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PHOTO: Keena Tracy, Little Ridge Farm. (Submitted photo)
AUGUSTA — Little Ridge Farm, of Lisbon Falls, has been selected as New Ventures Maine’s fall 2020 Western Maine Marketing Mini-grant recipient.
The farm was the unanimous winner, selected from a strong group of applicants from Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, New Ventures said.
Little Ridge Farm was founded in 2007 by Keena Tracy. It is a certified organic farm with the mission of providing fresh healthful food for the community while maintaining healthy soil, environment and self. The farm grows and sells mixed fruit and vegetables, and raises turkeys, beef cows and pigs for meat. Its products are sold through community supported agriculture, online, at farmer’s market, to restaurants and the Good Shepard Food Bank.
The New Ventures Maine Marketing Mini-grant will be used for a targeted campaign to promote their online sales platform, Lisbon FarmDrop and additional pop-up farmer’s markets in 2021. Little Ridge Farm manages this platform for themselves and 15 other farm vendors. The platform is helping to meet the increased demand for low-contact buying and selling local food products during COVID-19.
New Ventures Maine’s Marketing Mini-Grant program aims to strengthen access to markets for micro-businesses. The program supports the development of marketing tools, materials and activities.
A statewide organization serving all 16 Maine counties from ten centers and outreach sites, New Ventures Maine offers skill development and support in the areas of career planning, entrepreneurship, and financial management. For more information visit newventuresmaine.org [1] or call 1-800-442-2092.
