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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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Portland Food Co-op tops membership goal
December 29, 2014The Portland Food Co-op has exceeded its 2,500-member, year-end goal, just a few weeks after officially opening its doors in early December.
December 29, 2014New Maine credit union to focus on small farms
December 15, 2014Two finance professionals are planning to launch the Maine Harvest Credit Union, a credit union that will focus on helping small farms buy land and equipment.
December 15, 2014Feds give $97K to Gorham farm
December 9, 2014Plowshares Community Farm in Gorham is receiving a $97,000 federal grant to boost local food production.
December 9, 2014
Down East producer of Kelp Krunch and Dulse seaweed products plans $1.5M expansion
November 17, 2014A Down East company that turns sea vegetables into tasty treats is expanding.By May, Maine Coast Sea Vegetables plans to move from Franklin to Hancock, into twice the space with better access to transportation.
November 17, 2014
Portland Food Co-op membership tops 2,000
November 13, 2014Membership in the Portland Food Co-op is nudging toward 2,100, exceeding earlier predi
November 13, 2014Investor aids with opening of Gardiner Co-op
November 13, 2014A group’s plan to open a cooperative grocery store in Gardiner is moving forward after announcing that an angel investor will purchase a downtown building to house the co-op.
November 13, 2014Feds sue Maine farm over sexual harassment
October 22, 2014A farm in Lincoln County is being sued by the federal government over allegations that men were allowed to sexually harass female workers and that it enabled a hostile working environment.
October 22, 2014
Author Mary Quinn Doyle documents the changes in Maine's farms and their economic importance
October 20, 2014Walking amid the Holstein cows at Benson Farm in Gorham, writer and photographer Mary Quinn Doyle seems at home, petting a calf while scoping out the dairy and composting operations. And it's no wonder.
October 20, 2014
Portland Food Co-op to open soon
October 16, 2014The Portland Food Co-op in the India Street neighborhood is expected to open its 5,000-square-foot storefront within the next few weeks.
October 16, 2014Maine gets funds to develop hops industry
October 10, 2014A new federal grant will support 10 agricultural initiatives in Maine, including one that aims to develop a hops industry that would support the state's growing craft beer industry.
October 10, 2014Feds give $1.2M to boost Maine food production
September 30, 2014Organizers running food production efforts across the state are receiving $1.25 million in federal funds, in part to expand access to healthy food in rural areas.
September 30, 2014Maine development organizations to get $1.1M
September 25, 2014Two Maine economic development organizations will receive more than $1.1 million in federal funds to help assist local businesses and create new jobs in their regions.
September 25, 2014
Know your farmer: Locally sourced food trend buoys Maine farms
September 8, 2014There's a road down the middle of Nezinscot Farm in Turner. On one side sits the state's first organic dairy dating from 1993, which sells wholesale to the Organic Valley cooperative and pulls in upwards of 65% of the farm's income.
September 8, 2014Good Will-Hinckley's president takes job at UMaine Augusta
September 3, 2014Glenn Cummings, president and executive director of Good Will-Hinckley and the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences since 2010, will be leaving that job to become interim president at the University of Maine at Augusta.
September 3, 2014
Pineland Farms Inc. tops $100 million with William Haggett at the helm
August 25, 2014William E. Haggett could have rested on his laurels when he retired from shipbuilding in 1997, and no one would have thought the worse of him.
August 25, 2014Feds give $471K to boost Maine food producers
August 20, 2014Five rural Maine food producers are receiving $471,571 in federal grants to increase production, create and retain jobs, boost marketing efforts and develop new products.
August 20, 2014
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