PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 25, 2020
At Broadturn Farm, which I co-own and have been operating with my husband for 14 years, we produce food for wholesale accounts and grow cut flowers. Seemingly overnight, we lost 75 percent of our business for the season, and had to completely retool what our year looked like. As a result, I returned to nursing as a way to supplement our farm income. None of the federal programs for lost farm income has helped our farm, and I know we’re not alone. I hope that Gov. Mills and the Legislature will consider how important food security is for all of us in Maine, and support Maine’s farms and farmworkers through the pandemic. ~ Stacy Brenner, Scarborough