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COVER STORY
Nature's Circle Farm
Organic potato
farming in
the American
Northeast
Matt Hannon
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A
roostook County, Maine's
northernmost county along the
Canadian border, was once the
largest potato growing region in the
United States, and history has it that
schools wouldn't open until the children
had harvested the fields. Decades later,
marketing has led to the region being
known mainly for its blueberry and
lobster industries, but operations such as
Nature's Circle Farm are staying true to
the county's potato heritage and thriving
during the return of the crop's popularity.
Located in New Limerick, Nature's
Circle Farm has come a long way since
its humble beginnings as a roadside
fruit stand in Aroostook County.
In 1997, Meg York's father, a seventhgeneration
farmer, decided to begin
experimenting with growing organic
crops on a plot of land that hadn't been
in production for 40 years, though
it had previously been farmed by the
family's ancestors. Of 120 available
acres, he and his son started with two
acres and sold the organic produce
through community-supported
See Nature's Circle, Page 16
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Spudman * January 2023
Owners of Nature's Circle Farm Nicholas Fitzpatrick, manager, with his three
children, Meg York, center, and Dick York, right, founder and majority owner.
Photos: Nature's Circle Farm

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