We are a small farm located in Hope, Maine. The 2025 season brings new stewardship to this beautiful 100-acre piece of land as Farmer Tom retires and Philip and Carmen take the reins.
We are also thrilled to announce the 2025 Hope’s Edge CSA season will run from June 19th through October 30th!
A Letter From the New Farmers, Philip and Carmen
Howdy,
We are grateful to have the opportunity to be continuing Farmer Tom’s legacy of working with the land at Hope’s Edge Farm. We are Carmen and Philip, two people passionate about regenerative agriculture and building a more resilient and sustainable food system. We are relocating from Southern Vermont where we ran an organic vegetable farm for the past four years. Our farm, though successful and bountiful, was scattered across different locations, anywhere we could find a few acres to lease. With the intention of farming in one spot and building a true relationship with the soil, we came across Hope’s Edge Farm.
Philip studied sustainable agriculture with a focus in permaculture at Green Mountain College, and ecological design at Ecosa. He has been working on organic veggie farms for over 11 years. Carmen grew up with an understanding of herbalism and the magic of plants and developed this in the past 3 years to create a small business selling herbal products. Her art can also be found at local stores and art markets. Bubba, our energetic Blue Heeler, mostly spends his time attempting to herd summer squash when not eating sugar snap peas off of the vine.
Our intention is to be stewards of Hope’s Edge Farm and the surrounding community, providing nutrient dense, regeneratively grown organic food. We believe that food is medicine, and it begins with our relationship to the soil. Our practices will include cover cropping, integrative pest management, never spraying synthetic herbicides or pesticides, and implementing a low to no till system. We plan to offer a 20 week CSA, attend Farmers Markets, and offer wholesale.
Our favorite veggies to grow are radicchio, ginger, turmeric and garlic, but you will also find all of your favorites in our CSA share or at the market. This year we will also be growing plants for our herbal products and teas, and will have decorative flowers bouquets available at the pick-up shed. We have attached a CSA flier if you are interested in eating our veggies this summer.
We are looking forward to feeding you and being a part of the community!
Hope to meet you this summer,
Carmen, Philip, and Bubba