Jordans Farm to take over Maxwells strawberry fields in Cape Elizabeth [Video]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Jordan’s Farm will take over the pick-your-own strawberry fields formerly tended by Maxwell’s Farm on Bowery Beach Road.

Lois and Bill Bamford announced last July that the 2024 fruit-fly damaged season would be their last after growing strawberries for 51 years.

The Jordans posted on social media this week that they will not only offer pick-your-own strawberries in their fields on Wells Road but also in the Bowery Beach Road fields previously tended by the Bamfords.

“Fingers crossed it will be a great season,” Penny Jordan, a farm co-owner and town councilor, said Wednesday.

Jordan’s Farm has taken over Maxwell’s lease on an 18-acre parcel off Route 77 that’s owned by the Sprague Corp., Jordan said. The Bamfords also previously farmed 24 acres on Two Lights Road that’s owned by Lois (Maxwell) Bamford.

“Maxwell’s built a legacy of strawberry picking in Cape Elizabeth and people really love it,” Jordan said. “We saw this as …