Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry

Recipients include the Maine Maple Producers Association, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Alliance and University of Maine’s Maine Food and Agriculture Center.

The Drought Disaster Declaration means that farmers in Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset and Washington counties are eligible for emergency assistance through the USDA's Farm Service Agency.

State agencies and farm associations have joined forces to fill agricultural labor voids in response to the pandemic.

The state has eased authorizations for three custom meat-processing plants in northern and eastern Maine, in response to a bottleneck in the food supply chain.