New USDA data also show that 2022 was another strong year for Maine potato production, with 1.81 billion pounds harvested.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Sweeping changes proposed for poultry processing
Some 250,000 Americans are sickened every year from turkey and chicken meat.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Black farmers feeling left out of Florida’s medical marijuana system
None of the state’s 22 licenses issued so far have gone to Black farmers.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Drought persists as Maine has another month of well below average rainfall
Quick-hitting storms do little to change conditions on the ground, and more heat is in the forecast.
Posted inMaine
Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Uncategorized
FocusMaine appoints biotech advocacy leader as new president
The industry-funded workforce development group has chosen Dana O’Brien, a longtime biotech advocate, who will start June 15.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine lawmakers approve ban on pesticides containing PFAS by 2030
The legislation, which has divided the state’s farming community, was passed by the Senate on Monday after gaining approval in the House last week.
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Bill to ban sludge recycling and spreading divides farmers
While some farmers support a ban on sludge spreading to protect Maine farms from forever chemicals, a group that includes farmers and wastewater treatment operators want a ‘science based approach’ to monitoring PFAS levels to avoid increased fertilizer and sewer costs.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath flowers ‘pit stop’ for migrating bees
Maine Street Bath is updating its annual Downtown Flowers program to support bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Heliotrope will offer sustenance to the creatures, which play a vital role in local ecosystems and agriculture.