Rime Nor Reason Farm

10/16/2026

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From the Rime Farm Kitchen

09/21/2026

Ever make Fire C***r? It's so easy and we love it in the dead of winter.

09/18/2026

Harvest Music Fest Sept 18(night) Sept 19 all day — food - cocktails - bottles - music - crafts- Shantytown Rum distillery Pembroke

09/12/2026

The farm teaches you a lot about endings. There are seasons when everything is growing, the fields are green and full, and it feels like you could stay there forever. But things change. Gardens die back.

Some of the things we work hard for don’t turn out the way we hoped. Sometimes something ends before we’re ready to let it go. When you’re in the middle of an ending, it’s always so easy to believe the best part is behind you.

But the farm knows better. :)

One season ends and another begins. We clean up, learn from what worked and what didn’t, and start thinking about what we’ll do differently next time. Then, like magic, the next season turns out to be so much better than the one we were trying so hard to hold onto.

Our own garden season here at Rime Farm is beginning to wrap up, too. Today and next week at the Lubec market, we’ll have the last of our garden veggies. We’re also fully stocked with beef, chicken, and our great soaps and moisturizers.

Later this fall and winter, we’re planning some exciting meat box subscriptions to make it easier to keep your freezer stocked with local, farm-raised meat throughout the colder months. Stay tuned for details!

Here’s to appreciating the season we’ve had, letting go, and looking forward to winter and what comes next. ❤️

09/09/2026

We’re picking up three Rime Farm steers from our processor tomorrow outside of our normal schedule. Our beef is processed with a USDA inspector on site, then hung and dry-aged for tenderness and flavor. With everyone clamoring for beef they can trust, we thought we'd send a few more and stock our own freezer as winter is right around the corner.

This won't last long. Drop us a line here if you want in on 100% grass fed and grass finished beef. (NO GRAIN).

Pricing on our website.

Our Premium Grass-Fed & Grass-Finished Beef is raised entirely on pasture and fed a strict diet of alfalfa haylage and organic orchard grasses. We never feed these beef critters grain.This beef is ideal for customers seeking leaner beef and the unique flavor profile that only grass-fed beef can....

09/07/2026

Welcome, Harley! (Hazel had her baby). Cute little heifer calf. Super healthy and already running around. Hazel, you’re the best! 🩷

08/03/2026

Fruit leather mission. Look at those gorgeous plums from Waters Edge Farm - Maine. Betting they make fabulous snacks. (They were yummy straight off the tree!) Anyone have any fruit leather making tips?

07/25/2026

We're going to miss seeing everyone tomorrow, but Rime Farm will not be participating in Maine Open Farm Day this year.

Between a very full summer and some major personal life changes, we're simply not ready to open the farm to visitors the way we'd want to. Rather than do it halfway, we've decided to sit this one out.

Thank you so much for your understanding and for continuing to support our little farm. ❤️ We'll keep everyone posted on upcoming farm events, CSA updates, and market days, and we look forward to welcoming visitors in the future when things have settled down a bit.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Maine Open Farm Day!

06/26/2026

🌿 Rime Farm is looking for interns! 🌿

We’re opening up a few apprenticeship spots here at Rime Nor Reason Farm in Charlotte, Maine, with a preferred start date around July 10.

Rime Farm is a 143-acre sustainable organic farm in rural Downeast Maine, just a few miles from the coast. We grow certified organic vegetables, berries, herbs, and fruit; raise Belted Galloway cattle, heritage hogs, poultry, and dairy goats; produce eggs, grass-fed beef, pasture-raised pork, value-added farm products, and run a CSA rooted in local food access and community connection.

Interns will get hands-on experience with real farm life, including organic vegetable production, gardening, crop care, animal husbandry, poultry care, livestock systems, herbs and teas, chicken processing, equine care, beef cattle, heritage hogs, and the daily rhythm of a working diversified farm.

We are especially interested in applicants with crop, gardening, vegetable production, or general farm experience. Experience is preferred, but a strong work ethic, good judgment, and a real willingness to learn matter too.

This is also a great opportunity for someone interested in dairy goats. Apprentices may help with dairy goat care and learn the basics of milking, milk handling, feeding, herd routines, and day-to-day care of a small dairy goat herd.

We’re looking for responsible people who care about animals, the land, local food, and sustainable farming and who are willing to work hard, learn, ask questions, and occasionally get horse p**p on their boots and bonfire smoke in their hair. 🙂

We offer:

🏕 Housing. (It's a farm, don't get too excited!)
🍳 Meals, including farm-grown food plus grocery staples
🌱 On-farm education and hands-on training
💵 A small stipend depending on length of stay
📅 Rolling applications
⏳ Minimum stay four weeks.

Farm work is beautiful, meaningful, messy, exhausting, funny, and oh so rewarding. We do require references and an interview so we can make sure it’s a good fit on both sides.

Interested? Apply through the NCAT/ATTRA internship listing or email your resume/letter of interest to [email protected].

Please put this in the subject line so we know you read the whole thing:

“I would enjoy horse p**p on my boots and bonfire scented hair.”

Link to apply:

ATTRA, or Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, is a trusted source of sustainable agriculture information and maintains a knowledge base of practical multimedia resources for farmers, ranchers, and educators. NCAT’s agriculture specialists work directly with farmers, ranchers, land man...

06/25/2026

Guess who the good boy was? (These were taken after we pulled for a while. Moxie ended up in Holden to remove the ones in her gums. Stella was lucky. Jake was smart.)