The New American Sustainable Project (NASAP) was launched in 2002 by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. as a farmer training program and then adopted by Cultivating Community in 2006. Since then, the program has evolved into two community farms: Packard-Littlefield and Hurricane Valley.
These two farms, located in Lisbon and Falmouth, provide access to affordable growing space for immigrant gardeners and farmers who came to the US with limited financial resources and a strong desire to continue growing food vital to their culture and health.
Packard-Littlefield Farm
Owned by the Daley Family, this 500-acre Lisbon property is protected by the Androscoggin Land Trust and the Maine Farms for the Future Program. Cultivating Community along with six new immigrant growers lease 10 acres of beautiful, sandy loam farmland, moving on average $250,000 of vegetables annually to food-insecure families through food pantry networks and farm stands in Cumberland and Androscoggin counties.
Hurricane Valley Farm
In 2018, Cultivating Community partnered with Falmouth Land Trust to start its second community farm on 62 acres of land in Falmouth. This expansion was in response to a group of New Mainers living in the Greater Portland area looking to access affordable land to grow vegetables important to their diets but unavailable in grocery stores. The farm is now home to over 50 community gardeners and farmers and their families, growing on 3,000 square foot plots.
This program is made possible through community partnerships!
Contact for Inquiries
Please reach out to Badi Camara, our Farm Manager, for inquiries and questions about community farms at badi@cultivatingcommunity.org or (207) 233-7014.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that here in Maine we are on Indigenous land, the territory of the Penobscot, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Abenaki nations. We are grateful for their continued stewardship. We are mindful of how this impacts our work with community agriculture.
Header and footer photos by Greta Rybus