BROADTURN FARM INC

Over the last 14 years, Broadturn Farm has gone from a vacant piece of farmland at the end of a traditional farming lineage to a revitalized community-centered organic farm with a novel approach to tenancy and ownership. John Bliss and Stacy Brenner cultivate more than 12 acres: five in flowers. and the rest in produce and cover crops. The farm's other 100 open acres are suitable for pasture and hay relative to the slope and drainage. The rest of the property is wooded. In 2004, the Scarborough Land Trust purchased and forever preserved the 434 acre Meserve Farm. In the fall of 2006, John Bliss and Stacy Brenner became tenants at the Farm, which they renamed Broadturn Farm. In 2010, the Land Trust and John and Stacy signed a unique 30-year lease. This is a grand experiment in farmland preservation and the development of a viable farm business.