The city says Vertical Harvest, an indoor hydroponic farm, owes unpaid taxes. The company says it isn’t running at full capacity yet.
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Persistent drought takes toll on Maine farmers
After a wet spring, farmers hoped for blue summer skies, but also got a drought that caused crop losses and may last through winter.
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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Potatoes make for a crispy, tasty and surprising pie crust
If you are among the many people who don’t find pie crusts as easy as pie (or even if you’re not in that group), try this neat trick.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
How to get local food through Community Supported Agriculture
When it comes to buying local food and helping give farmers more revenue security, Community Supported Agriculture programs are one of the best ways to do that.
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For Maine farmers, CSAs bring more certainty to an unforgiving industry
Many farmers have embraced community supported agriculture as a way to stabilize income and promote the benefits of local agriculture.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Celebration of ‘everything tomatoes’ draws hundreds to Buxton farm
The first Snell Family Farm Tomato Festival featured farm stands, vendors and lots of tomato-themed foods.
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Perennial wheat could help strengthen Maine’s soil
Across the nation, and in Maine, farmers are experimenting with a perennial wheat known as Kernza that’s an environmental booster.
Posted inFood, Recipes
With time and a goat, you too can make cajeta, Mexican goat’s milk caramel
Food editor Peggy Grodinsky put cajeta on a list of things she wanted to cook in 2025 that she’d never made before. Ya know what else she’d never done before? Milked a goat.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Leslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine
Of course millennials killed U-pick farms | Column
By caring more about taking photos than buying fruit, the generation has added another casualty to its growing list of victims.
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Newcastle farm Singing Pastures has won two pitch competitions
The farm, which sells meat snack sticks, won a total of $30,000 to expand the business.