PORTLAND — Tomatoes and vodka, anyone?

How is it possible to grow tomatoes year-round on 42 acres in Madison? What do potato farms and vodka have in common? What do farms have to do with economic development?

Join the Maine Real Estate & Development Association, Green Thumb Farms and Backyard Farms for breakfast at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester on Oct. 16, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., for answers to these questions and others.

To register and for more information, visit www.mereda.org.