Agriculture

Bumper blueberry harvest predicted

If the weather cooperates, Maine's wild blueberry growers are expected to produce 80 million to ...

Backyard Farms to expand

Backyard Farms, the tomato grower in Madison, this morning said it would begin construction on its second...

Mussel farm shuts down, lays off 40

Great Eastern Mussel Farms Inc. in Tenants Harbor said this morning it will immediately shut down and...

Group pushes for local water laws

Opponents of a controversial proposal to sell Wells groundwater to Poland Spring are now pushing for a...
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Cultivating clusters | What does it take to grow Maine’s economic clusters? Time, money, patience – and a lot of networking

For several years, Maine has been keen on technology clusters. The state, like the world over, has...

Homegrown | Roger Doiron, founder of Kitchen Gardeners International in Scarborough, espouses the benefits of growing local

Eating is getting more expensive. From tomatoes in the produce aisle to the morning bowl of cearal,...

Bumper crop | Madison tomato grower Backyard Farms unveils an ambitious five-year expansion plan

In its first year of operation, Backyard Farms produced nearly 17 million pounds of hydroponic tomatoes under...

Getting fleeced | Despite hefty price tags, alpacas are growing in popularity in Maine. But does raising them make good business sense?

Darlene Reardon was working as a corporate travel agent in Boston when she saw her first alpaca...
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