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Shana Hanson, goat farmer at 3 Streams Farm in Belfast, Maine

CSA Dairy Goat Lease Group
Tree of Life Fruit Tree Service
Belfast Blueberry Cooperative

Shana Hanson has shifted from reliance on annual and biennial crops, which require seed to mature for frequent replanting. Now she uses perennials already present in pasture and woodland, to support a livestock (plus fruit) based sustenance. These trees, shrubs, and herbs are more resilient against unstable climate. 6 goats, 1 sow, and 4 geese continue to teach Shana about plant-animal interaction

s. She is intently studying pollarding of the "air meadow" for tree fodder. On her website you can learn about Shana's CSA Dairy Goat Lease Group sharing milk from fresh greenery of woods and pasture; her Tree of Life Fruit Tree Service, Hog Rental Service, woodland medicines, and much more.

07/31/2026

Saanen doe sisters Hindsight and Forethought, in full milk at 3 years old, are for sale to the right home only, $450 each, $800/pair, or BRO with labor trades also considered.
My herd is producing more milk than ever before, hence decision to part with the most ideal and adaptable youngish two. These twins both cheerfully allow most anyone to milk them, and have perfect easy udders.
A third doe Zlateh, 4 yrs old, without horns, also hangs out with these two, and could go for $350 or $300 in a pair; she is my top milker with very sweet milk, a less perfect udder and is sideways from past Meningial worm.
Mentoring is included, especially if you are a new goatkeeper. All my does come back into milk each spring without further pregnancy, and most without any kidding history at all. They have not had grain, and do expect accompanied woodland wanders and/or tree fodder to be cut for them.
Our closed herd (last newborn clean buckling entered in early 2021) is disease-free, determined by past testing plus strong boundaries about humans touching when they've have had contact with other herds. We do have a normal non-problematic level of common skin mites and intestinal parasites.
Do not reply to facebook. Please CALL and leave voicemail if I don’t pick up, and say your phone number (there is no caller ID). Thanks!
Shana
(207) 338-3301

07/15/2026

Housing trade in Belfast:
I am still looking for someone interested in a long-term housing trade. I have more housing/accommodations than any one person needs and more chores than any one person can reasonably do.

The deal:
You cover needs of 11 Saanen goats, 1 Jersey steer, and 1 retired American Guinea sow 8 hrs. x 2 days per week plus occasional 5 day stints a few times per year, in exchange for off-grid housing at 3 Streams Farm & milk perks-- very sweet milk from tree & plant-fed animals (no grain fed).

Details:
Responsibilities include long browse wanders with attention to impact on tree & plant species, & climbing trees to pollard for fodder if that suits you. It is okay to bring a “hot spot” and work on-line on browse walks, or to bring hand crafts, reading materials, or other tasks, so long as you pay attention and move the herd appropriately.

For housing, you may choose the sunny upstairs with kitchenette with gas to cook and wood heat stove, access to root cellar & outdoor well to cool food, hand pump in the hall, bedroom, and humanure bathroom with clawfoot tub, or you can choose the simpler more private 12x12 ft cabin with gas range, wood heat stove, access to outdoor well, bucket sink drain, & composting outhouse.

Call Shana and leave VOICEMAIL; say your phone number! 338-3301
Shana Hanson, 3 Streams Farm
(207) 338-3301 Voicemail is the best way to reach me.
New website: https://3streamsfarm.wixsite.com/3streamsfarm

07/04/2026

It's blueberry pre-season ordering time!!!

Here is the 2026 Belfast Blueberry Cooperative pre-order form: https://forms.gle/UR6qgwDAwXKSR9pL6

The members of Belfast Blueberry Cooperative (including Pick Your Own folks & animals) tend and harvest the Cattail & Sky Field on Levenseller Mountain in Lincolnville.

Our blueberry crop relies wholly on wild pollinators. We foster flower/plant/tree biodiversity, to support insect biodiversity.

We use no insecticides, herbicides, nor fungicides, & spread mineral-rich tree leaves (versus conventional glyphosate-sprayed barley straw) to fuel a traditional spring burn cycle on ½ of the field each year, to prune & rejuvenate the blueberry “vine.”

The Cattail & Sky Field is certified as a Conservation Landscape by Waldo County Soil & Water Conrvation District, due to fostering & support of biodiversity, & protection through a Maine Farmland Trust Forever Farm easement.

We no longer certify as “organic.”

Deep soil, marshy stream, and eastward slope protect this oasis of berries from frosts and droughts, for a reliably sweet & plentiful crop. We invite community involvement: phone us at (207) 338-3301.

