Running through Orland, North Penobscot, and Blue Hill is a strip of glacially deposited deep, high-quality soil referred locally as the Rt 15 farmland corridor. This corridor contains much of the prime agricultural soil in Hancock County. With increasing development pressures, local farmland like this is at risk of being subdivided and sold off.
Since 1994, Blue Hill Heritage Trust has worked to help preserve agricultural land on the Blue Hill Peninsula, focusing much of our efforts on the Rt 15 farmland corridor. Protecting farmland (and their surrounding woodlands) through agricultural conservation easements, that will be stewarded in perpetuity, ensures the future of farming by making farmland more affordable and accessible to local farmers.
Our Farmland Forever program is supported in part through unrestricted donor contributions. If this work is of interest to you, please contact us.
The following farms have been permanently protected through Blue Hill Heritage Trust’s Farmland Forever program:
Blue-Zee Farm, Mark and Renata Scarano
652 Front Ridge Road, Penobscot   207-374-9976
Homewood Farm, Jeff and Trudy Beardsworth
118 Ackley Farm Road, Blue Hill
Horsepower Farm, Andrew and Donna Birdsall & Paul Birdsall
90 Horsepower Farm Road, off Route 15, Penobscot
Ken-Rose Farm, Nathaniel Birdsall
1381 Pleasant Street/Route 15, Blue Hill
King Hill Farm, Amanda Provencher and Paul Shultz
29 Faerie Kingdom Road, off Route 199, Penobscot
Old Ackley Farm, Bob Sullivan
42 Ackley Farm Road, Blue Hill
Quill’s End Farm, Phil and Heather Retberg
192 Front Ridge Road, Penobscot
Rainbow Farm, Noah and Lorelei Cimeno
4 Rainbow Farm Drive, Orland  207-610-3793