Black Kettle Farm is a 4 acre, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) Certified Organic, mixed vegetable farm. Perched on a hilltop in Lyman, Maine, Black Kettle Farm, with open fields, rocky soils and plenty of sunshine, grows over 30 different crops and hundreds of varieties to reflect the ever shifting flavors, rhythms and colors of the season.

Since 2009, Black Kettle Farm has grown veggies for farmer’s market, restaurants, CSA, local farm stores, the Maine Senior Farm Share and for the York County Shelter. After investigating all these outlets, the farm now focuses on the model for growing food and connecting with community members that most aligns with it’s outlook and intentions, CSA, Community Supported Agriculture.

At Black Kettle Farm, are we grateful to be stewards of this land, and do our best to contribute to the health and well-being of the soil, habitat and surrounding ecology of the area. We honor the experience of sharing space with birds, worms, foxes, deer, bees, and the occasional ground hog, and strive to collaborate and incorporate the farm with these interconnected systems.

In 2021, the Maine Farmland Trust established an Agricultural Conservation Easement at Black Kettle, ensuring that the farm will remain in active farmland and free from development pressure for future generations.


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Laura Neale

owner/manager/triple Aquarius

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Thank you, Maine Farmland Trust!

Black Kettle Farm was founded in 2009 by Laura Neale.

Laura kicked off her farming career through a MOFGA apprenticeship in 1996 and has been working in organic agriculture ever since. A native New Yorker, a long time resident of Northern California and a life long lover of Maine, Laura’s favorite vegetables are sweet peppers, kale and carrots. She likes to ride her bike, swim in the ocean, eat street food in foreign countries, talk about her cats and grow cut flowers just for fun.

Laura can tell you at least 5 different ways to prepare and enjoy every vegetable that she grows. Just ask!

These days you can find Laura farming with the good folks at Liberation Farms and the Somali Bantu Community Association.