Keywords: farm animals
Item 9342
Admiral and Maud, Carrabassett, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Carrabassett Media: Photographic print
Item 9343
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Carrabassett Media: Photographic print
Item 151761
Opportunity Farm cow barn, New Gloucester, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1945
Location: New Gloucester
Client: Opportunity Farm Association
Architect: University of Maine Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture
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Exhibit
Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
Exhibit
Best Friends: Mainers and their Pets
Humans and their animal companions began sharing lives about twenty-five thousand years ago, when, according to archaeological evidence and genetic studies, wolves approached people for food scraps. As agriculture grew and people began storing grains around ten thousand years ago, wild cats helped keep rodents at bay and feline populations thrived by having a steady food source. Over time, these animals morphed into the dogs and cats we know today, becoming our home companions, our pets.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms
"Lincoln’s fox farms were all owned by the Gordons. Most people who owned a fox farm would be widely known around the town and maybe even the state."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming
"Community members raised their own farm animals. Farm animals were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from…"
Story
Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila
Animal agriculture's ties to climate change
Story
Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila
Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases
