serve. Mains often requests ingredients from Six River Farm that are “cool, colorful, and interesting” to keep his dishes vibrant. And while they joke with him that he’s crazy for wanting ingredients like Thai basil, they keep the relationship strong. The farmer called him the other day to reassure him, “We bought your basil seeds, we’re starting to plant them.”

Workshops Saturdays throughout the year Our new Backyard Gardener Workshop Series is designed for the aspiring small-scale farmer. Each session offers an in-depth exploration of a specific topic through lectures and hands-on activities. Check online for details, preregistration required. outlet at the Harraseeket to make these batch purchases possible. If a farmer comes to him with 200 pounds of excess tomatoes, the kitchen can turn it into a tomato sauce, soup, and salsa for their six-day per week breakfast and lunch buffets.

Just as eating can evoke past memories or make new ones, it can also be an empowering experience. Celebrate the season and enjoy a night out with Being a chef, Mains connects to food as more than friends! Foods, drinks, and a contra dance to kick just a meal. Being able to take basic, raw ingredients off festivities before Chris Ross & the North take the stage. Held in our historic Mallet Barn, ages They supplement this produce with a range of other and transform them, into a quality dish means that local sources, from the aquaponic-grown greens at he thinks every meal should be fulfilling, even in his 21+. Advanced registration required. Springworks Farm, yogurt and cheese from Winter own home. While he could go out to dinner to get Hill Farm, and sausage from Bisson’s to name a inspired by other chefs, he and his wife often opt to few. Other times still, it’s a local farmer coming to eat at home. They’ll spend a day cooking and agree him with excess harvest. “Our relationship with that they are more satisfied and fulfilled by making farmers here is ever evolving, it’s ever growing. a home-cooked meal together. Somebody will come in the back door [from a farm] Eating is more than simply food on your plate. that’s three miles down the road and they’ll say ‘I It’s nostalgia, making memories, family bonding, grew all these potatoes and I don’t have a resource supporting local farmers, and so much more. For for them, what can you do?’ And I’ll say, ‘I’ll buy a Mains, it’s also the creative outlet that transports hundred pounds today and next week.’” a Maine staple into a dish that makes people go Saturday, December 8 A holiday tradition for children, this event is For a restaurant that thrives on the consistency “Wow.” inspired by Eve Bunting’s book The Night Tree. of Maine staples, it’s moments like these that Experience Chef Troy Mains and his skilled kitchen Listen to the story, do a craft, and visit the animals. give Mains a creative outlet to diversify his menu team as they host our final Farm to Table event of the Preregistration required. Stay tuned for similar offerings and lets him support the smaller local season, a Harvest Dinner in our historic Mallet Barn on farms. He also admits he’s lucky to have a great pop-up events for children throughout the year! October 14th. Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

Night Tree

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Learn Outdoors

From summer Farm Camp for ages 4-15, programs for teens, immersive group experiences, and a wide array of Community & Visitor Programs, Wolfe’s Neck Center is full of opportunities for outdoor learning.

Beyond Farm Camp: Learning for all Ages Community & Visitor Programs: Educator-led Fun! Connecting people to food and farming is key to our mission. If you’re looking for a unique experience and more structured visit to the farm, join one of our programs:

Farm Camp

Explore, learn, and play on a coastal farm.

Immerse your child in the wonders of farming and food, exploring the outdoors and making new friends with a week of Farm Camp! At camp, kids ages 4-15 learn hands-on about sustainable agriculture and ecology across the diverse ecosystems of our 626 acres. There are so many places and ways to explore, but here are just a few:

Teens

Spend summer outdoors while building skills.

Junior Counselor (JCs) Volunteer for 2 weeks or more

Designed for teens ages 15-18 looking to assist with Farm Camp and gain leadership experience. JCs build skills by helping with camp activities and encouraging the curiosity of campers. They’ll learn about sustainable agriculture and local ecology while building experience for college Fields Harvest potatoes with our farmers, taste applications and resumes, or fulfilling service garden herbs, and plant sunflowers. requirements. Each JC is assigned a different Farm Camp age group. JCs are volunteers and Barnyard Collect fresh eggs and take a closer look, apply to participate for two weeks or more. interact with sheep, and learn about cows. Teen Ag Program Sign up for 1 week or both Forest Take a goat walk, visit the salt marshes, and Designed for teens ages 13-15 hoping to gain a play games at the outdoor classroom. more in-depth understanding of sustainable Ocean Discover the working waterfront through farming. Activities include time in our organic fruit activities like clamming on our coastline. and vegetable fields and greenhouses, meeting Our Farm Camp is a day program with ten Monday local farmers, and doing service projects. Offered through Friday sessions from late June-August. two weeks only, July 23 - August 3: Each week Extend your child’s visit with Before & After Care, focuses on different aspects of regenerative or to make it an experience for the whole family, agriculture, and they will leave with a deeper join our Camp & Camp program. While your child knowledge and appreciation for where their food or children are in Farm Camp, you’ll have all day to comes from. www.wolfesneck.org/learn shop, bike, or relax in a hammock. You’ll receive 25% off your campsite when you stay 5 nights or more! Thanks to the support of our members, a limited by all kinds of professionals including Tech-giant Executives, Psychiatrists, Neuroscientists, and number of Farm Camp scholarships are available. Educators that screen time is harming our cognitive and social capabilities. I trust that in time we, as a global community, will remedy the current trend toward digital overload. In the meantime, we can follow the example of a growing group of Early Education Professionals – those teaching children By Jen Mathews, Educator 3-6 years old. Their advice? Get outside.

Nature-Based Learning in the Digital Age

Connection, attention, time to recharge. Our devices demand it and most of us compulsively obey. However, when our own bodies or our children need connection, our attention, or time to recharge, are we as eager to oblige? I, for one, am not. I don’t remember the last time I saw a low battery signal appear on my phone when I didn’t respond immediately by stopping whatever I was doing to frantically find a plug. And sadly, I admit, I can readily recall many recent instances when I ignored my own “low battery signals” and even interpreted my children’s needs for connection, attention or down time as inconvenient, annoying, and inconsiderate. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone.

