Flood Brothers Farm, LLC

10/15/2026

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10/15/2026

10/14/2026

Year of the Woman Farmer: Nanne Kennedy, WOOL:Seacolors Yarnery at Meadowcroft Farm

For Nanne Kennedy, the possibilities of Maine wool begin with her flock and extend to the farming community around her.

At Sea Colors Yarnery in Washington, Nanne raises purebred Polwarth sheep, bringing a commitment to genetic improvement and breed certification to her work. She transforms her flock’s wool into beautiful hand-dyed yarn, one-of-a-kind sweaters, and blankets, demonstrating how farmers can add value to what they raise. Through workshops on flock and fiber management, she shares that knowledge with others.

Nanne’s leadership reaches beyond her farm. She has served on several agricultural boards and currently serves as vice president of the Maine Sheep Breeders Association, which she has helped reorganize. Most recently, she helped bring back the Maine Wool Pool after an absence of more than 13 years. Drawing on her connections across the fiber industry, she helped secure some of the highest bids for farmers’ wool seen in years.

Her nomination celebrates her willingness to speak out about industry needs and her work to turn those concerns into opportunities for fellow farmers.

Thanks, Nanne, for your craftsmanship, advocacy, and commitment to a stronger future for Maine’s sheep and wool producers.

Photo: Lottie Hedley

10/14/2026

10/13/2026

Visit #1 for National School Lunch Week was to Holden Elementary School to see their new milk barrel😍

This milk barrel was one awarded through our Dairy Refresh School Nutrition Equipment Grant. Kids love the cow spots and say their milk feels cooler!🥛
Thank you to Patricia Henderson from J.F Witter Teaching and Research Center for joining us to answer all the students dairy questions!🐄

10/12/2026

Today is one of those days where we get to truly celebrate our farm and its history.
In Maine it is Indigenous Peoples' Day.
In Canada it is Thanksgiving.
Nationally it is recognized as National Farmers Day.
And the Federal Holiday is Columbus Day.

There's a lot to celebrate and think about these holidays.
As farmers here in Maine we are incredibly grateful and thankful for the land we call home to our families, our herd, and our crops.
We are also mindful of the fact that this was not our land. Our history here starts only after the history of those who called this home was erased forcibly and unjustly.
So on this we are full of gratitude to those today who trust our family to make the food that you put on your family table; full of gratitude to those of yesterdays who took such good care of this ground before us; and we fully recognize and acknowledge that our past erased the future of others.
Today is a day for us to dig even deeper and continue caring for the land and the animals and the people who call this home, continuing our dairy tradition and the tradition of those to whom this land had belonged before it was stolen.
One of the failings of our history is that often it isn't inclusive and that lack of inclusivity perpetuates thinking and action that continues to hinder and harm.
On this Indigenous Peoples' Day it is worth taking a moment to think about the history you've been served up that is comfortable and rewarding, and to explore the history that has been excluded...the not so comfortable and the not so rewarding. It's not new history, it's just new to you. It's not rewritten history, it's just never been revealed to, or seen by you.
It can be difficult to divorce ourselves from the heritage and tradition we've become so comfortable with because it feels like something is being taken away from us. But if we step back and look at the full and truthful history we realize, or we should, that what we're so comfortable with isn't really true and it's missing so much. And after looking at the truth we sometimes realize that our "heritage and traditions" are not real...they are the comfort and reward we've created.
We need to stop looking at history as a battleground of ownership and look at it as a responsible exploration with the intent being sharing, not colonizing.
And this year there is much to celebrate as the will of the people was carried out after a statewide referendum and the Maine Constitution restored to include what had been there from the start before being hidden from view in 1876:
"The new State shall, as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made for that purpose, assume and perform all the duties and obligations of this Commonwealth towards the Indians within said district of Maine, whether the same arise from treaties, or otherwise; and for this purpose shall obtain the assent of said Indians, and their release to this Commonwealth of claims and stipulations arising under the treaty at present existing between the said Commonwealth and said Indians."
You can read more about this and the importance of shining a light on ALL of our history here: https://www.bates.edu/news/2026/10/01/gone-for-150-years-the-case-of-the-missing-constitutional-articles/

