The Carters

A descendant of the founder of the farm at 758 Intervale Road and Bethel’s first doctor, Dr. Timothy Carter, John Carter has been farming since he could walk. He started out tending to the chickens, learned to drive a tractor by age ten, and before he knew it he was running the largest rotational grazing dairy farm in Maine. He is taking the farm into the twenty-first century while preserving it’s traditional functions and family values for future generations.

John’s worked as a rancher in Australia through a farming exchange program, but has otherwise not strayed far from the farm in Bethel. Whether around town or at the farmers markets he enjoys a good conversation – but you won’t tie him down for long before he’s on the go and back to work on the farm. John is a skilled cook and horseback rider, who enjoys the recreational activities of the western Maine mountains.

John is a proud father of two beautiful girls, Ella and Adelaide, whose smiles and giggles light up life at the farm. They represent the eighth generation of Carters on this land.