BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 3, 2022
After relocating from Florida to start an organic farm in Maine last year, Elizabeth Jimenez is on a mission to rid her land of ticks. Part of her tick management plan is going scorched earth. Jimenez, along with Guy Johnson and Adrian Sotropa, are turning three acres of the farm in Friendship into organic gardens and orchards. They and a team of volunteers are also starting the Karuna Healing Center on the property. Jimenez said they knew there were ticks in Maine, but until this spring they had no idea how bad they really were.