According to the Nature-Based Early Education movement, the most effective antidote to the digital-induced divided time most children experience is to get them learning, playing, socializing outside in nature. Their studies show climbing over logs, counting, playing with sticks, feeling the temperature changes and reactive consistencies of mud, dirt, and leaves strengthens cognitive connections, builds gross motor skills, develops social bonds and helps regulate the nervous system. Leave children to play in the woods and inevitably they build, they problem solve, they absorb information through all five senses, they integrate new information. In short, they connect, I am encouraged, however, by the growing consensus pay attention, recharge. They also smile, sigh,

First Time Farmers, Ages 4 & under Farmer for the Morning, Ages 4-6 Afternoon Milking, Ages 6 & up Goat Hike, Ages 6 & up Farm Explorers, Ages 8-12 Wings Over Wolfe’s Neck, Ages 10 & up Taste of the Farm, Ages 10 & up History Hayride, Ages 12 & up Harvest Your Breakfast, All ages Farm to Foil, All ages Seed Starters, All ages Find program details, schedule, and preregister online at wolfesneck.org/visit

Group Experiences We are excited to be offering a new way to explore and learn at Wolfe’s Neck Center with our group experience offerings. These tours give groups a chance to gain a deeper understanding about how our farm operates, and what makes us so unique. Head to our greenhouses to see four-season farming in action with mobile hoophouses. Or stay in our dorm-style farmhouse, get a behind the scenes look at how the farmers care for our dairy herd, and more. Programs can be tailored to provide the best learning experience, so you can have a new appreciation for the work we do. These tours are for groups of a variety of sizes and offered for ages 12 and older. If you are interested in a unique experience for your group, head online to learn more! laugh, run, roll, splash, and occasionally whine. The research says the more time spent learning outdoors, the better. In fact, nature-preschools and forest kindergartens have children spending much, if not all, of their school days outdoors. Natural classrooms are not just for occasional field trips, nor are they simply great places to learn, explore, nap and play. The benefits of learning outside include documented stress reduction, reduced anxiety, boosts in attention spans, lower blood pressure, greater empathy, better sleep and improved eyesight. These benefits are not restricted to our children enrolled in Nature-Based Schools or in the emerging nature programs throughout public school systems. We all, regardless of age or abilities, benefit from time in parks, meadows, woods, or waterways. It’s where we can connect, pay close attention, it’s where we can plug in to recharge. And if we’re lucky, we might just lose cell reception for a short time. Mathews formerly served on the Board for the Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education. She currently develops nature-based and experiential education programs for educators and nonprofits.

Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

Our Work: Organic Dairy

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Our two-year residential apprenticeship prepares new farmers to enter in the organic dairy industry.

Dairy Barn Walk-Through We asked Dairy Director Sarah Littlefield for pointers on what to note on your next trip to the dairy barn:

‘Yogurt’ continued from front page visually inspected to be sure the udder is free of any injuries or infections. By always following the same routine, it tells the cow it’s time to let down her milk. The milking units are then attached, and milk is massaged from the udder using pulsating vacuum pressure that mimics hand milking. Finally, each teat is coated in a thick iodine solution to protect it from bacteria between milkings.

our milk to be tested for quality and components. Our milk typically averages over 4% butterfat and over 3% protein. In 2017, our farmers received an Exceptional Milk Quality Award from Stonyfield for consistently producing exceptional quality milk!

Training New Farmers

but most of their yogurt is still made at their plant in New Hampshire. Today, all of the milk produced at Wolfe’s Neck Center is used in Stonyfield’s yogurt. Britt Lundgren, who leads Stonyfield’s work on organic and sustainable agriculture, tells us more about why the partnership is important:

The milk is then trucked to Stonyfield headquarters in Londonderry, NH to be processed into yogurt. The next time you enjoy a cup of delicious, nutritious Stonyfield yogurt, you can remember The milk travels through a stainless-steel pipe you’ve met some of the cows and farmers who where it is filtered and pumped into the bulk tank. work so hard to produce high quality milk for you. It’s stored at 38°F and agitated every 15 minutes Join our Afternoon Milking program to meet our to prevent the cream from separating. Collectively, apprentices and get a behind-the-scenes look at our our herd produces over 500 gallons of milk to be dairy herd in the milking parlor. End the experience picked up every two days by the milk truck. After with a taste of the Stonyfield yogurt made right from measuring the milk, the driver takes a sample of our cows’ milk! As the farmer population in Maine ages, we are addressing the critical need for new, young farmers to take over growing food for our state. Our Organic Dairy Research and Farming Training Program prepares aspiring farmers to cultivate the land through practices that are good for the soil and communities. Program partner Stonyfield is a key player in supporting new farmers to a career in the dairy industry: Meet Stonyfield Did you know that Stonyfield got its start as an organic farming school in Wilton, NH? They’ve grown since those days, when they had one cow and made the yogurt in a tub behind the woodstove,

“Several years ago, Stonyfield set out to see if there was more we could do to increase the amount of organic milk being produced right here in New England. We quickly realized that one of the most valuable things we could do is to help the next generation of organic dairy farmers get started. Wolfe’s Neck Center’s commitment to education and growing sustainable agriculture in New England made them a perfect partner to launch the program in 2014.

Stop into the Organic Dairy Barn to see the milking herd, comprised of mother cows ranging in age from 2 years old to our oldest cow, Tina, who turned 9 in March. These ladies can be seen lounging on the bedded pack, eating one of many meals from the bunks, and crossing the road up to 4 times daily and grazing in the pastures closest to the barn. Visit the youngest members of the herd, too: Calves are born in this barn and stay until they are 6 months old before moving to the Pote Barn. Calves born on our farm wear ear tags that they will keep on for their entire lives. The tags allow visitors and new farmers to easily identify the animal’s name, birthdate, and parents. Additionally, each calf has an ID tag that our milking parlor reads as they enter to track each cow and the milk she produces.

The average age of dairy farmers in New England is 57, and the vast majority of these farmers don’t have a plan for who will take over their farm when they are ready to retire. It’s not easy to get started in organic dairy - farmers need to be skilled in animal health and nutrition, pasture management, and business management, and the mechanics of running a milking parlor mean that farmers need to be plumbers, carpenters, and electricians besides. All of this sets a high bar for entry for new organic dairy farmers - one that the Wolfe’s Neck Center dairy program is helping new farmers to achieve.” Wolfe’s Neck Center works in partnership with Stonyfield and the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA), the first accredited Apprenticeship program for farming in the United States. The program leads participants on a pathway to a career in dairy.

