New book looks at farms across Maine

    Mary Quinn Doyle, a Maine writer, photographer and certified teacher, volunteered to travel throughout Maine over the past two years, visiting 178 farms. She wrote stories about each of the farms and took many photos and created complimentary webpages on the Unique Maine Farms website. She has conducted slideshows and discussions and set up traveling photo exhibits of her project. Her book “Unique Maine Farms” is scheduled to be printed in September.

    Eight stories in the book focus on farms in the area, including Widdershins in Dover-Foxcroft, Stutzmans in Sangerville, Bark-Eater Farm in Dexter, Snow Brook Gardens and Checkerberry Farm in Parkman; Midsummer’s Night Meadow Farm in Garland and Stonyvale or Fogler Farm in Exeter.
    Doyle felt that it was important for “Unique Maine Farms” to be printed in Maine on Maine paper.  Information about pre-ordering can be found on www.uniquemainefarms.com.