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Sens. Brenner, Reny welcome the release of revised Maine Climate Plan
AUGUSTA — On Thursday, November 21, Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough and Sen. Cameron Reny joined state and local leaders for the unveiling of the updated Maine Climate Council’s Maine Won’t Wait Plan at Morse High School in Bath. The event highlighted the City of Bath’s work on...
Sen. Brenner celebrates reappointment of Owen McCarthy of Gorham to the University Of Maine System Board Of Trustees
AUGUSTA — On Thursday, October 10, the Maine State Senate voted to confirm the appointment of Owen McCarthy of Gorham to the University of Maine System Board Of Trustees. “I was proud to confirm Owen McCarthy to the Board of Trustees,” said Sen. Brenner. “As a proud mother of a...
Sen. Stacy Brenner is an organic farmer and small business owner who co-founded and now operates Broadturn Farm in Scarborough. Sen. Brenner is a graduate of the University of Arizona, where she studied agriculture and plant sciences. She holds two nursing degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She spent her early working career as a nurse-midwife. She works part time for Maine Farmland Trust as the Senior Advisor for Land Access.
In 2002, Stacy and her husband, John, moved to Maine to become first-generation farmers. In 2006, Stacy and John opened Broadturn Farm, which produces cut flowers and organic vegetables and hosts weddings. The farm is a thriving example of economic development on farmland protected with an agricultural easement funded by the Land for Maine’s Future program.
Stacy and her husband have two daughters: Florence, 17, who is a high school senior and Emma, 27, who is a nurse at Maine Medical Center and an active organizer in the nurse’s union.
Stacy is in her second term in the Maine State Senate. She is the Senate chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee as well as the Chair of the PFAS Fund Advisory Committee. She is the Senate appointee to the Maine Climate Council. She spends her legislative time focused on issues related to the climate and the clean energy transition, agriculture, and PFAS contamination.