Fairwinds Farm — Attraction in Bowdoinham

June 16 & 17, 2021 - Looking for fresh fruits & veggies . . . Pile into the car, and head to Bowdoinham, Maine off Rt. 24 ! Bring containers and load up your fresh treasures (eg. strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries)! Fair winds will sell you the containers for a nominal price, I loaded up 2 shopping bags with 70 pounds of strawberries one day, then went back and picked another 20 pounds ! Jam preserves make authentic Maine gifts to family & friends around the holidays!

Some of these farms set up tables each week in local towns ( like Brunswick, Yarmouth, Portland, Bath, etc) to sell their produce at Farmers Markets! It’s a great way for folks to meet the local farmers, like Fairwinds Cathy & Pete Karonis and their son Charlie Rackley at these farmers markets in town. Learn more about their farm products, and growing seasons. Their home is in Topsham, with a farm stand on Augusta Road. Fairwinds Farm has over 85 acres in Bowdoinham, with 8 greenhouses. They visit 5 weekly Farmers Markets in the summer, and 2 weekly Farmers Markets in the winter.

This summer ritual started with my parents years ago, with a drive out to Fairwinds Farms to pick strawberries! Although my parents have passed, my wife and I enjoy this tradition with our children, and now hope to introduce our new Grandson this summer to strawberry picking ! Can’t beat Fresh Strawberry Shortcake in Maine!

** Raspberries ripen about Mid July , added a couple of photos & video clip ! ( $3.75 a pint in 2021)

Fun Farm Facts

Maine most maple syrup $15.5 mill. yr. Maine most wild blueberries $47.2 mill. yr. 1743-Riverside Farm oldest farm in Maine 1799-Weston Farm, 2nd oldest farm in Maine Alaska highest # new farms in U. S. Maine 2nd highest # new farms in U.S. Takes 3 to 5 years new farm to see profits Maine Farmland Trust helps protect farms $129 million in Maine potatoes yr. $68.5 million in Maine chicken eggs yr. Maine farmers average age is 57 29% of Maine farms headed by a woman

Note: Maine needs farms & new farmers!

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Fairwinds Farm… 6 Stars! is such a wonderful place! I’ve really enjoyed visiting their U-pick fields this summer—got to pick blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. It was so much fun, and I loved seeing kids and families enjoying the experience together. The fresh fruits were absolutely delicious!

We also went back for the Blueberry Festival and, of course, picked more blueberries. I picked up some cantaloupe, corn, and cornmeal too. The cantaloupe was so sweet and delicious, and I can’t wait to try the cornmeal (I’ll keep you posted!).

Overall, it was such a great experience—I highly recommend visiting Fairwinds Farm. So much fun, so fresh, and a perfect...

I love shopping at this stand at the Portland Farmers Market although when I bought berries there today they had bags out for people to use for berries (it was clearly marked on the box that they were for that purpose) and I was made to feel bad by a female employee for using “a lot” of individual bags (4) to get berries for myself and my mother who was too ill to go to the market today. It really made me feel bad and now I may...