FARMINGTON — In a single day last month, Bussie York’s wife, Brenda, was rushed to the hospital with a stroke, Sandy River Farms sold off 60 dairy cows and half a dozen Secret Service agents fanned out over his property for a visit by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Perdue stood in York’s farm […]
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Farmington solar project raises questions
FARMINGTON — A proposal to build a $110 million, 490-acre solar farm off Route 2 has divided some neighbors and raised concerns among members of the Planning Board. The project, which is being developed by Florida-based NextEra Energy and its subsidiary, Farmington Solar LLC, would be in the vicinity of Horn Hill Road and Hovey […]
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Farmington farm gets boost from supporters
FARMINGTON — People are driving from as far away as Portland, Bangor, Lewiston and Monmouth and emptying the coolers at Sandy River Farms. Sales at its farm store have quadrupled since the York and Johnson families went public three weeks ago with their plight: The dairy’s commercial milk buyer of 18 years abruptly ended its […]
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Farmington dairyman struggles with how to save his farm
With no buyer for his milk after Aug. 31, Farmington’s Bussie York struggles with how to save Sandy River Farms. Nationally, there’s too much milk, and trade war talk isn’t helping, according to an official with the Maine Milk Commission. FARMINGTON — Lightning struck the cupola at Sandy River Farms 23 years ago today, setting fire […]
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Corn maze celebrates Good Shepherd Food Bank
The Good Shepherd Food Bank is celebrated this year at Sandy River Farm’s eighth, annual corn maze. A design featuring the food bank’s logo has been cut in to a field of corn. FARMINGTON — The Good Shepherd Food Bank logo makes up the design for this year’s corn maze at Sandy River Farms. The […]
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Farmington farm constructs space for cows and organic compost
FARMINGTON — Construction of a new style of barn, a roofed, heavy-use-area bedded-pack, is progressing on the grounds of Sandy River Farms, owned by Herbert “Bussie” and Brenda York. “Heavy-use-area bedded-pack” is a term designated by a federal program which provides funding and help with the structures’ planning and engineering through the Natural Resource Conservation […]