Our Work: Livestock & Grazing Chicks raised for both meat and eggs can be seen scurrying in and out of the warm brooder before they grow feathers. Berkshire piglets may be snuggled into the hay or heard squealing as they run about their pen. Our flock of haired sheep and their lambs take up a lot of space in the barn as they can have more than 60 members after lambing.

Animals Abound on the Farm

Like scenes from a children’s book, a visit to the Wishcamper Livestock Education Barn gives you a chance to meet some of the production livestock that call Wolfe’s Neck Center home. Depending on the time of year, this barn serves as an excellent place for young animals to grow before they are old enough to be out on pasture.

Farming for the Fields

By Ben Jensen, Herdsman & Livestock Manager

Grazing is something we think about constantly at Wolfe’s Neck Center. Our hens, lambs, heifers, and cows all graze the duration of the early Mayearly October grazing season and are intensively managed on a daily basis. This means a lot of monitoring, adjusting, adapting, measuring, and Oberhasli goats also share the space and will constant observation to keep animal and pasture certainly be willing to come to the gate for any production and performance in balance. visitors. The ducks may be nesting in the hay late in the afternoon or early in the morning and our Let’s take our milk cows for example. We know cats, Moose and Milo, are often found soaking based on a cow’s weight and production status up patches of sunlight that shine through the about how much dry matter she needs each day windows. to stay healthy and productive. And we know through measurements and observation about This is also a place you may get to meet one of the how many pounds of dry matter a pasture can awesome farmers at Wolfe’s Neck Center, so be provide over their 12-hour grazing period (known sure to say hello and ask any questions you may as a “break”). Each paddock break is set up for 12 have about the animals! hours because our girls go to fresh pasture after

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Our Work: Soil Health I like to think of the layer flock as a fertilization and pest control unit. Hen manure is wonderful for pasture! If you look closely at a field where pastured chickens have been you can see how green and robust the grass is where their paddock was set. Because the hens fertilize for us, it reduces the amount of chicken manure we need to buy each year to maintain fertility on our farm.

Connect to Food on the Farm:

Grab a Dozen Eggs in the Farm Store

We’ve ramped up our laying hen population and this means more eggs! Farmer Ben tells us why our Wolfe’s Neck Center chickens are good for more than just tasty omelets: This season our layer flock consists of about 300 Golden Comet hens. 275 of these girls are assigned to our Egg Mobile, a simple trailer that

Our hens lead a very peaceful, natural life. They are never confined to a cage, and are given fresh pasture every day. They can take dust baths, socialize, roost, scratch, and eat insects to their little hearts’ content. They require very little time each day to move their wagon, set up their paddock with electric netting, check feed and water, and gather eggs. Gathering eggs is one of my favorite things to do on the farm because it is so satisfying to see all those happy hens filling the rollout boxes with beautiful, clean brown contains the nesting boxes and a safe overnight eggs each day, then seeing the grass blaze up place for the hens to roost. About 25 hens live green behind them. down in the Education Garden hen house where And of course, you simply cannot beat the flavor they are tended by our summer camp kids. and color of fresh eggs from pasture-raised hens! Our layer flock follows our cows or sheep around If Farmer Ben has you craving soufflé, look no further their pasture, about 3 days behind the paddock than our Farm Store to buy a carton of eggs. Find our where the grazers were. This allows our precious “egg mobile” out on pasture or see some chickens in dung beetle population to go to work burying our Education Gardens, too! the manure; we wouldn’t want our hens to come along and eat them up! ‘Garlic’ continued from page 3 maker, and a bag of garlic slung over my shoulder. Before planting I sit and break the garlic bulbs down into individual cloves for planting. This can take hours, pleasantly aromatic, but fingers raw and sore by the end of the process.

them no less than 3 days behind, cutting pastures for hay ahead of the grazers, clipping paddocks to a uniform stand shortly after the first and second grazings, and you start to realize this intensive grazing thing is so much more than just turning the cows out and getting them back in again at While the cows contentedly munch away in milking time. their paddock, they are also building up our soil composition. They provide nitrogen fertilizer via We always observe our cows because ultimately their manure and urine. They knock down and they will tell you how you are doing as a manager. walk in some grass, which helps build a mat of Cows have only so many bites in them in a day, organic matter on top of the soil to eliminate so to speak, so if our cows can take big bites full compaction problems. They even help build of leaf each time, they will be fuller faster and organic matter deeper in the soil profile; when happier because they can lay down and ruminate grasses are grazed, their roots approximately for more of the day. Take a look at our herd the mirror the portion of the plant above the soil. The next time you pass them out on pasture. Are they parts of the roots that die back feed soil microbes lying about, chewing their cuds, with full rumens and create little passageways for earthworms and shiny coats? Are they restless? What about and soil organisms. The same happens when the “happy lines?” (Look closely and see if you can roots regrow as the plant above ground regrows. see these parallel lines of subcutaneous adipose New roots push through the soil, maintaining tissue along the barrel of a healthy cow). structure and reaching out to suck up nutrients Where the magic lies in grazing is matching up supplied by the grazers. the health and productivity of your animals with ‘Fields’ continued from page 7 each milking. We have an extensive seasonal stock watering system so that each small paddock also has a water hook up. Water is the most important part of the ration, of course!

Once the seed is broken down, and shallow furrows made in long straight lines, it is time to plant. A fist-width apart and pressed firmly into the earth is the fate of each clove. Next, straw bales are broken up and laid neatly over the crop, insulating for the winter ahead, and smothering weeds for the spring that follows. Garlic always carries anxiety with it, at least for me. Expensive seed, expensive straw, long wet springs with fears of the whole crop rotting where it sits. Then finally, it all begins to emerge: bright green shoots plunging upwards through the soil, survival!, relief. The garlic grows quickly, reaching chest-height by late June before producing a lovely twisting flower bulb known as a scape. The scapes are clipped, encouraging bulb growth for the following month prior to bulb harvest. In late July, the garlic is harvested and lined up in the field for a day or two for drying. Next I clip the tops, bundle them for sale and hang them in the Farm Store.

