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Darrell McCrum, co-owner of the largest potato farm in Maine, was in New York City this week as part of a national Frito Lay ad campaign.
A meat processing facility, assistance for indigenous business owners and replacement of outdated trail-grooming equipment are among the projects receiving grants, which are expected to create or save over 100 jobs in rural Maine.
The founder started in filmmaking, invented Wi-Fi monitors for beehives and helped develop computer-vision technology for greenhouse monitoring. Now he and his team have a labor-saving prototype robot that can weed farm fields.
Danone S.A., based in France, will end its buying arrangements with 79 organic dairies in the Northeast — including 14 contracted farms in Maine.
Small Business Administration funds could help farm-related business in nine Maine counties that have suffered financial losses as a result of the drought, which has been in effect for two months despite July's rainy weather.
The new president and CEO of Maine Farmland Trust took the reins Monday, at a time when the state's farmland is changing due to a new state climate action plan, new federal legislation and a generational farmland transfer underway.
The company, perhaps best known for its R.H. Foster fueling stations and fuel trucks, will install two 6,500-gallon biodiesel storage tanks in Hampden to allow more biofuel sales.
After 20 fallow years and then help from the Holden Land Trust and Maine Farmland Trust, a mid-19th-century farm in Holden has new owners who are rapidly bringing the operation back to life.
A joint initiative of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, several of the state's community colleges and industry partners, the certificate program is training dozens of students at a time — and saving logging businesses money.
The $150 million overhaul of a Louisiana-Pacific mill near Houlton will mean more wood materials for home builders. The project, which broke ground in June, will also mean jobs and business for the region's forest products industry.
The competition identifies promising technologies to help address the climate and Maine’s clean energy goals. Companies in Biddeford and Wiscasset were each awarded $250,000.
In Westbrook, the Vertical Harvest indoor agriculture site now under construction may mirror the company's original site in Jackson, Wyo. At Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley, work is beginning on that resort's Mid-Mountain Lodge.
If Maine’s forest industry is to continue its growth, thousands of new workers will be needed over the next 15 years to replace retiring ones. Recommendations include marketing the jobs to more high school students and out-of-state workers.
There have been both significant income losses and some gains, and farmers are having to use more creativity and collaboration in marketing their products.
A bipartisan resolution unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, co-sponsored by Maine's two senators, recognizes the importance of the blueberry industry to the United States and its $4.7 billion annual economic impact.
Many Maine logging contractors reported a 30% to 40% reduction in wood markets last year, resulting in revenue losses, layoffs, loss of clients and reduced productivity. New relief payments will will make up for some of the damage.
Vertical Harvest will use $45 million in conduit bond financing to help finance its planned indoor farm in Westbrook, while MedRhythms has been approved for New Market tax credits that will be used for product commercialization.
The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.
The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $19 per hour by 2028. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)
The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour.
While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins.
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