And on the Columbus Day holiday we are happy to acknowledge the meaning of that day: honouring, recognizing and acknowledging the importance of immigrants to this country. So many people have expressed how important this holiday is for them. We felt that it was only right to acknowledge a holiday that is special to them too, especially since 50% of our family farm's owners are immigrants: one a third generation American and another an immigrant themselves. And of course there is no way we can celebrate National Farmers Day without also recognizing the absolute importance of immigrants to agriculture! Here in this little ol' town of Clinton, Maine, where there are more cows than people and the family farms of this town produce more milk than any other town in Maine -not a single one of those farms does it without depending upon the skilled and dedicated work of so many wonderful people, many of whom are immigrants. Every single dairy farm in this town depends upon immigrants to help milk their cows and care for the land. And not a single person in this town puts food on their table without the work of immigrants somewhere along the way. So in honour of Columbus Day we wanted to make sure we tipped our hat to all the immigrants who have made this country great and underline the effort to make the Columbus Day holiday a Federal Holiday. We are grateful that in 1892 President Harrison declared the holiday in order to help Americans learn to embrace those who came to this country to seek and build a better life and a better America, as opposed to being so caught up in racism and hate that they would lynch 11 Italian Americans after they were found innocent by a jury. You can read and learn more here: https://friendsofia.org/truth-about-columbus-day
We also think it's important to know the facts about Christopher Columbus and what is true about his achievements. Here's a look at history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MJoKhO9G1g

So Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Happy National Farmers Day.
Happy Thanksgiving 🇨🇦.and of course, Happy Columbus Day to those who celebrate.

10/08/2026

10/07/2026

As farmers it's important to us that people are fed and fed well...and making sure students and children are fed well in school is doubly important.
Federal school meal reimbursement needs to keep pace with the cost of putting good food from a good place on the trays and tables of students.
Jeanne Reilly from Windham Raymond School Nutrition Program explains it perfectly!

10/07/2026

Join us for this event!! RSVP to [email protected]!

More info about the workshops to come!

This flyer is titled Kennebec 4-H Celebration! The theme is the fourth H is for health. The event will be on October 25 starting at 10AM at the Buker Center in Augusta. The schedule includes checking in and signing up for workshops from 10AM to 10:30. Awards and Club sharing will start at 10:30. Completed Project Records will earn awards. There will then be two workshop sessions between 11am and 1pm, adults can also participate. Then our day will conclude with a Project Parade, with each 4-H member encouraged to bring a project they worked on last year to showcase to the crowd.

10/06/2026

Celebrating Maine’s Year of the Woman Farmer: Sue Watson, Midsummer Nights Meadow Farm

Sue has worked with livestock throughout her life, learning early from her veterinarian father and knitter mother. At Midsummer Nights Meadow Farm, she raises sheep and transforms their wool into natural dyes, handcrafts, and small-scale cottage-industry products.

Her experience stretches well beyond her own farm. Sue worked as a production weaver on W3 looms when the Corinna woolen mills were operating, and later built a career with Heart of Maine Resource Conservation & Development, supporting initiatives designed to strengthen Maine agriculture.

As a board member with the Maine Sheep Breeders Association, Sue has been an advocate for strengthening and revitalizing the Maine Wool Pool. As a collaborator and mentor, Sue helps other farmers and fiber producers see the possibilities in an industry that is both rooted in Maine’s past and continually reinventing itself.

Thank you, Sue Watson, for helping carry Maine’s sheep and fiber traditions forward — through knowledge, craftsmanship, collaboration, and a lifetime devoted to agriculture.



Photos: Dixie Redmond, www.northdixiedesigns.com 🙏