Growing garlic is unique for many reasons, from its long process, winter hibernation, and many exciting milestones which touch all four seasons. My personal favorite: customers love garlic. Watching Farm Store customers bring garlic to their noses and take a long breath is a satisfying feeling. Equally satisfying is knowing that Wolfe’s Neck Center garlic is hanging in kitchens all over Freeport and beyond, filling homes with rich We are extremely particular about how long the the health and productivity of your land. Neither aromas, seasoning savory meals, and adding a grass rests before it is grazed again. Adequate takes a back seat to the other, and when things farmy touch above the kitchen sink. These are the rest periods range from about 15 days in early get out of balance one must act quickly and feelings that make farming beautiful. spring to more than 35 days in the fall. There is thoughtfully to correct the problem. It keeps us Enjoy access to freshly harvested produce throughout quite a bit of strategy and planning involved in busy and on our toes, but also keeps us deeply the season in our Farm Store. Every purchase supports managing all the pastures and paddocks the milk connected with this beautiful farm that we do the work we are doing to connect people to food and cows graze. Add in a flock of laying hens following our best to steward. farming through educational programs and more. Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

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Our Work: Soil Health

Three short years later, we are encouraged by the growth of the regeneration movement, including all of the work happening at Wolfe’s Neck Center. Our team has helped build regeneration alliances in Belize, Mexico, Canada, Guatemala and in South Africa, where we will co-host a conference in October of this year. Here in the U.S., there is now a Regeneration Vermont, Regeneration Massachusetts, RegeNErate Nebraska and Regeneration Iowa, to name a few. Our most exciting project is Regeneration Midwest, officially launching on October 16, 2018—World Food Day.

Regenerative Agriculture: The Growth of a Movement

By Katherine Paul, Regeneration International Board Member

based on ecological principles and living systems. It differs from today’s dominant industrial farming model which relies heavily on monocultures, factory farms and chemical inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Unlike industrial farming, regenerative farmers leave the land healthier than it was before they began farming it. They achieve this by employing practices that build organic soil matter, which helps draw down and sequester carbon and improve the soil’s water-retention capacity making their farms more climate-resilient.

It was 1937 when then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote, in a letter to state governors, “The Nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself.” Roosevelt was ahead of his time. It would be a full 78 years before the United Nations declared 2015 the International Year of the Soil. To this day, for millions of people, the idea that healthy soil is central to human, environmental, societal, and economic health is not yet on their radar, much Early in June 2015, about 60 people—farmers, scientists, activists, media, business leaders— less influencing how they shop for their food. representing 21 countries convened in Costa Rica But thanks to a growing chorus of scientists, to launch Regeneration International (RI), a new farmers, and health experts, whose voices are nonprofit with a global mission to promote and being amplified by responsible journalists, soil facilitate the global transition to regenerative is fast earning the respect it deserves for the agriculture and land-use practices and systems multitude of benefits it can provide to society— that provide abundant, nutritious food; revitalize assuming we humans nurture its health. local economies; regenerate soil fertility and water-retention capacity; nurture biodiversity; What is regenerative agriculture? At its most promote social justice and fair trade; and restore basic, regenerative agriculture refers to an climate stability. approach to farming and food production that is

Preserving the Past

When you come to the farm, you feel like you are stepping back in time; this place looks very much like it did 100, even 200, years ago. The landscapes and historic buildings hold the stories of those who have lived here before us—ship captains and mariners, shipwrights and farmers, entrepreneurs and homemakers, and Native Americans who fished these shores. These structures keep us rooted in the rich history of the place, and are a constant reminder of the importance of stewarding this extraordinary resource.

Preserving the Past to Serve the Present

The work of RI focuses on bringing together environmentalists, health experts, scientists, farmers, business leaders, political leaders and others to collaborate on how strong local and regional food systems can regenerate polluted waters, public health and local economies. But everyone can participate in this movement. Whether you raise regenerative foods yourself, reclaim a vacant lot in your city to start a community garden or food forest, or help to develop a rural-to-urban food pipeline in your community, you can be part of the solution. Wendell Berry, farmer, novelist, poet, environmental activist, and cultural critic tells us that “eating is an agricultural act.” That morsel of wisdom was more obvious to people generations ago, who grew up eating food produced by their neighbors, or in their own backyards. But as we come to better understand what soil is—a complex living system of its own— and how critical its health is to our own, and to our environment and our society, those words of wisdom serve as an urgent reminder that we all have a responsibility to nurture the soil that feeds us. Meet Katherine Paul and hear more about her work with Regeneration International in our Dig Deeper Series. Paul will host a talk at Wolfe’s Neck Center on July 10th. (More about the Series on page 5). back in place with a meticulous numbering system. The varied styles of post and beam construction in three sections of the barn hold stories of changes over time by members of the Pote family and the Banks/Pettengill families who followed in ownership for 100 years. Lawrence M.C. and Eleanor Houston Smith purchased the property in 1955 and made it part of Wolfe’s Neck Farm. Captain Pote, whose father, uncle, three brothers and son William were all mariners, farmed this place while trading in his own ships in the West Indies, Europe, and along the Atlantic coast. William inherited the property in 1797 and built the barn in the early 1830s, though some materials such as hand-hewn nails might come from an earlier structure belonging to his father.

Many interested in local history know about the Pote House because of its dramatic move by sea to this site from its original location in Falmouth. By Kathy Smith , Local Historian Some sources say Captain Pote did it in anger A historic barn on a seaside hilltop at Wolfe’s Neck because he was fined for sailing on the Sabbath Center has been brought back to life. Known as in 1764, against the law at the time. That is true, the Pote House Barn, the post and beam structure but real estate records show the move took place shares its site with the saltbox-style house built in 1787, the same year the U.S. Constitution was in the 1760s by Captain Greenfield Pote, one of written and signed. The house has stood on this the oldest houses in Freeport and on the National site, largely unchanged, with its view of the ocean, ever since. Register of Historic Places.

Wolfe’s Neck Center is honoring our past by recreating two historic structures and bringing The barn is now used to house our herd of heifers Hear more stories of the people who called Wolfe’s them back into farming operations once more, (cows under age 2), but needed to be restored. In Neck home in our History Haywagon Tours, monthly one being the renovation of the historic Pote Barn. the Fall of 2017, it was dismantled and rebuilt on its this summer. Climb aboard our hay wagon in a twoLearn more about the historical significance of the original footprint by Houses & Barns by John Libby, hour tour to visit the historic farmsteads that make Pote House renovation and how it continues a with almost all of the members of its interior post up Wolfe’s Neck Center today, uncovering the past legacy of farming this land for over 250 years. and beam structure restored as needed and put while connecting with the farm of the present. Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

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Our Work: Building Up to Root Down Announcing Our Capital Campaign This year, Wolfe’s Neck Center announces the public phase of our capital campaign, Building Up to Root Down, that will bring a new visitor-focused layout to the main campus of the farm and campground by 2021. Your support will make this possible. Dave Herring, WNC Executive Director since 2012, shares why he’s motivated to improve the visitor experience and what this means for the community.

