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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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Packed house for annual Maine farm show
January 23, 2017Tractors, harvesters, tillers and seeds filled the Augusta Civic Center Jan. 10-12 as the 76th annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show came to town, bringing in the most attendees and exhibitors ever.
January 23, 2017
Spud experts gather for northern Maine summit
January 18, 2017Potato producers, crop specialists and farmers will meet in Caribou Jan. 18-19 for an annual spud summit on one of Maine's top crops.
January 18, 2017Maine to fund blueberry promotion to U.S. schools
January 13, 2017The Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine received $50,000 in state funding to promote its school sales.
January 13, 2017State completes investigation of egg farm in Turner
January 12, 2017An investigation launched last June by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry into allegations of inhumane treatment of laying hens at a egg farm in Turner has been completed.
January 12, 2017Farm Credit awards $44,250 to support farm and forest products programs
January 10, 2017Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Program recently awarded $44,250 to 20 organizations in the Northeast to promote agriculture, support young and beginning farmer initiatives and fund agricultural youth programs.
January 10, 2017
Five on the Future
January 9, 2017Every year Mainebiz surveys five experts on what's ahead for the coming year. We've seen major changes in Washington, with President-elect Donald Trump taking office later this month.
January 9, 2017Counter-intuitive plan to save rare pig: Get more people to eat it
December 30, 2016Susan Frank, who owns Dogpatch Farm in rural Knox County town of Washington, is hoping to increase consumption of the rare American mulefoot hog that she raises in order to save the species.
December 30, 2016
MTI awards $1.2M to boost Maine's 'high-potential' clusters
December 21, 2016The Maine Technology Institute has issued four new awards from its Cluster Initiative Program totaling $1.2 million for collaborative projects that boost Maine's high-potential, technology-enabled clusters.
December 21, 2016Maine's dairy farmers seek 'fair marketplace'
December 16, 2016Maine dairy farmers say their industry in general could use help from Congress in their efforts to provide milk to customers in a fair marketplace.
December 16, 2016
Americans can give thanks to food price deflation this holiday
November 22, 2016Many Americans have another thing to be thankful for this upcoming Thanksgiving, as an extended stretch of nationwide food price deflation will have consumers paying less for their holiday meals than they have for decades.
November 22, 2016
Three companies represent Maine in Good Food Awards finals
November 16, 2016Two Maine-based coffee roasters and a Waterville-based apiary are among the 291 national finalists for the 2017 Good Food Awards.
November 16, 2016
Recreational marijuana opponents moving ahead with recount request
November 14, 2016Opponents against the legalization of recreational marijuana have acquired petition papers from the secretary of state's office and have begun collecting signatures as they look to request a recount of votes because the “unofficial” margin of votes
November 14, 2016Group weighs in on challenges of life in The County
November 9, 2016A lack of transportation infrastructure, limited access to goods and health care and difficulty crossing the Canadian border were among the concerns voiced by participants at focus group sessions held by the nonprofit Aroostook County Action Program.
November 9, 2016Recent showers help curb severe drought conditions
November 1, 2016The ongoing drought conditions that have been bad news for farmers and have brought groundwater to low levels have subsided slightly as the severe-to-extreme drought conditions that afflicted over a quarter of the state last week have been curbed to
November 1, 2016
As Maine's labor supply shrinks, its reliance on migrant workers grows
October 31, 2016According to the Maine Department of Labor, a 2012 U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service census says 125 Maine farms reported hiring 2,706 migrant workers; that's about 18% of Maine's hired farm labor workforce.
October 31, 2016
Project focused on new food economy aims to create Maine's 59th credit union
October 31, 2016The Maine Harvest Credit Project, which aims to create a specialized, socially responsible credit union focused on the new food economy in Maine, has raised $1.4 million, or about 60% of the money it needs from donors, to start what would be the
October 31, 2016
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