PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 15, 2025
A popular Freeport demonstration farm that was awarded a $35 million climate-smart agriculture grant to promote sustainable practices at 400 farms across the country finds itself in financial limbo as a result of President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze. Despite a signed contract, the USDA told the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment it would not be issuing any reimbursements at this time. Wolfe’s Neck will have no choice but to shut the program down if it isn’t reimbursed by the end of the month.