Many farmers have embraced community supported agriculture as a way to stabilize income and promote the benefits of local agriculture.
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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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Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
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.
Posted inBusiness, Food
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
2 pick-your-own berry farms close in southern Maine
Libby & Sons in Limerick closed due to financial challenges despite skyrocketing demand. Jordan’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth has chosen to prioritize its farm stand.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture
This book about shepherding had me at baa
‘The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life’ by Helen Whybrow beautifully explores interconnectedness and disruption in nature.
Posted inBusiness, Food
Maine’s oldest winery, Bartlett Maine Estate Winery, is up for sale
Bartlett Maine Estate Winery, known for its blueberry wines, is for sale after over 40 years in business.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Maine farmworker wage proposal deserves to become law | Editorial
Extending the Maine state minimum wage to agricultural employees is simply the right thing to do.