PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 6, 2023
Maine Farmland Trust has purchased a highly contaminated organic vegetable farm in Unity with plans to turn the 45-acre property into an outdoor lab for researchers studying the impact of forever chemicals on agricultural production. The farming advocacy group bought Songbird Farm last month for an undisclosed sum from Adam Nordell and Johanna Davis, who had been farming the property for seven years when they discovered in 2021 that their soil, well water, and even their blood had high levels of PFAS chemicals.