Editing Maine (section)

===Agriculture===

Maine was a center of agriculture before it achieved statehood. Prior to colonization, [[Wabanaki Confederacy|Wabanaki]] nations farmed large crops of corn and other produce in southern Maine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2020/02/16/colony-chapter-i-dawnland/|title=Colony, Chapter I: Dawnland|last=Woodard|first=Colin|date=February 16, 2020|website=Press Herald|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>

Maine was a center of grain production in the 1800s, until grain production moved westward. However, in the early 2000s the local food movement spurred renewed interested in locally grown grains. In 2007, the Kneading Conference was founded. In, 2012, the [[Skowhegan, Maine|Skowhegan]] grist mill Maine Grains opened.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brozek|first=Kathy O.|date=November 19, 2014|title=An artisan grain industry takes root in Maine|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/19/maine-local-food-farming-grains|access-date=April 6, 2022|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wu|first=Tim|date=July 24, 2020|title=Opinion {{!}} That Flour You Bought Could Be the Future of the U.S. Economy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/opinion/us-grain-industry.html|access-date=April 6, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The revival of grain farming and milling in Maine has led to the creation of other businesses, including bakeries and malthouses.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 28, 2021|title=A Grainshed Rises in the Northeast|url=https://modernfarmer.com/2021/02/a-grainshed-rises-in-the-northeast/|access-date=April 6, 2022|website=Modern Farmer|language=en-US}}</ref>

Maine has many vegetable farms and other small, diversified farms. In the 1960s and 1970s, the book "[[Living the Good Life]]" by [[Helen Nearing]] and [[Scott Nearing]] caused many young people to move to Maine and engage in small-scale farming and homesteading. These [[Back-to-the-land movement|back-to-the-land]] migrants increased the population of some counties.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Curtis|first=Abigail|date=April 1, 2014|title=The Good Life: The movement that changed Maine|url=http://external.bangordailynews.com/projects/2014/04/goodlife|access-date=April 20, 2020|website=Bangor Daily News}}</ref>

Maine is home to the [[Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association]] and had 535 certified organic farms in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Staff|url=https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/report-maines-organic-farms-encompass-less-acreage-but-yield-higher-sales|title=Report: Maine's organic farms encompass less acreage, but yield higher sales|date=April 30, 2019|work=Maine Biz|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>