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The Foster Farm Barn is a historic dairy barn at 538 Augusta Road in Belgrade, Maine. Built sometime between 1900 and 1910, it is a well-preserved example of a barn built during a transitional period between mixed-use farming and specialized dairy farming. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]
The barn's main entrance faces north, with a secondary entrance to the basement on the east. The house built c. 1845 by Michael Donovan, an Irish immigrant, whose landholdings exceeded 200 acres (81 ha), including the Hussey Farm property. Donovan worked the farm as a dairy operation, an industry which began to decline in the area in the 1920s.
Garelick Farms, a subsidiary of Dairy Farmers of America, is a manufacturer of dairy products in the Northeastern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Founded in 1931, it remained owned by the Garelick family and descendants until 1997, when it was purchased by Suiza Foods, which acquired Dean Foods in 2001.
Jun. 6—Maine is unique on the national dairy landscape — something that some say makes the Pine Tree State the envy of other dairy-producing states. That's because in Maine, as long as a dairy ...
Nezinscot Farm is a family-operated farm and restaurant in Turner, Maine. [1] History. The restaurant was owned by Gloria and Gregg Varney since 1987. [2] [3]
Most of Pineland Farms was being used for agriculture. The foundation extensively renovated the property, adding businesses, trails and recreational areas. As of 2013, Pineland Farms encompassed approximately 5,000 (20.23 km 2) acres and was being used primarily as a public recreation area. [13]
Dairy Farmers of America – a national milk marketing cooperative that is owned by and serves nearly 15,000 dairy farmer-members, representing more than 9,000 dairy farms in 48 states Dairylea Cooperative Inc.
Smiling Hill Farm was founded in the 1720s [4] as the home of the Knight family. The Knights had been in Scarborough since the mid-1600s starting with George Knight d.1671. Following George's early death, his widow left the family's land holdings in the Dunstan region of Scarborough for the relative safety of Portsmouth, NH, with her two young children, Mary and Natha