MDI Share the Harvest is accepting applications

Share the Harvest is a farm-based food access program that aims to ensure that fresh, local, organic produce is more accessible to low income residents of the Mount Desert Island community. The project is a collaboration between College of the Atlantic students and farmers at Beech Hill Farm. In order to participate, applicants must meet a certain income guideline and either be a summer worker or permanent resident in Hancock County.

The deadline for applying is May 28, 2022. Services will be given on a first come, first serve basis. Applications can be received at the Bar Harbor Food Pantry, several housing complexes around the island, online, by mail, or by phone call. 

Share the Harvest recipients can participate in the program through the following methods:

  • Farm Stand Voucher Program

  • Bar Harbor Farmers Market Voucher Program

  • Harvest Delivery (for community members who are unable to transport themselves to the farm stand or farmers market)

  • MDI Food Access Project’s Good Food Box: www.opentablemdi.org/mdi-food-access-project

If you have questions about the program, please call 207-801-0135 or email sharetheharvest@coa.edu. Learn more at www.coa.edu/farms/beech-hill-farm/share-the-harvest/sth-application/ 

POSTTracey CarlsonCE, HFFA, SB, HPM, AHE