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Founded by farmers & writers Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch. Now leased by
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Four Season Farm is an experimental market farm located in Harborside, Maine. Founded by Barbara and Eliot Coleman and run by Eliot’s daughter Clara Coleman, the farm produces vegetables year-round and has become a nationally recognized model of small-scale sustainable agriculture. Farm Stand Hours:
May-October
Saturday’s
10-12pm
Check website www.fourseasonfarm.com for updates.

05/31/2024

🌱2024 FARM STAND OPEN 8AM-12PM ON SATURDAYS BEGINNING SAT JUNE 1ST 2024 🌱

🌻RUN BY FARM LESSEES MOLLY & CALEB OF 🌻

🦋FOR MORE DETAILS, VISIT 🦋

02/02/2024

🌻Meet farm lessees Molly & Caleb!🌻

After months of collaborations and negotiations, the Coleman family is thrilled to announce that we have signed a long-term lease at Four Season Farm with farmers Molly Friedland & Caleb Hawkins of Little Red Flower Truck

In Molly & Caleb’s words:

“To be growing on the land Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch and so many others have skillfully cultivated for over 50 years is such an honor! We are humbled and incredibly grateful for this opportunity!

~What does it all mean?!?~

🌱We will still be Little Red Flower Truck, we will just be farming at Four Season Farm!
🌱We are leasing about 7 acres of cropland and will run our business from the farm on Cape Rosier.
🌱We will absolutely still grow flowers!
🌱We will incorporate vegetables into our enterprise and will utilize the infrastructure that exists at Four Season Farm, including a seasonal, weekly, on-site Farmstand and 9 greenhouses💥💥
🌱You will still see the Four Season Farm name/logo on vegetables in the Co-op, but we are now the producers of that veg!
🌱We will both be working full-time on the farm & will be hiring seasonal employees, and! have housing to offer!
🌱We have moved onto the farm and since October have been growing, harvesting and selling produce to serve Four Season Farms dedicated wholesale clients. It has been both challenging and rewarding to step back into vegetables and we are so grateful for the flexibility and support this community has shown us.
🫶Huge shout out to .hearth .maine for sticking with us 🫶

This is a unique & nuanced land lease and it took many people a lot of time and energy to make it happen.
Endless gratitude to:
✨The Coleman Family & Barbara Damrosch
✨our mediators from
✨support provided by
✨a fabulous attorney who we matched with through the ”

10/03/2023

It’s a good day! The account has been fully recovered and restored after being hacked and ransomed on Sunday Oct 1st. Thanks to the power of this beautiful community, I was put in touch with someone who could help. You know who you are, thank you!!

09/28/2023

***Farm Stand CLOSED this Saturday Sept 30th due to all staff having Covid*** Please find our produce at the Blue Hill Coop , and our sincere apologies for the inconvenience!

09/22/2023

A reminder that our on-site Farm Stand will be *CLOSED* this SAT SEPT 23RD for our staff to attend the annual Common Ground Country Fair . We will be open next Sat Sept 30th 10-12pm, but you can always find our produce at the Blue Hill Coop until then. Happy autumn! 🍁

09/15/2023

***Due to Hurricane Lee and the high winds and rain forecasted for Saturday 9/16, our Sat Farm Stand at 609 Weir Cove Road will be closed tomorrow and INSTEAD open on Sunday 9/17 10-12pm***

Please spread the word and stay safe everyone!

08/31/2023

📣ANNOUNCEMENT📣

*UPDATE - OUR LEASE OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN FILLED!* We are seeking an experienced farming couple to operate their own organic farm business at Four Season Farm for a lease period of up to 10 years, with option to extend as agreeable to all parties. Formal lease arrangement will be created with the selected candidates in collaboration with Land For Good.

Visit ‘Work with Us’ on our website for candidate qualifications and application process.