Have you herd?

We asked Dave to fill in the blanks about working at Wolfe’s Neck: I love hearing visitors say...that they love seeing the growth and improvements here. I always tell them that we are just getting started, and I truly believe that! My last camping trip at Wolfe’s Neck was... last (and every) summer. We look forward to our next stay the day we leave. My favorite Farm Store purchase is...the Wolfe-It-Down salad mix. I look forward to that all winter and love the variety of greens our farmers include in it.

What drew you to work at Wolfe’s Neck Center regenerative agriculture. So, whether you’re looking and what opportunities did you see for its future? to just be outside enjoying this amazing resource or learn about how farming can reverse the effects of I was drawn to the opportunity to take this incredible climate change or even pursue a career in farming, resource and connect it to broader issues in food and or somewhere in between, you will find that here. farming. In doing so, I knew that not only would we find important ways to reposition our work but that How will this capital campaign improve the we would also dramatically improve the experience Wolfe’s Neck Center visitor experience, and our that our visitors and program participants have greater impact? here. I, along with my family, get to experience this first hand when we stay each summer for a week In large part, the work we’re doing is for you: our in the campground. Every year, we have more to visitors. We recognized that the natural landscape engage with and learn. The more I learn, the more here is terrifically unique but that our aging excited I get about where we’re going. Hopefully buildings and infrastructure were holding us back from doing much, much, more. By repositioning our this is the same feeling our visitors get. work, we’ve been able to attract more support. That Much has changed here over the past few years. support has enabled us to reinvest in our facilities. What should visitors know about our vision? Our new facilities have enabled us to expand our programs and offerings. This is where our visitors Each year, we are finding new ways to connect come in! our work with the biggest issues facing food and farming including food access, training farmers, Why “build up to root down” now? climate change and more. We envision Wolfe’s Neck as being a great place to explore the natural world Something dramatic needs to change about the way through the lens of food and agriculture. We also food is produced in the next few decades. In order have a vision for Wolfe’s Neck to be a leading center for Wolfe’s Neck to help, we need to first build a doing work at the intersection of agriculture and the solid foundation that will allow us to grow. That’s environment. The world needs places like Wolfe’s what is happening. This is a once-in-a-generation Neck doing the work we’re doing to reconnect reinvestment in Wolfe’s Neck Farm…to help us people of all ages to the source of their food and transform into Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture learn about emerging and innovative topics like and the Environment…for you and for the planet.

and repurposed buildings and a thoughtfully designed landscape will allow for campers, farmers, A Campus Reimagined New researchers, and visitors of all ages to engage in hands-on learning about climate-smart farming in an authentic,

meaningful way. See the areas of impact that will improve over the next few years with the support of our capital campaign: Wishcamper Livestock Education Barn & Little River Farmstead Completed in June 2017 Our new education barn sits on the site of a former barn (demolished in 2008) and the historic Little River House has been repurposed as the seasonal hub of our popular Summer Day Camp. Stop by to visit the livestock and see the new space!

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The Visitor Center will serve as the primary entry and information point for all campground and day visitors. An indoor market will feature the farm’s 14 fresh produce, meat, and farm products. A café will offer a menu with food sourced locally19 and from the farm.

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17 campus The Smith Center will be located18 at the main of the farm on the site of the existing dairy barn. 20 The 12 Center will have classrooms, a commercial teaching kitchen, indoor growing spaces, meetings rooms and administrative19 offices. The space will be used for year-round programming on nutrition, culinary education, soil health research and more. The farm’s natural landscape will always be our primary “classroom” but this innovative center will bring deeper, more diverse and meaningful experiences for people of all ages.

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LEGEND LITTLE RIVER CAMPUS: 1

EXISTING FARMHOUSE / SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS / SEASONAL STAFF HOUSING DIVERSIFIED LIVESTOCK BARN AND FARMYARD DEMONSTRATION AREA SUGAR MAPLE GROVE WOONERF - FLEXIBLE, MULTI-USE SPACE SUMMER CAMP DROP-OFF / PICKUP EDUCATION CENTER / ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES / CONFERENCE ROOMS 8 OUTDOOR SEATING AND GATHERING SPACE 9 CLASSROOMS AND OUTDOOR PROCESSING AREA 10 KITCHEN GARDENS / EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING GARDENS 2 3 4 5 6 7

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CAMPGROUND CHECK-IN / MARKET / CAFE OUTDOOR SEATING PARKING KAYAK AND BIKE RENTALS CAMPGROUND SHOWERS / FACILITIES

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Organic Dairy Facility Happening this year!

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MACHINE SHOP CAMPGROUND RV DUMP STATION

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to harvest and taste fresh vegetables, visitors to The gardens will provide interactive learning tour food being grown, and backyard gardeners opportunities for visitors to engage in many to take workshops. Its inviting location next to elements around growing vegetables, herbs, and the Smith Center will give visitors a chance to more. This space will bring a focused area for kids experience where their food comes from.

Your Support is Critical to Making Our Vision a Reality

To support our ‘Building Up to Root Down’ campaign, visit wolfesneck.org/give to donate or contact our Development Director at (207) 865-4469 ext. 110 to learn more. Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

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Become a member today to support the important work we are doing yearround to provide place-based education, farmer training, and immersive experiences for people of all ages. Your membership makes this vision a reality through the development of programs to give visitors a deeper understanding of where our food comes from and why farming is important for our planet. PERKS Discounts on festival admission, Farm Café, & more; early access to ticket sales for sold out events; members only events, & more! Visit wolfesneck.org/give to become a member.

