Photographer Fred Field has been a road warrior for Mainebiz. This year alone, he’s made at least three treks to Aroostook County, including his trip April 8 to cover the eclipse for a photo essay that was published in the Daily Report and will be used in the upcoming Mainebiz Fact Book. For this issue, […]
Photographer Fred Field has been a road warrior for Mainebiz. This year alone, he’s made at least three treks to Aroostook County, including his trip April 8 to cover the eclipse for a photo essay that was published in the Daily Report and will be used in the upcoming Mainebiz Fact Book.
For this issue, Fred covered the Maine Potato Blossom Festival, which included a parade through downtown Fort Fairfield. As he writes in the introduction, the County demonstrates how “the very old and very new meld seamlessly with the common denominators of farm, family, hard work, tradition and grit.” His photo essay, “The County’s claim to fame,” starts on Page 21.
Also for this issue, Fred visited Caribou to document how the Mi’kmaq Nation is combining its vegetable production with efforts to build out an aquaculture operation. The output from each is spread throughout the Wabanaki Nation communities. Fred’s photos accompany a story by Senior Writer Laurie Schreiber. See “Farm and fish,” which starts on Page 16.
Meanwhile, Senior Writer Renee Cordes and her photographer husband, Jim Neuger, spent time in Bangor to see how the Queen City is tackling the housing shortage. Her story, “Building homes in Bangor,” starts on Page 12.