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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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In tight industrial market, even unlisted properties sell
June 18, 2017A 42,000-square-foot warehouse/storage building, at 360 Civic Center Drive in Augusta, was never listed.
June 18, 2017Medical marijuana advocates oppose inspection proposal
June 15, 2017Medical marijuana caregivers spoke against a proposed Department of Health and Human Services rule that would give state enforcement agents the right to do unannounced inspections if they receive a complaint of a possible violation.
June 15, 2017
Maine Food Insider: Allagash ups the ante to stoke brewers into buying more local grain
June 14, 2017Portland's Allagash Brewing Co., which last week pledged to buy one million pounds per year of Maine-grown grains by 2021, in a sense challenged other craft brewers in the state to buy more ingredients grown in their own backyard.
June 14, 2017
Maine's blueberry farmers could be imperiled
June 12, 2017The low price of Maine wild blueberries may drive some growers out of business.
June 12, 2017
Backyard Farms sold to Canada's Mastronardi Produce
June 9, 2017Hydroponic tomato grower Backyard Farms, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in February, was sold to Mastronardi Produce Ltd., of Kingsville, Ontario, for an undisclosed amount.
June 9, 2017New Belfast farmers market draws 2,000 for opening
June 6, 2017The new United Farmers Market of Maine in Belfast drew 2,000 people for its opening.
June 6, 2017Former meat plant in Androscoggin County to become cannabis operation
May 30, 2017The former Town & Country Foods meat operation in Greene was listed on Instagram and sold within three days to a medical marijuana grower.
May 30, 2017
Farm-surplus startup wins UMaine Business Challenge
May 30, 2017[Re]Produce, a sustainable farm-surplus startup created by College of the Atlantic students Anita van Dam '19 and Grace Burchard '17, won the sixth annual University of Maine Business Challenge, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize.
May 30, 2017Bill reintroduced to help small farms process meat
May 26, 2017A federal bill initially introduced in 2015 is being reintroduced to allow small farms to slaughter animals on a custom basis, helping them by cutting some federal regulations.
May 26, 2017Pineland Farms buying former Grants Dairy
May 26, 2017Maine's largest cheesemaker plans to consolidate its cheese production operations at the former Grants Dairy in Bangor, creating up to 50 jobs.
May 26, 2017Circle B Farms named UMaine food aggregator
May 24, 2017Circle B Farms in Caribou was recently named the University of Maine system's food aggregator for northern Maine.
May 24, 2017Federal grant to help beekeepers and maple producers find their 'sweet spot'
May 19, 2017A $498,462 grant will support research at the University of Maine that has a goal of helping beekeepers and maple syrup producers find their “sweet spot.”
May 19, 2017Genetically engineered potatoes approved for Maine farms
May 15, 2017Three types of genetically engineered potatoes developed by Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. were recently approved for use in Maine.
May 15, 2017
Effort underway to save Maine's top maple sugar plantation
May 15, 2017If Big Six Forest, a maple tree plantation located in Somerset County and said to produce around 25% of Maine's total maple syrup production, doesn't receive a conservation easement, owner Paul Fortin has plans to cut it down.
May 15, 2017
Sales lagging for Maine's medical marijuana dispensaries
May 12, 2017Maine's eight medical marijuana dispensaries reported their 2016 sales grew by 5.3%, slowing considerably from 46% growth reported a year earlier.
May 12, 2017
Maine wild blueberries will be in schools in eight more states
May 10, 2017The Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine's 2017 initiative to get more public school systems to offer wild blueberries to their students is quickly — and literally — gaining new ground.
May 10, 2017
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