Here is the 2026 Belfast Blueberry Cooperative pre-order form: https://forms.gle/UR6qgwDAwXKSR9pL6.
More information is available at the Three Streams Farm website.
Please do not respond to this page, as it is not monitored. Call Shana directly at (207) 338-3301

06/07/2026

Milking goats for sale!
Saanen doe sisters Hindsight (hornless) and Forethought, in full milk at 3 years old, are for sale to the right home only.
My herd is producing more milk than ever before, hence decision to part with the most ideal and adaptable youngish two. These twins both cheerfully allow most anyone to milk them, and have perfect easy udders.
A third doe Zlateh, 4 yrs old, without horns, also hangs out with these two, and could go; she is top milker with very sweet milk, a less perfect udder and is sideways from past Meningial worm.

Mentoring is included, especially if you are a new goatkeeper.
All my does come back into milk each spring without further pregnancy, and most without any kidding history at all. They have not had grain, and do expect accompanied woodland wanders and/or tree fodder to be cut for them. Our herd is disease-free.

Please CALL and leave voicemail if I don’t pick up, and say your phone number (there is no caller ID). Thanks!

05/19/2026

Saanen doe goats Zlateh, 4 yrs old, and Forethought, 3 yrs old, both in full milk, are for sale to the right homes only, $350 and $450 respectively, or $700//pair;
labor trades also considered.
Mentoring is included, especially if you are a new goatkeeper.

Our herd is disease-free. Both does are affectionate, attentive to direction, and let anyone milk them. They've not been fed grain, and expect long accompanied woodland wanders and/or tree fodder to be cut for them.

I am pricing Forethought higher as she is perfect (except missing part of one horn) and easier to milk. Zlateh (hornless from disbudding) is my top milker with an over-sized udder carrying ultra-sweet milk, but she survived Meningial worm so is crooked though agile. My herd is producing more milk than I can sell, hence decision to part with two.

All my does come back into milk each spring without further pregnancy, and most without any kidding history at all. Both these girls have kidded and were great moms; Zlateh was my top milker even before she kidded.

Please CALL and leave voicemail if I don’t pick up, and say your phone number (there is no caller ID). Thanks!
Photos attached.
Thanks! Sh

Shana Hanson, 3 Streams Farm
(207) 338-3301 Voicemail is the best way to reach me.

05/15/2026

An accessible milk fridge!
& improved filtering.
Our milk is easier to pick up now, anytime, at the farm. Milk of fresh spring ephemerals and other woodland plants, plus new pasture growth and still some of Dave Flood's lovely 2nd-cut hay (the steer Angelo wants this supplement), is newly more accessible in an outdoor but sheltered fridge, staright down from the Rainbow-Roofed House driveway. You no longer need to navigate our fences, and you may come any time! There is sign-in notebook there and box for same-time swap of a clean wide-mouth Ball jar with newish Ball lid and ring. Please pull beside the road, or BACK into the driveway - there is poor visibility there for going out backways.

Feel free to make a deposit in the Humanure Throne, while you are there! I value cycling all organic matter back to soil.

I'm trying a new milk filtration system, using organic knit material in a large metal dairy funnel; even the double stainless steel coffee filters I was most recently using were allowing the finest dust through, that would slowly drift to the bottom and become visible a day later. I have long resisted throw-out filters of unknown fiber and chemical content, but a free-standing goat over the open bucket allows a bit of drift from her hay bed, when hand milking. But they are so much cleaner than what I've seen at more commercial dairies!

Leave me notes there in the book, of what you think. Thanks! Shana & the herd

Shana Hanson, 3 Streams Farm
(207) 338-3301 **Voicemail is the best way to reach me!**

05/03/2026

Housing Trade in Belfast:
You cover needs of 11 Saanen goats, 1 Jersey steer, and 1 retired American Guinea sow 8 hrs. x 2 days per week plus occasional 5 day stints a few times per year, in exchange for off-grid housing at 3 Streams Farm & milk perks - very sweet milk from trees & plants (no grain fed).

Responsibilities include long browse wanders with attention to impact on tree & plant species, & climbing trees to pollard for fodder if that suits you. It is okay to bring a “hot spot” and work on-line on browse walks, or to bring hand crafts, reading materials, or other tasks, so long as you pay attention and move the herd appropriately.

For housing, you may choose the sunny upstairs with kitchenette with gas to cook and wood heat stove, access to root cellar & outdoor well to cool food, hand pump in the hall, bedroom, and humanure bathroom with clawfoot tub, or you can choose the simpler more private 12x12 ft cabin with gas range, wood heat stove, access to outdoor well, bucket sink drain, & composting outhouse.

Call Shana and leave VOICEMAIL; say your phone number! 338-3301

Shana Hanson, 3 Streams Farm
(207) 338-3301 Voicemail is the best way to reach me.
New website: https://3streamsfarm.wixsite.com/3streamsfarm
Old website: https://3streamsfarmbelfastme.blogspot.com

Address

209 Back Belmont Road
Belfast, ME
04915

Telephone

+12073383301

Website

https://3streamsfarmbelfastme.blogspot.com/p/20.html

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