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Me, with our kid doe, “Lizzie”

I’m Jennifer and Dirigo Farm has been my dream to push along, but the whole family is part of it.

I love learning new skills and working outside at the ever-changing jobs involved with farming, and have so much respect for the lifelong farmers I’ve come to know. The ‘circle of life’ strategies of letting animals do the work fascinates me and I’m proud that we have so little waste on our farm — what we don’t eat, the chickens or goats do.

Rus building the horse shed

My husband Rus is a Maine Guide, loves to fish, hunt, keep a garden that feeds us 6 months of the year and fix cranky old farm equipment. He has retired from full-time off the farm, but still serves on numerous other boards and his support and hard work have made our “farm” dreams possible.

Finally a cutter! And now an old Ford baler and a 4-basket Tedder working to harvest our hay when it’s ready.

Rachel with newborn Nubian doelings

Rachel graduated from UMass and works at Facebook in San Francisco, but is a great cheerleader from afar. She makes it home to help with kidding and is ever available with words of encouragement, or breaking apart questions I’ve debated too long. Plus she nags about us not being able to get away.

Alden listening to the horse

Alden, now 21, has a gift for animals and is thoughtful about them in a way no one else is, but resists the concept strongly. While Rus and I work through the never-ending weekend chore list, Alden will reflect on a particular chicken or goat behavior that we fail to observe. He’s bartending until he finishes college at UMass and otherwise making the world a cheerier place with his colorful personality and I hope will come to appreciate growing up in a rural place.

Contact us at: dirigo.farm@gmail.com