Connecting Land & Community

At Dandelion Spring Farm, we grow MOFGA certified organic vegetables & herbs on unceded Wabanaki land in central Maine. We are one of over 500 Certified Organic farms and processors in the state with a dedication to soil, community, and safe and nutritious food for all.

In Maine there are delicate lettuce heads and sweeter than you can imagine spinach picked from soil in the dead of winter. In these early summer months the winter squash is already in the ground, and the tomato plants with their first flowers are showing promise. On July 4th, as with the ancestors of this land, our independence is linked to the land and cycle of the seasons as we seed all of the carrots, beets, and rutabaga that will then be harvested and stored in the fall. These roots will bring us through the winter both nutritionally and financially. By early September we begin the heart wrenching experience of pulling the last of the tomatoes from the unheated greenhouses to establish the winter crop of salads and stored sunlight.

An aerial view of the farm on a summer day would show seven acres of vegetables, five greenhouses bursting at the seams, eight farmers running around, and a couple of farm dogs keeping all of us in line. Our hands would primarily be on cut salad greens and herbs, but a healthy mix of many other vegetables fill our harvest boxes and daydreams about dinner.

We love produce that is small and unique (tiny Japanese eggplants, multi-colored cherry tomatoes, small stipey-zucchini…), and herbs that are intensively flavored (tulsi basil and ashwagandha roots to traditional thyme). Are you excited about a particular vegetable that you haven’t seen available at other locally driven markets? Let us know! We love a challenge and to expand our pallets.