BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 22, 2023
The lovely trails at Hart Farm in Holden are a fairly recent development. In 2016, Holden Land Trust purchased the 157-acre property to protect it from being subdivided and developed. Working with Maine Farmland Trust, HLT established an easement that required the land be used for agriculture. In 2018, it officially became a “Forever Farm.” In 2020, a young couple purchased the farm from the Holden Land Trust and got to work on renovations, planting produce and raising livestock. As part of the deal, HLT retained an easement that allowed for a trail network on the property. The network comprises about three miles of trails and a connector leads to the neighboring Fields Pond Audubon Center, with just under four miles of trails.