BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 9, 2023
The Maine Farmland Trust will be funding farmers disproportionately affected by climate change to help them adapt to shifts in temperature and weather patterns. The projects the organization will support could include setting up solar panels on a barn to power a farm and transition it to clean energy, installing irrigation systems, designing and building climate resilient farm infrastructure, or changing farm management practices. The Belfast-based Maine Farmland Trust, which works to protect farmland, is planning to distribute funding awards among the existing farms in its network for their climate-related initiatives after receiving a $1 million grant last week from the Toronto-Dominion Bank.