Seventeen years ago, Aaron Bell returned home after finishing college to work the land at his family’s farm in eastern Maine. Wanting to move the property in a more ecologically friendly direction, he and his wife, Carly DelSignore, successfully converted Tide Mill Organic Farm to organic, locally sourced production. Today they grow vegetables and raise dairy cows, pigs, and chickens on 1,600 acres perched along Maine’s rocky coast. But when Bell, an eighth-generation farmer, applied for…

To read this article and start a full year of unlimited online access, subscribe now!

Already a subscriber?

Need to register for your premium online access,
which is included with your paid subscription?

Support SSIR’s coverage of cross-sector solutions to global challenges. 
Help us further the reach of innovative ideas. Donate today.

Read more stories by Kristine Wong.