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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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A new Maine-grown potato hits New England supermarket shelves
November 16, 2018The Caribou Russet potato, developed by the University of Maine, is now available in more stores throughout New England.
November 16, 2018
Dirigo Food Safety, Unity College win innovation challenge
November 16, 2018Dirigo Food Safety of Yarmouth and a team from Unity College won top honors in the 2018 New England Food System Innovation Challenge, held at Saint Joseph's College in Standish last weekend.
November 16, 2018
Maine ‘specialty crop’ producers get competitive boost from $538K USDA grant
November 12, 2018Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry announced Friday that Maine has received $538,073 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program to invest in nine projects, including several working to
November 12, 2018
Saint Joseph's College to host N.E. Food System Innovation Challenge
November 1, 2018As part of the effort to contribute solutions to the challenges facing New England's food system, Saint Joseph's College will host the 2018 New England Food System Innovation Challenge featuring cash prizes and professional services.
November 1, 2018
$1M gift establishes first-ever endowed agriculture faculty chair at UMPI
October 25, 2018With the stroke of a pen, officials with the University of Maine at Presque Isle received a gift of $1 million from benefactor Mary Barton Akeley Smith to establish the first-ever endowed chair in its history.
October 25, 2018
Levant orchard’s corn maze wins USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Award
October 19, 2018Treworgy Family Orchards in Levant has been named “Best Corn Maze in America” in this year's USA Today 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards.
October 19, 2018
First-ever credit union devoted to farmers and food producers achieves funding goal
October 16, 2018Maine Harvest Credit Project has reached its $2.4 million fundraising goal, calling it a critical milestone in becoming Maine's 56th credit union and the country's first-ever to lend exclusively to farmers and food entrepreneurs.
October 16, 2018Rural counties will receive energy grants from USDA
September 24, 2018U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced that nine rural Maine businesses received a total of $431,725 in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program.
September 24, 2018
Blueberry growers squeezed by price drop, bad weather
September 5, 2018Maine's blueberry industry continues to deal with price drops, unaccommodating weather, diseases, foreign competition and reduced crop size.
September 5, 2018Labor shortage hits Maine farms
August 30, 2018A shortage of farmhands is making it tough for farmers to get their crops harvested.
August 30, 2018
Farm-to-table pioneer helps Saint Joseph's College grow Maine's food economy
August 27, 2018Farm by farm, chef Mary Paine creates her menu. It's the favorite part of her job creating the summerlong series of Farm-to-Table dinners at Saint Joseph's College's historic Stone Barn that can accommodate up to 250 guests in its dining hall and
August 27, 2018
Maine farmers' markets buck national trend, officials say
August 24, 2018Maine's farmers' markets appear to be bucking a national trend of lower participation, according to research by the Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets.
August 24, 2018
Maine Farm Days offers no-frills agricultural experience on Clinton dairy farm
August 20, 2018Tucked into Maine's agricultural fair season is Maine Farm Days, a two-day symposium at a dairy farm in Clinton that pares things down to the agricultural basics.
August 20, 2018Northern Maine Medical Center teams with local farms
August 3, 2018The Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent is stepping up its initiative to partner with local farms to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to patients.
August 3, 2018
Livermore's Berry Fruit Farm opening Livermore Falls store
July 31, 2018The owners plan to sell products and produce from their farm as well as other good produced in western Maine at the store on Main Street, which was most recently a real estate office.
July 31, 2018
Trade war update: Blueberry exports lag, King urges aid for lobster industry
July 26, 2018Maine growers of wild blueberries are seeing signs that an escalating trade war could hurt this year's exports to China, which imposed new duties on a host of imported U.S. products starting July 6 in retaliation for President Trump's tariff hikes
July 26, 2018
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