Ames Farm Center Homage Restaurant Anchour Houses & Barns by John Libby Ann Kearsley Design IDEXX Laboratories Bath Savings Institution Johnny’s Selected Seeds Bessie’s Farm Goods J.S. McCarthy Printers Bob Miles & Sons Kennebec Savings Bank Bow Street Market L.L.Bean Brown Goldsmiths L.T.’s of Maine Browne Trading Market Might & Main Cartmell & Associates Maine Beer Company CEI, Inc. Maine Optometry, P.A. Charlie Burnham Energy & Heating MDI Ice Cream Compass Technology Miyake Managers New England Distilling Dead River Company PFBF CPAs Downeast Pension Preti Flaherty Services Property Valuation Flying Point Oysters Services Freeport Hardware Riley Insurance Agency, LLC Frontier Café Rosemont Market Frosty’s Donuts Royal River Natural Foods G.M. Wild Construction SPUN Garbage to Garden Stonyfield Gather Eatery Strouts Point Wharf Gelato Fiasco Company GO Logic UNION Restaurant Griffin & Griffin UNUM Hammond Tractor Vessel Services, Inc. Harbor Fish Market Visit Freeport Harraseeket Inn Wicked Joe Organic Coffee Heiwa Tofu Winter Hill Farm Highland Green Golf Club Zachau Construction

Thanks to the following foundations for their generous support: Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Quimby Family Foundation, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation, Hannaford Foundation, Helen Clay Frick Foundation, Horizon Foundation, Bradley Family Foundation, Mimi Foundation, Davis Family Foundation, Jane’s Trust, John T. Gorman Foundation, Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, Seacoast Companies Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, Hanna and Matthew Foundation, Jobs for Maine Grads

Farm News & Updates

Rebuilding historic structures – WNC saw the completion of the the Little River Farmstead in June 2017. It includes the Wishcamper Livestock Education Barn, used to house our small animal programs, and is open to the public. It is the starting location for several of our community programs. Renovations of the Pote Barn were completed in October 2017, with an additional barn built below, and houses our heifer herd. (Read more on page 9).

WNC Research Director receives prestigious award – Dorn Cox received the inaugural Hugh Hammond Bennett Award by the National Association of Conversation Districts’ (NACD) in February 2017 for his “exceptional service and in recognition of national and international accomplishments in the conservation of soil, water, and related natural resources.” The award is provided by the Soil and Water Conservation Society, where Cox is a member. Wolfe’s Neck Center is featured in Maine Historical Society exhibit – “Maine Eats: The Food Revolution Starts Here” showcases the relationship of Maine’s identity and economy to the food we eat. The exhibit takes us to our roots with “food stories” from Kittery to Presque Isle. Our food story is significant and integral to the evolution of who we are today. What began in Freeport as an organic farm in the 1950s by LMC and Eleanor Smith is now a nonprofit center with a mission to transform our relationship to farming and food for a healthier planet.

Healthy Food Fund grant, WNC increased amount of produce sold by 16% and local produce distributed to low income families in Freeport and Yarmouth increased by 57% in 2017. This was done with the construction of two greenhouse that extended our growing seasons. WNC now offering new programs – We have a reimagined Membership program with new perks, a range of Community & Visitor programs offered throughout the week, Group Experiences, and a new take on our Teen Ag Program, offering ages 13-15 an immersive look into sustainable farming. WNC undergoes name change, rebranding, and new website – As of October 2017, the Wolfe’s Neck Farm you know and love is now Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment. Over the past several years, we have developed a vision and crafted plans to transform Wolfe’s Neck Farm into a leading center that is building a community of people who care about the future of food. This reimagined name signifies a deeper focus on the important work being done here at Wolfe’s Neck at the intersection of agriculture and the environment. Amidst all of this growth and change, what you love about Wolfe’s Neck will remain the same…and only get better. We will keep farming. We will continue offering programs and events that connect people of all ages to farming and food. We will always be open every day, free of charge, for the public. We will steward this special resource and protect this landscape for all.

Staff

Dave Herring Ben Jensen Executive Director Sarah Littlefield Allison Carrier Andrew Lombardi Maranda Chung Dan Mahoney Susan Connolly Marissa Mastors Dorn Cox Jeannie Mattson Nathan Cross Thomas Prohl Matthew DeGrandpre Jackie Stearns Piper Dumont Randall Wade Thomas Bill Horsfall

Dairy Apprentices

Haden Gooch Josh Harlan Kelly O’Connell

Lauren Robertson Abigial Smith

Board of Directors Fiona Wilson Board Chair Lee Schepps Vice Chair Nora Healy Secretary Raina Maxwell Treasurer Peter Bouman Ed Bradley Morgan Cuthbert Rick Ganong

Tim Griffin Gray Harris Triplett Kise Daniel Kleban Tucker Lannon Vivi StevensonMiller Brett Pierce Sam Smith Edward Tittman Tom Whelan Meredeth Winter

WNC increases food pantry contributions – With Follow us on social & sign up for our weekly emails to the support of the Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare stay in the know! Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org

Special Thanks to Our 2017-2018 Members and Donors Chip and Joy Ahrens Linda Albert and Rocco LaPenta Rachael and Justin Alfond Janet and Paul Aliapoulios Mary and Sandy Allen Kenneth Altshuler and Lynda Doyle Lucy Amory Dana and Erik Anderson Rebecca Andreozzi Anonymous Donor Courtney Anson Mary Kate Appicelli and Steven Trockman Tom and Liz Armstrong Jen August George and Mary Babikian Kate and Dan Bacon Jo and Donald Bail Irene Bailey Randy Baker and Megan Jones Edythe Baker Faith Baker Liza Bakewell James Bannar Marie Barbieri Amy Kustra Barksdale and Scott Barksdale Cynthia Barnet and Walt Dunlap Geri and David Bassett Louis Baugh Jane and Jay Baxter Jon Beane Sarah Beard and Brendan McMorrow Jenny Beers Donna and Jeff Bengtsson Kate Benjamin Dede and David Bennell Cedric Bernard Amanda Berry and Ben Willauer Mary Berry and David Cluchey Claire Betze and Lindy Allen Jackie and Zeb Bezl Kathryn Biberstein Heide Biedermann Williams and Jeffrey Williams Constance and Peter Bingham Betsy and Bill Bischoff Alyssa Bishop and Mitch Feeney Helen and Adam Bliss Aaron and Elana Block Larry and Ina Block Jennifer Bodenrader Siobhan Bogle Mitch Booth Rachel and Virgil Bozeman Jane and Ed Bradley Roberta Brezinski George and Michelle Brock-Fisher Elnel and William Browder Rebecca Brown and John Connolly Matthew Browne Deb Bry Claudia Brzoza and David Nagler David Buchanan Allison and Alex Buck Regan Burke Carrine Burns and Peter Bouman Heather Burns Sharon and Donald Bushey Kristina and Joe Cahoon Barbara and David Caldwell MaryJane Call Robyn and Kevin Call Brennan Callahan Kevin and Deborah Callahan Terei Canon Rebekah and Mike Caouette Pat and Mike Caron Mary and AJ Carrier Patty Carton and John Newlin Emily and Gregg Carville Alice Cassidy Gina and Paul Castronovo Rebecca and Brian Charrier Anna Child and Reid Roberts Yoon Choi Becky and Marc Christie Laurence Ciembroniewicz Ty and Sharon Clarke Alexis Clausen Mollie Clouston David and Karen Coderre Amy Cole and Jonathan Ives Kristin Coleman Susan and Malcolm Collins Susan Connolly Lisa Coombs Jessica Coplon Barbara Cottrell and Lee Schepps Marjorie Coxe Anne and Jim Cram Bret Crockett Erin Crotty Colin and North Cunningham Christina and Morgan Cuthbert Jeannie and Amy Dabbs Matthew Dale Frederique Daniel Jane Danielson Jenny Davidson and Dave Carlon Kathryn Davison Kate Day Deb Debiegun Jim DeGrandpre Noah and Chelsea DeLorme George Denney Jade Deshaies Sandra Donaldson and Lonny Winruich Torre Donaldson Sandi Donnelly

