Micmacs launch farmers' market, hatchery
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs is using more than $500,000 in federal grants to launch a farmers' market and fish hatchery on tribal land in Caribou.
The tribe plans to locate two buildings and two greenhouses on an 18-acre site on U.S. Route 1 near the Presque Isle-Caribou line, using a $492,363 rural business enterprise grant and a $31,739 USDA agricultural marketing service grant, according to the Bangor Daily News. The tribe is also using $80,000 of its own money in matching funds. The farmers' market will be open to all farmers who want to sell produce, and the public will be able to rent space. The tribe is also working with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish the hatchery, which will initially grow trout, according to the paper.
At a groundbreaking held Friday, Micmacs Chief Victoria Higgins said the project is geared toward improving the health of tribe members and boosting the local economy. Construction will begin immediately and be completed in about two months.
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