Keeping Cape Farm Friendly

The Cape Farm Alliance, since its beginnings as the “Cape Elizabeth Farm Committee,” has been active in working with the Town of Cape Elizabeth to ensure that we stay as farm-friendly as possible.

What has the Cape Farm Alliance achieved so far?

In addition to being a general resource for town government and citizens on issues related to farming and agriculture, the Cape Farm Alliance was instrumental in drafting and promoting revisions to the local ordinance to ensure that Cape Elizabeth remained as farm-friendly as possible.   The changes moved through a public process over several months and were adopted unanimously in 2010.  For more information about this process, please contact us.

What are we working on now?

We continue to provide input whenever an agricultural issue is raised in town, sometimes proactively and sometimes upon request.  For example, we developed a position statement regarding roosters in Cape Elizabeth and several of our members are involved in town processes and committees related to land use and open space – The Future Open Space Preservation Committee is one example.  Find out more about their work.

Is there an issue that affects Cape Elizabeth’s farming and fishing future that we should be taking a look at?  Please let us know.