Some Maine farmers are flying to Florida to continue growing crops in winter.
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TV show filmed in Maine, ‘Growing Home,’ to focus on veterans-turned-farmers
Each episode will focus on a veteran, or a veteran and their family. Their businesses include potato farms, blueberry fields, a winery and a deer farm, in towns from southern coastal Maine to Aroostook County.
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Tanya Swain’s the project director of the Maine Food Strategy
Her goal is to create a system whereby Maine people and Maine food easily connect.
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How yoga teacher Elizabeth Burd became an accidental Christmas tree farmer
But she’d prefer to be in the Celebration tree business.
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Cardoons please adventurous appetites and the Earth
Eating a greater variety of fruits and vegetables supports biodiversity.
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As turkey farmer fights cancer, his birds couldn’t be in better hands
In the years since Scott Greaney of Mercer got cancer, relatives have pulled their weight.
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Appleton family’s house of straw is one for the books
It’s not just the stuff of children’s tales – these Mainers found insulation that works for them.
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Winslow may lead effort to offer farmers tax relief
It could be the first town in Maine to employ the program that gives landowners ‘farm support payments.’
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Horse-powered farms aren’t old-fashioned anymore
More new farmers are finding using animals rather than tractors creates a unique work environment.
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Tom Gordon, of the state’s emergency task force, talks about the drought
He’s busy helping farmers deal with what looks like a long-term problem.