Cindy and Todd Doolan Ben Dorf Don and Abby Douglas Deborah and Roy Driver Jennifer Drouin Elizabeth and Rod Duckworth Kara Duffy Kelleigh Dulaney Heather Dunbar Howard Edwards Tom and Tina Edwards Katie Eichleay Martha Elbaum Laura and Warren Empey Peter and Lyra Engel Lynne and Jay Espy Linda Ethridge Matt and Mariah Farbotko Robert and Lissa Farbotko Claire and Chris Farrell Linzee Feigenbaum Sean Ferguson Mia and Jared Ferrara Monica Ferrari Quinn Genie and Joe Field Kathleen and Peter Fitzgerald Sharon and Don Foerster Michelle and Elaine Fougere Holly Fowler and Scott Richardson Thomas Fowler Christina and Aaron Francis Cindi Franson Rebecca Fraser-Thill BJ Fredricks Avery Freed Freeport Equestrian Center Debbie and Steve Fuller Julia Fusari Michael Galiger Kris and Rick Ganong Angela Garrison Andrea Gerstenberger and David De Korsak Sara and Ben Gideon Teri Gill Thomas Gilmartin Cristina Giulianti Carol and David Glaser Kathy and Kirk Goddard Garrett Goldsmith Cari Goodrich-Gorman and Shawn Gorman Lisa Gorman Joyce Graham Kathlene and Richard Gravelin Gary Graziano Elizabeth Greason and Joshua Edwards Rose Greely and Adam Rosenbaum Colby Green Ellen Green Abigail Greene Goldman and Jeff Goldman Larry Greenlaw and Sharon Renk Greenlaw Jan Gregory-Charpentier Suzanne Gresser Anne and Justin Griffin Janice and Timothy Griffin John and Josie Griffin Ellen and Oliver Griswold Edward Groff Lisa Gutkin Melissa Hackett Ben Hagopian Laura Hall Leslie Hallock and Joe Hahn Gordon and Judy Hamlin Morris Hancock and Lin Peyton Cheryl Ann and Joseph Hannaford Julianna Hansen Katherine and Ralph Harding Wendy Harlan Karen Harrell Gray Harris Louise Harris William Harwood Kendall and Jen Hatch Meneah Haworth Josetta Hawthorne Natalie Haynes Bridget and Michael Healy Nora Healy Teresa Heinfeld Bill and Lynn Heinz Sara Hellstedt Tammie Hemingway Jim and Judy Hengerer Abigail Herling David Herring and London Leland Frances and David Herring Chris Herter Andrea Hess Dakota Heyman and Hannah Griffin Brooke Hieserich David and Linda Higbea Alison Hildreth Sharon Hill Chris Hoffman Carrie Hoge Brita Holmquist Jennifer Honig and Christopher Muntiu Valeska and Robert Hornschild-Bear Katherine J Howe Richard Howeson Elinor and Gren Hudson Pauline Hunneman Sarah Hyde Theresa Iaconeta Alice Ingraham Joanie and Tim Ingraham Phyllis Jalbert

Autumn Johnson and Steve Bisson Greg Johnson Steven Johnson Stacie Johnston Sue Jones and Andrew Goode Barbara Jordan Sarah and Peter Jorgensen Kara Kaikini Allan Kaplan Naomi Katz Debora Keller Joyce and Lowell Kennedy Marylou and Gerald Kennedy Laura Kent Agata Ketterick Angela Kimberk Sandra and Dennis King Denise and Robert Kinney Jeanne Kinney Triplett Kise Daniel and Beth Kleban Susan Kohaut Nancy Kolb and Jeff Colucci Thomas and Lindsey Kryzak Celine Kuhn Aliza and Scott Kuperstock Karen Kurkjian and John Attwood Sarah Laaff Ellen Labbe Susan Lamb and Alan Weiner Rebecca Lambert Tucker Lannon Robin and Alan Lapoint Nelson Larkins Kristen Laweryson Beth LeBlanc William Lee Dot and Edgar Leighton Sally and Doug Leland Timothy Leland Mary and Andre LeMaistre Stephanie Lemieux Mika Lentz Jeannine and Kent Leslie Michael Leslie Vanessa Levat Peter Levesque Erika Lichter Robert Linnell Lucy and Mac Lloyd Catherine Lo Dmitri Lodewyckx Suzanne Lovett Ramsey Ludlow Melissa Luetje Sheehan Lunt Phu Ly Christina Lyons and William Whelan Ellen Machenry Hope and Dan Mahoney Maine Track Club Cathryn Majorossy Kirsten Marjerison Beth and Thomas Markelon Jackie and David Marlin William and Susan Martens Valeska and Erik Martin Elizabeth Mastors Nick and Marissa Mastors Pat Mastors Anne Matava Joseph and Mary Matava Jessica and Tim Mateosian Jeannie and Kevin Mattson Raina and Dave Maxwell Jennifer McCarroll Kathleen McClure Anne McCormack Sharon and Allie McCormack Dove McCrary James and Marion McCredie Jessica McCurdy Louise McIlhenny and Hugh Riddleburger Ann McKowen Alex McManus Bethany and Brigham McNaughton Stacy Mears and Erin McCall Jennifer Melville and Alex Abbott Susan Metters and Mark Segar David Meyer Glenna Michaels Libby and Dave Millar Vivi Stevenson Miller and David Miller Meredith Mineo Anne Mitchell Jason Mitchell Robert and Mari Miya-Mehler Tara Molloy Joyce Mongeau John and Elisabeth Montgomery Barbara Moore Elizabeth and Bob Moore Kevin Moore Liza Moore and Arnie Macdonald Rosita Moore Ian Morency Margaret and Mason Morfit Megan Morouse James Moshier Maggie Moynihan Jennifer Mrowka Chris Mullen Debra Murphy Rosemary and Ken Murphy Carolyn Murray Kate Murray Cynthia Murray-Beliveau and Severin Beliveau

