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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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With more blueberry growers in the red, some are selling their barrens
December 12, 2017Although there was a slight turnaround this year in the price of blueberries, it wasn't enough to allow growers to make a profit. That's causing some growers to decide to sell their barrens,
December 12, 2017
Maine Food Insider: Waterville Winter Farmers Market finally finds a home
December 6, 2017It's taken three years of moving around, but Waterville's Downtown Winter Farmers Market is excited about the opportunities offered by its new "forever" home at the Alfond Youth Center.
December 6, 2017
Aroostook farm wins top potato award
December 1, 2017Wood Prairie Family Farm, an Aroostook County farm in Bridgewater, won a 2018 Green Thumb Award for a potato variety called The Organic Potato Plant Detective, named one of the two best new edible plant introductions in the United States by the
December 1, 2017
Maine Food Insider: State's cranberry industry striving to stay above water
November 22, 2017Maine's cranberry growers, like their counterparts nationally, are challenged by yields that are going down while demand hasn't gone up. New larger strains of the berry means processors also need fewer berries to make cranberry sauce and cranberry
November 22, 2017
USDA's $388K grant to fund UMaine's potato-breeding research
November 21, 2017The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $388,000 grant to the University of Maine at Orono to study potato breeding and improve quality and pest resistance in the eastern United States.
November 21, 2017
Maine’s wild blueberry harvest drops precipitously
November 13, 2017Preliminary industry figures show Maine's wild blueberry crop coming in at about 65 million pounds for 2017, well below last year's almost 102 million pounds.
November 13, 2017LMF board rejects $1.2M option to buy state's largest sugar maple plantation
November 10, 2017The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry didn't make the cut in its bid to acquire a $1.2 million conservation easement through its Land for Maine's Future program in order to protect the Big Six sugar maple plantation in
November 10, 2017'Ugly veggie' outlet boosts Maine farms
November 7, 2017The Farm Stand in South Portland's Knightville neighborhood is providing a new outlet for Maine farms by taking less-than-perfect vegetables and fruits and either transforming them into prepared meals for sale or selling them at a discount.
November 7, 2017Maine-invented machine could boost marijuana industry
November 6, 2017A mechanical “bud tugger” reduces the amount of time it takes to trim marijuana plants from hours to minutes. The innovation is seen as having a strong potential market among growers of medical marijuana.
November 6, 2017
Maine Food Insider: Garbage goes green
November 1, 2017The eco-focus that's helped spur the local food movement is also galvanizing the other end of the food chain: food waste disposal.
November 1, 2017
Maine Food Insider: State launches 'waste not, want not' surplus food program
October 25, 2017A $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping 10 Maine counties create a 21st century solution to the problem of getting unused food to the people who could use it.
October 25, 2017
Maine Food Insider: Awards highlight work of Maine grocers and food producers
October 18, 2017Snyder's-Lance of Saco, Ricker-Hill Orchards of Turner and Mark Kelley of Country Farms Markets of Washburn and Easton are being recognized today by the Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association at the annual “Food Means Business” summit in
October 18, 2017
New study highlights wild blueberry's benefits on children's brain function
October 16, 2017The Maine wild blueberry industry is hailing a new study that shows consuming a flavonoid-rich wild blueberry beverage may help a part of the brain that manages time and attention work more efficiently in children.
October 16, 2017
Maine's local food economy gets $1M boost from federal government
October 6, 2017Maine is getting more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support expanding the state's local food economy, including $500,000 to support the Portland Foodshed Project.
October 6, 2017
Maine Food Insider: No wonder we feel so smart eating Maine wild blueberries
October 4, 2017This year's meeting of the Wild Blueberry Health Research Summit drew 30 scientists, researchers and doctors who discussed the wild blueberry's role in improved health, ranging from brain health to cancer prevention.
October 4, 2017
Gov. LePage calls in Legislature for special session
October 2, 2017Gov. Paul R. LePage issued a proclamation Friday calling the full Legislature to Augusta for a special session on Oct. 23.
October 2, 2017
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