Maine buys second PFAS-contaminated farm

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 22, 2026

The state has bought a second farm poisoned by forever chemicals, acquiring a 45-acre property in Unity abandoned by its owners after they discovered their water, fields, produce, and even their blood were saturated by dangerous toxins. Adam Nordell and Johanna Davis grew organic vegetables at Songbird Farm for almost eight years before they learned a previous owner had spread sewage sludge-based fertilizer on the fields decades ago. At the time, the state encouraged it; no one knew it was dangerous. After going public five years ago, Songbird became the public face of Maine’s forever chemical crisis. The couple closed the farm and began looking for a way they could move their family off of the contaminated parcel and begin seeking medical treatment.