OUR FAMILY FARMS FOR YOU!

OUR FAMILY FARMS FOR YOU!

Spear's Farm began in 1933 when Wallace and Maude Spear moved to Nobleboro, seeking to "live off the land" during the Depression. What started with one cow and a few chickens evolved. By the 1980s, the farm grew its dairy herd and began selling vegetables, including sweet corn.

In 2009, a significant shift occurred: the milking herd was sold, and the farm focused on expanding vegetable production (now over 250 acres) while transitioning to raising its own beef cattle. Today, this family operation spans over 600 acres, offering high-quality produce and All-Natural beef, sold at two retail stands, farmers' markets, and wholesale.

     Spear’s Farms is a five generation family farm providing fresh fruits and vegetables daily to consumers in mid-coast Maine.

     We have been growing vegetables for the fresh market since the mid 1980’s, when the boys began selling sweet corn on a card table under the maple tree.

     We operate over 600 acres of farm land which includes 120 acres of corn silage, over 250 acres of mixed vegetables, including sweet corn, beans, winter squash, pumpkins and cut flowers.

     All of our tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, onions, eggplant and lettuces are started from seed each year in the middle of February and eventually transplanted outside or to one of our 15 hoop houses on the farm.

      Our Grandson, Kyle, assumed the role of starting all the seedlings after he graduated from college. We are delighted  having the younger generation working with us who does not hesitate to explore new techniques and ideas.

     Granddaughter, Eliza, works in the fields driving any tractor, no matter what size. She plows, harrows, rakes hay and stacks many bails on the wagons. She isn't afraid of anything the "guys do on the farm.

      In 2009 we made a business decision to sell our milking herd and concentrate on vegetables, raising 60 beef animals and utilize our free stall barn to board 150 cattle for other farmers.

     We grow all of our forages for the animals. Our goal is for our family farm, the backbone of our country's heritage, to thrive and survive for future generations.