Aroostook County’s only school farm prepares students for agricultural careers

by Paula Brewer
2 years ago
The abundant apple harvest at the SAD 1 School Farm keeps student workers from Presque Isle High School busy this time of year. Picking from some of the farm's 2,900 apple trees are, from left, Logan Smith, Hailey Bois and Johanna Cote. Credit: Paula Brewer / The Star-Herald
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — One Aroostook County farm is growing more than crops. It’s growing farmers and businesspeople. Over the past three decades, the SAD 1 Educational Farm in Presque Isle has transformed from a greenhouse behind the high school to a 38-acre working farm with a locally famous apple orchard.Read more.