Land Search Timeline

SBCA’s farming program began in North Yarmouth. Leased two acres with 20 families on a tenth of an acre each of flint corn and a variety of vegetables.

SBCA farmed and had a wash station at Intervale Farm in New Gloucester. Leased 4 acres with more community members accessing a tenth of an acre plots.

Farmers begin to organize into Iskasito groups to grow for commercial production for two pantries as part of the Mainers feeding Mainers program.

SBCA rents greenhouse space at Whiting Farm in Auburn to grow culturally relevant seedlings.

SBCA used cold storage at Good Shepherd Food Bank’s Auburn facility.

Start leasing 5 cultivable acres on Old Webster Road in Lewiston due to convenient location for farmers.

SBCA signs a five-year lease at Whiting Farm for 20 acres of rotational production.

The wash station and goat meat production move to leased land in Turner.

SBCA moved seedling production to Sweet Relief Farm in Steep Falls to ensure organic and chemical free production.

Construction of a cold frame for flint corn processing at Whiting Farm.

Goat herd moves to leased land in Greene.

SBCA first looks at the Wales property

SBCA signs temporary lease with Agrarian Trust (AT). Goats, cold storage and wash station move to new farm in Wales.

SBCA moves all production to Liberation Farms in Wales. Over 200 families access tenth of an acre plots.

AT changed leadership and SBCA made the decision to not have an easement on the property.

Ten years after SBCA began farming in Maine, AT transferred ownership to SBCA who now owns the 104 acre property without encumbrances in Wales known as Liberation Farms.