Earth Dharma Farm is operated by David McDaniel and Heather Selin. In early 2007, we quit our jobs to venture into sustainable, small-scale agriculture. David had been a health care executive for more than 20 years. Heather had worked in tobacco control policy since 1992 for non-governmental organizations, the CDC, and the World Health Organization.
After a 7,000-mile snow-covered journey through eastern Canada and the US, we landed in Jackson, Waldo County, Maine. Our property is 181 acres of sloping, mostly-wooded land, of which we will use about 15 acres for our farm and home. We are approximately 20 miles northwest of the beautiful and vibrant coastal town of Belfast and 25 miles west of Bangor.
In 2007, Dave apprenticed at Teltane Farm in Monroe under the competent tutelage of Mark and Paula Fulford. He is currently in MOFGA's Journeyperson Program, runs the farm, and is building our home. Heather continues to consult for international organizations on tobacco control issues, manages the farm website, and provides the farm with occasional immigrant labor (she's Canadian, and that should be spelled labour, thank you very much).
Our farm is operated on sustainable principles: We are USDA-certified organic (through the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association - MOFGA), off-grid, and aiming to be carbon-neutral. We currently produce vegetables and grain for ourselves and certified-organic seed garlic for sale. In the next few years, we will be expanding to sell fruit, berries, grain, and, ultimately, wine.
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David McDaniel & Heather Selin
Earth Dharma Farm
c/o 372 Moosehead Trail
Jackson ME 04921 USA
Email: heather@earthdharmafarm.com
Web: www.earthdharrmafarm.com
Tel: 207 722 3386