Offer: A turn-key farm operation with existing infrastructure necessary to operate a 1.5 to 3-acre diversified, year-round, RealOrganic vegetable business operation. Sales include established direct wholesale relationships with local area co-op grocery store and restaurants, popular seasonal onsite farm stand, and opportunity to expand to new markets and sales outlets. The lease farm footprint is 7 acres, which includes all the present vegetable crop land. The total farm property is 40 acres with approximately 14 acres of that in pasture, field crops, buildings, greenhouses, residences, and other farm infrastructure surrounded by a 6-foot deer fence.

Background: Purchased from Helen and Scott Nearing in 1968 and owned by farmers and writers Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch, Four Season Farm is an internationally recognized model of small-scale year-round sustainable agriculture. For the last seven years, the farm has been managed and operated by Eliot’s daughter, Clara Coleman.

Infrastructure:
* 9 greenhouses - 7 moveable & ranging in size from 36’x96’ to 22’x48’
* Wash/pack area & walk-in cooler
* Seasonal farm stand
* Commercial kitchen w/bathroom
* Barn w/Coolbot walk-in cooler
* Two bedroom/one bath apartment w/farm office
* Three small rustic housing units for workers
* 100 GPM drilled well
* Irrigation pond
* Work shop
* Two root cellars

Equipment:
* Two tractors - John Deere 870 & Kubota 4400
* Delivery van - Ram Pro-master 1500
* Rotary tiller
* Chisel plow
* Potato harvester
* Under-cutter
* Sub-soiler
* Flail mower
* Brush hog
* Hay rake
* BCS walk-behind tractor
* Jang seeder & other precision seeders
* Wheel hoes
* Wide assortment of hand tools for cultivating, sowing, transplanting, harvesting, soil blocking

06/24/2023

Midsummer beauty.

05/05/2023

Farm Stand opens TOMORROW at 10AM on Saturday May 6th 2023!

Opening day will feature: Baby Carrots, Radish, Hakurei Turnips, Arugula, Baby Leaf Lettuce Mix, Baby Spinach, Spring Mix, Happy Rich, Tuscan & Curly Kale, Rainbow Chard, Scallions, Dill, Cilantro, Parsley, Potatoes, Onions, and more.
PLUS a healthy selection of Plant Starts for your gardens including: Tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, shish*tos & bell peppers, lettuce, peas, basil, eggplant. thyme, marjoram, chamomile, lemon balm, sage, and more each Saturday this month.

The weather will be warm and sunny and perfect for opening day. Farm Managers Jamieson & Jeremy will be greeting you and helping with all your farm stand needs. Please spread the word and we hope to see you tomorrow at 609 Weir Cove Road in Harborside, Maine!

04/22/2023

Farm Stand opens in TWO weeks on Saturday May 6th 2023!

The Four Season Farm Stand will be opening for the season on Saturday May 6th 10AM-12PM, and it will be open every Saturday 10am-12pm until mid-October 2023. Our farm stand offers early season produce such as Baby Carrots, Radish, Hakurei Turnips, Baby Leaf Lettuce Mix, Spinach, Kale, Rainbow Chard, Scallions, Dill, Cilantro, Parsley, Potatoes, and a varied selection of Plant Starts for your gardens! Later this spring and summer, we’ll have Baby Fennel, Baby Zucchini, Arugula, Rainbow Beets w/Greens, Baby New Potatoes, Basil, Cherry Tomatoes, Socrates Cucumbers, Broccolini, and so much more.

Farm Managers Jamieson & Jeremy, along with new faces Eva & Dylan and Hope & Haley, will be greeting you and helping with all your farm stand needs this season.

Please spread the word and we hope to see you soon!

04/14/2023

A very warm welcome (and it’s a hot week!) to Eva and Dylan, our new farm managers in training!

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609 Weir Cove Road
Harborside, ME
04642

Website

http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/

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Four Season Farm is an experimental market garden in Harborside, Maine, owned and operated by writers Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman and managed by Eliot’s daughter Clara Coleman. The farm produces vegetables year-round and has become a nationally recognized model of small-scale sustainable agriculture. Summer Saturday Farmstand Hours: 10 am to 2 pm June-September, Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm

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