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agriculture

Published
January 24, 2024

Maine eyes rule change to make it easier to grow food in urban areas

Lawmakers consider greenlighting more low-cost hoop houses to cultivate food.
Published
January 19, 2024

Solar development in central Maine may open up greener pastures

Jefferson farmer and MSAD 11 teacher Michael Dennett is building his sheep grazing operation on agrivoltaics, the practice of using land for both agriculture and solar energy production.
Published
January 11, 2024

FocusMaine wins $6.9 million Alfond grant to expand food economy jobs

The statewide workforce development group founded in 2016 has provided assistance to more than 180 Maine-based businesses in agriculture, aquaculture and biopharmaceuticals.
Published
October 22, 2023

Gray weather can’t dampen autumn cheer at Pumpkin Valley Farm

Pumpkin Valley Farm in Dayton is one of many 'agritourism' spots in Southern Maine that offer visitors a festive taste of the farm life.
Published
October 15, 2023

Betting on broccoli to boost Maine’s farming economy and food availability

Good Shepherd Food Bank has launched an innovative company that makes it the first among 200 food banks nationwide to address hunger by investing in for-profit farming and processing.

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Published
October 6, 2023

Contaminated farm in Unity to become PFAS research site

Songbird Farm is one of a growing number of farms found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals from sludge fertilizer spread on fields, once a common, state-sanctioned practice.
Published
September 26, 2023

Fun on farm whole idea of fall festival in Falmouth

The Hurricane Meadows Fall Festival hopes to engage the community with agriculture, farmer and organizer Evan Putnam says.
Published
September 23, 2023

Hundreds ride passenger trains to Common Ground Country Fair

The Belfast and Moosehead Lake railroad runs two trains to and from the fair, one from Thorndike and the other from Unity.
Published
July 11, 2023

Bill to improve farmworkers’ pay, conditions in Maine awaits action by Mills

L.D. 398 would legally define farmworkers as employees, making them eligible for the state minimum wage and protecting them from some overtime requirements.
Published
July 2, 2023

Heavy June rains dampen outlook for Maine’s harvest later this year

The unusually wet start to the summer has affected crop production in many ways, including potentially endangering Maine farmland.