Geoffrey Nelson Vanessa Nesvig and David Cummiskey Kathleen Newman Arthur and Juanita Nichols Leanne and Jon Nichols Martha Nichols Anne and Ben Niles Jill and Mike Nolan Air Nonken Rhodes Mary Noyes Brenna O’Connor Triona O’Connor and Bill Powers Katherine O’Grady Mary Okin Karen O’Rourke and Dave Suchoff Payson Oberg-Higgins and Peter Higgins Theresa Oleksiw Diane and Joe Olimpio Kate and Matt Olson Cynthia Orcutt Winnett Ordway Nat Osborn Dean and Erica Ouellet Alix and Mary Jane Paez Kitty Paiste Pat and Fred Palmer Tracey and Eric Pandora Anne Parker Heidi Parker Sam and Judy Parkhill Dean and John Paterson Elizabeth Patten and Michael Boucher Lily Pearmain Ryun Anderson and Jaime Peloquin Jim Pennington Sue Percy Michele Perejda Eileen and Mark Peterson Aimee Petrin and Zachary Ward Stephanie Phelps Brett Pierce and Kerry Michaels Suzi and Gavin Pond Michael Pilman Elyse Pine Laney and David Pitt Pamela and Peter Plumb Mayre Plunkett Jane and Nate Podkaminer Jennifer Polselli-Dinkins Bradley Potts Susan Poulin Patricia and Don Pratt Liz and Fred Prescott Louise and Peter Price Maureen F. Prohl Tom Prohl Katie Pulsifer and Steve Morton Kristen Puryear Steve Putnam and Mary Lou Michael Hannah Quimby Diane and William Racine Carolyn Radding Erica Rafford Noyes Ryan Ravenscroft Hannah Reese Karen and Ford Reiche Michael Remillard Hannah Renyi Carla and John Rensenbrink Lyn Rice Tanya Richard Catherine Richards and Bob Olney Peter Richter Carla Rigby Hilary Robbins Ed Roberts Patricia and Martin Robles Laura Rodas Douglas Rogers Betsy and Gar Roper Joel Ross Kate Rossiter David Roush Julie Rusczek Kimberly and James Ryan Mike Ryan and Linda McGill Alison Salerno Julie Salerno Nadia Saliba Rita and Thomas Saliba Lara Salzman Martin and Lois Samelson Scott Samuelson and Joan Benoit Samuelson Len and Pam Saulter Ineke Schair Justin Schair Jessica Schary Jake Schepps and Gillian Erich Robin Schepps Chalecki and Rob Chalecki Stefani Schnyder Nicholas Schuller Cooper Schulz and Corie Washow John and Janet Schwanda Scott Schwartz Carrie Anne and Barton Seaver Judy and Ken Segal Priscilla Seimer Holly Selby Aldo Sesia Abbie Sewall Richard Shea Cindy Shechtman Linda and Tom Shelley Terry Sherman Sarah Shinkman Anna Siegel Scott and Katie Siemen

Alina and Kevin Silver Scott Simon Moira Simonds and Mark Nordenson Kate Simpson Mac and Mattie Simpson Erika and Doug Skolnekovich John Slavin and Deborah Weare Slavin Deb Smith and Tim Lewis Donna Smith Kathy and Sam Smith Lynn and Steve Smith Mary Minor Smith Meredith S S Smith Michael Smith Sallie Smith David Soley abd Debra Coppinger Caroline Southall Cordie Southall Caroline Southern Josh Stansfield Yemaya and Lucas St. Clair St. Mary’s Garden Club Andreas Stefan Courtney and Tom Stephens Kurt Stinson Valerie and David Stone Esther Stultz Bennett Susla Charles and Linda Swanson Susan Tananbaum and Joe Frazer Gregory Tarbox Ann Tartre Beth Taylor Randall Wade Thomas and John Thomas Suzanne Thompson Sarah Tilton Michelle Tower Sarah and Alan Tracy Barbara and Dick Trafton Anne and Dick Traiser Danielle and Ryan Triffitt Mariana and Benjamin Tupper Scott Tyree and Giovani Twigge Caroline Tyson Ron and Laila Valade Katrina Van Dusen and John Gleason Heather and Frederick Veitch James Verrette Mary and Hugh Wade Robin Wade Patricia Wakefield Emily Walhout and Scott Metcalfe Corey Walker Melisa and Daniel Walker Sally Walker-Madore and Jeffrey Madore Sandra and Bill Wallen Kap Wallingford and Mark Ranalletti Laurel Walsh Tim Walsh Peter Warren Sara Warren Anne Washburne Melissa and Larry Washow Greta and George Waterman Jennifer Waters David Watson William H. Webster Sara Weeks Erin Weimer Alan Weiner and Susan Lamb Nina Weyl Jean Whelan Tom and Jule Whelan Lucinda White and Thomas Kelley Dick and Rodi Whiting Ethel and John Wilkerson Valerie Williams Fiona and Rob Wilson Polly Wilson Santana Wilson Meredeth and Mark Winter Carole Wise Joe and Carol Wishcamper Steve and Lauren Withers Mary Ellen and Mike Witte Brad and Dalit Wolfe Chris Wolfe and Michael Perry Sarah and Colin Woodard Rick and Jane Woodruff Jamie Worster Barbara Young Heather and Jeff Zachau Sarah and Marc Zimman Robert and Kate Zimmerman

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Wolfe’s Neck Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization open free to the public every day! Visit us at 184 Burnett Road, Freeport, Maine or at wolfesneck.org