KENNEBEC JOURNAL • March 20, 2022
Johanna and Adam, owners and operators of Songbird Farm, discovered their water, soil, produce, and their blood tested high in PFAS chemicals. Biosolids (sludge from municipal and industrial waste) were spread on their land about 20 years before they purchased the farm. Tests for their well water came back at 400 times the state recommended limit. Tomatoes and spinach are their most profitable crop and they are contaminated. Their goal as farmers is to produce food that is beneficial to eat. How can they sell food if it is contaminated? The state promoted and licensed the spreading of biosolids. Now the state needs to help or these farms will go out of business. ~ Jill and Zachary Davis, Damariscotta