Mark McBrine: ‘Seeds of Change’, the award winning documentary will be shown at the GLC followed by a discussion and presentation by Mark McBrine. The documentary chronicles Mark’s nationally recognized efforts to transform the lives of inmates at the prison at Charleston in Maine through organic agriculture. Mark, an organic farmer and food service director, will bring his powerful and transformative story to the GLC.

Mark is in his 15th year as a Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) employee, working the past 9 years developing a “Farm to Table” Food Service Program at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, Maine. He and his team created an Intensive Organic Fruit and Vegetable Production Program while serving as the Food Service Manager of Mountain View’s Minimum and Medium Security Kitchens and Dining Rooms, as well as the Kitchen and Dining operations at the newly constructed Downeast Correctional Facility in Bucks Harbor, Maine.

His leadership in these areas have earned his team national recognition from organizations like Impact Justice and The Vera Institute, as well as positive coverage in the Portland Press Herald, and the New York Times.

In the spring of 2025 Mark was selected for a new role as the Director of Farm to Table for the MDOC. In his new position, Mark will coordinate local purchasing, manage food processing efforts, assist with scratch cooking opportunities and lead the agricultural efforts at all MDOC Facilities.

Mark has been involved with both sides of the Farm to Institution supply chain, as a producer and as a purchaser. He and his wife own a 47-acre diversified farm and have been farming organically for more than 30 years and were active producers for schools and other institutions, farmers markets, CSAs, Senior Farm Shares and Food Cooperatives.