Farming hemp is legal under state and federal law, but many in the banking and insurance industries still consider it too hot to handle.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Cultivating Community gets more than $630K for farm programs
PORTLAND — Cultivating Community on Elm Street has been awarded two federal grants to help refugee and immigrant farmers in Maine. A $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be used to build refugee agriculture in Maine and a $537,604 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be used […]
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
New credit union for Maine food producers opens for business
Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union promises to offer a previously unavailable source of financing for the state’s small farms and food businesses.
Posted inBusiness, Food
As interest in local apples soars, so does passion for good cider
Good cider is often compared to good wine. As Maine cider makers diversify their product and celebrate the flavor and variety of local apples, could our state become the Napa of hard cider?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: No, small family farms should not ‘go out’
Comments by the secretary of agriculture show who has the power in setting farming policy.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
Maine’s first pick-your-own hemp field opens in Whitefield
About 50 people flock to Sheepscot General Farm, believed to be only the second publicly accessible hemp field in the U.S., on the first of 4 days of picking for consumers looking for plants to turn into CBD lotions and tinctures.
Posted inFood, Maine
Ready, set, bake! Fairs give home cooks a chance to get creative
Several who regularly enter the food contests at the Cumberland County Fair and the Fryeburg Fair share their experiences.
Posted inMaine
Implementation grant to help Emery Farm expand
Wayne farm will use $48,000 grant to purchase high tunnels, extend growing season.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine organic dairy farms losing out with livestock rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture should act now to protect the integrity of the certification process.
Posted inBusiness
Maine credit union for food producers receives federal charter
Unity-based Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union will offer business loans to small farms, farmers and other food producers.