Maine has incredible nature and amazing food. But, what happens when we merge the two? An amazing four-course dinner under the stars is what happens! Welcome to an incredible evening of locally sourced food and drink, complete with music and pretty much in the middle of nowhere!
Pineland Farms, located in the hills of New Gloucester, is a 5,000-acre working farm.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook It also acts as a business campus and educational and recreational venue.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
The farms’ mission is to “provide a productive and educational venue that enriches the community by demonstrating responsible farming techniques, offering educational opportunities and encouraging a healthy lifestyle through recreation.”
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook And, if you’re like us, a favorite recreation is eating!
That’s where Graze comes in!
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook Graze at Pineland Farms is an ongoing dinner event that features a variety of local growers and producers.
These dinners are Maine’s only farm-to-table dining event working to highlight the importance of recognizing and preserving community heritage, the farm, and other local producers.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
Dinners at Pineland (the winter version is elsewhere) take place throughout the summer and fall and include dinner outside with the farmers and chefs who were a part of the creating the meal.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
Dinners are buffet style and allow guests to enjoy food raised, planted, nurtured and harvested within minutes of the table.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook Anything not available on the farm itself is sourced from nearby, local growers and businesses. This includes wine, beer and liquor as well!
Dinner also come with live music.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
Each event is paired with the perfect wine and comes with some fun, “agri-tainment” for those who love the farm life.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
Meals are also served with complimentary “farm fresh” cocktails before dinner.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
You’ll then enjoy a four course family style dinner served under a tent just across from Pineland’s English Gardens.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
The goal of these experiential dinners is to “strengthen local communities and economies, and to create new and sustainable income streams for local and family farmers, as well as craft beer, spirit and wine producers.”
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
For more information on these events, as well as how to take part in the winter months click here.
Graze at Pineland Farms / Facebook
It also acts as a business campus and educational and recreational venue.
And, if you’re like us, a favorite recreation is eating!
Graze at Pineland Farms is an ongoing dinner event that features a variety of local growers and producers.
Anything not available on the farm itself is sourced from nearby, local growers and businesses. This includes wine, beer and liquor as well!
One of our other favorite middle-of-nowhere spots is The Lost Kitchen. Learn more about it by clicking here.
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