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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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Grants promote year-round produce sales
January 21, 2013On the kind of cold December day that usually finds farmers looking at seed catalogs and dreaming of spring, Ralph Turner is welcoming customers to his greenhouses at Laughing Stock Farm in Freeport.
January 21, 2013Maine farmers return to Monsanto case
January 10, 2013Four Maine farmers will argue their case against agriculture and biotechnology giant Monsanto today in a federal court in Washington, D.C., according to the
January 10, 2013Grant funds KVCC sustainable farming program
January 8, 2013Thanks to a $100,000 grant, Kennebec Valley Community College will offer the first two-year sustainable agriculture degree in the state.
January 8, 2013Maine's organic farming leader dies
December 10, 2012Russell Libby, until recently the leader of the country's largest state-level organic farmers organization, based in Maine, died Sunday at the age of 56 following a long battle with cancer.
December 10, 2012Feds to buy $16M in Maine blueberries
December 10, 2012The U.S. Department of Agriculture will give a $16 million boost to Maine's blueberry industry, buying the fruit for federal food programs.
December 10, 2012Growers' group gets appeal hearing in Monsanto case
November 26, 2012A Maine-based agriculture group will have another chance to bring crop seed giant Monsanto into court after its previous lawsuit was dismissed in 2011.
November 26, 2012
County farm fills East Coast's broccoli niche
November 12, 2012If you go into a supermarket anywhere east of the Mississippi River, odds are high the broccoli displayed in the fresh produce section came from Smith's Farm's fields in Aroostook County … or its fields in northeast Florida.
November 12, 2012Garelick to close Bangor production plant
October 31, 2012Garelick Farms will close its Bangor production facility and lay off 35 employees as the company consolidates those operations with facilities in Massachusetts and New York.
October 31, 2012Pineland Farms ups commissary distribution
October 26, 2012New Gloucester-based Pineland Farms has expanded distribution of its Maine cheese to nine more military commissaries across the country.
October 26, 2012Dole recall includes Maine salads
October 18, 2012A recall has been issued in 10 states for salads in a bag sold under the Dole American Blend label, including Maine, after the discovery of a possible health risk from listeria monocytogenes.
October 18, 2012Maine spud harvest: High quality, but average yield
October 15, 2012With 85% of Maine potatoes harvested, farmers are expecting an average yield and good-quality spuds from Maine's 59,000 acres of potato cropland.
October 15, 2012Rising costs hit Maine's dairy farmers
October 1, 2012Maine dairy farmers are falling on hard times due to high grain prices, bad weather and rising fuel costs.
October 1, 2012New fruit fly worries berry growers
September 26, 2012Researchers are battling the influx of a new type of fruit fly that Maine blueberry growers and others are worried could hit the industry hard.
September 26, 2012
Scarborough rezoning opens door for marine-related businesses
September 17, 2012A zoning change in Scarborough's Pine Point neighborhood will place a renewed emphasis on marine-related businesses as the town moves forward with a comprehensive development plan six years in the making.
September 17, 2012Potato farmers strain with no rain
September 4, 2012Maine potato farmers are facing growing pains after two summer months with little rain and sharply decreased demand for red table potatoes.
September 4, 2012Pineland Farm cheese headed to national chain
August 24, 2012Pineland Farms Creamery of New Gloucester has signed a contract to sell its cheese through Kroger, the country's largest grocery store chain.
August 24, 2012
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