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Agriculture
Mars Hill potato farmer chosen for nat'l ad campaign
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.
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UNE grant for digital tree inventory may help train future 'urban foresters'
June 8, 2021Maine's largest private university said it received a $23,000 grant from the Maine Forest Service to conduct a digital inventory that will later be used for teaching.
June 8, 2021
After 14 years, Whole Foods is coming to the Maine market again, sorta
Updated: May 24, 2021A new branch of the upscale grocer is opening in June, five minutes from Kittery. Mainebiz takes a look at what that could mean for the state — and why it's been left out in the market mania.
Updated: May 24, 2021
Portland-based Forager raises $4M to expand tech-enabled local food sales channels
May 17, 2021The latest round of funding will help the company build sales channels and further develop its app, which connects local food producers and sellers.
May 17, 2021
Maine Small Business Development Centers are providing big-time support
Updated: May 17, 2021When the pandemic hit, the Maine SBDC, part of the U.S. Small Business Administration, responded. Nearly 3,000 businesses in the state received free advising and other services, double the 2019 total.
Updated: May 17, 2021Maine agribusinesses can get free equipment to handle SNAP sales
May 10, 2021The state’s Farm Food Access Program provides reimbursement for the equipment, helping agribusinesses easily sell to the roughly one in eight Mainers who receive federal SNAP benefits.
May 10, 2021
Common Ground Country Fair will be in-person — if volunteers step up
Updated: May 10, 2021The Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association's September fair, which draws as many as 60,000 attendees to the organization's Unity fairgrounds, will be a live event, provided it can muster 2,000 volunteers to help out.
Updated: May 10, 2021
Bank, environmental group partner to plant orchard at Ecology School in Saco
May 3, 2021Fruit trees and nut shrubs will form an educational orchard that fits the environmental school’s overall mission.
May 3, 2021
Climate change may hurt Maine's wild blueberry industry, but growers can lessen the risk
Updated: April 27, 2021Growers will need to be prepared for future warming and water loss as the climate warms, according to a new study. Strategies could include irrigation, soil amendments, predictive production models and remote sensing techniques.
Updated: April 27, 2021
Four Maine farms receive $200K in grants to scale up wholesale operations
April 26, 2021The funding, to be matched by the recipients own money, will pay for equipment, infrastructure and other necessities to increase the farms' sales to wholesalers.
April 26, 2021
Lisbon aquaponics farm is expanding faster than greenhouse lettuce
April 21, 2021Springworks Farm, which uses aquaponics to grow greens that are sold to Hannaford, Whole Foods, and others, will triple its output once a 40,000-square-foot greenhouse is completed next month, and plans four more greenhouses in the next five years.
April 21, 2021
Maine grocers look to cut food waste, but so far progress is a mixed bag
Updated: April 27, 2021Hannaford Supermarkets has attracted attention for its efforts to reduce food waste, but other major grocers are trying to do the same — sometimes with mixed results.
Updated: April 27, 2021
Food services giant Sodexo says it will spend $1M in Maine this year
Updated: April 13, 2021The French food services and facilities management company, which employs 760 people in Maine, aims to get back on track to pre-pandemic spending levels statewide.
Updated: April 13, 2021
After devastating fire, Aroostook pellet maker adds automation, grows capacity
April 6, 2021A year-long rebuild followed by restoring the customer and supplier base positioned the company to weather the pandemic with installation of automated machinery that doubled production.
April 6, 2021
MOFGA launches diversity, equity training for agricultural service providers
April 2, 2021A training program running through September 2024 will support the the industry's understanding of how to make Maine farming more equitable for its increasingly diverse producers.
April 2, 2021
FocusMaine results report shows growth in targeted industries, even through pandemic
April 1, 2021During the pandemic, Maine’s food, beverage and aquaculture businesses developed innovative products and opened new sales channels, while the life sciences industry helped speed virus detection and vaccine development, according to a new report.
April 1, 2021
'We're ready' is maple producers' rallying cry as Maine Maple Sunday approaches
March 8, 2021Traditionally held the fourth weekend of March, last year's maple celebration was shut down as the COVID-19 pandemic spread. This year's event is set for March 27-28, with guidelines in place to protect participants' health.
March 8, 2021
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