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Agriculture
Mars Hill potato farmer chosen for nat'l ad campaign
Darrell McCrum, co-owner of the largest potato farm in Maine, was in New York City this week as part of a national Frito Lay ad campaign.
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Child care center in Washington County gets funds to expand, doubling capacity
April 16, 2024The bilingual child care center in Millbridge is set to expand, thanks to $831,000 in federal funding announced Monday.
April 16, 2024
New mapping tool, grants may help Maine farms adapt to climate change
Updated: April 15, 2024One Maine farm finds that investment in irrigation — including buried water lines, frost-free hydrants and a mobile pumping station — is essential to overcoming challenges of climate change and unreliable precipitation.
Updated: April 15, 2024
$2M in USDA grants will help 17 Maine farms, rural businesses become more energy-efficient
Updated: April 1, 2024Maine grant recipients include Moorit Hill Farm in Troy, which received $64,950 to help pay for a roof-mounted solar array with enough clean energy to power nearly five homes.
Updated: April 1, 2024
Eat your veggie: Collins leads charge against reclassifying potatoes as a grain
Updated: March 29, 2024Don't reclassify the potato as a grain, Maine's Republican senator and 13 colleagues argue in a bipartisan plea to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack.
Updated: March 29, 2024
Maine farmland volume slides but specialty crops and agritourism are strong
Updated: March 25, 2024The industry is diversifying with specialty crops such as maple syrup and Christmas trees, along with agritourism, direct sales, value-added products and on-farm recreational activities.
Updated: March 25, 2024
Friday Food Insider: Maine sugarhouses are gearing up for Maple Sunday
March 22, 2024Sugarhouses are gearing up for Maine Maple Sunday, an annual weekend event that's critically important to the state's maple producers. But winter-like weather could pose a problem this year.
March 22, 2024
Maine's organic food industry looks to grow, with a $1M federal boost
Updated: March 21, 2024The funding goes to four Maine farms and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and will support a wide range of projects aimed at expanding the organic food market.
Updated: March 21, 2024
King takes aim at 'impossible' new European Union rules on forest goods
Updated: March 19, 2024The EU Deforestation-Free Regulation is set to take effect in 2025, and could affect U.S. businesses exporting forest commodities and products.
Updated: March 19, 2024
Business Leaders: The Ecology School’s Drew Dumsch transforms environmental learning
Updated: March 18, 2024Among the 2024 Business Leaders of the Year is the leader of the Ecology School, a nonprofit environmental living and learning center in Saco. Drew Dumsch has been directing the school through a transformation mode.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Business Leaders: Muhidin Libah is cultivating farms, a nonprofit and Maine's Somali Bantu community
Updated: March 18, 2024The Breaking Barriers Award goes to a 2024 Business Leader of the Year who helped grow the Somali Bantu Community Association from a seedling group to a thriving collaboration of New American farmers.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Business Leaders: Grandy Organics owner Aaron Anker has big plans for the specialty food brand
Updated: March 18, 2024Anker, one of the 2024 Business Leaders of the Year, is overseeing a $2 million expansion at the company’s solar-powered facility in Hiram. The maker of small-batch granola, trail mixes, roasted nuts and cereals has nationwide aspirations.
Updated: March 18, 2024Maine lawmakers push bill to preserve AM car radio, now nearing extinction
March 11, 2024Once a media mainstay, AM radio is getting phased out of American cars and trucks. Maine's two U.S. senators say it continues to play a vital role in rural areas, and that carmakers should be mandated to provide the technology.
March 11, 2024
Fork Food Lab looks to add pop-up, events, farmers' market at new SoPo space
Updated: February 12, 2024At full capacity, it’s estimate the food incubator could generate an annual economic impact of 166 jobs, $6.3 million in wages and $14.8 million in sales
Updated: February 12, 2024
Skowhegan group seeks input on plans to build on region's 'food hub' status
Updated: February 12, 2024Main Street Skowhegan is seeking public feedback via three surveys related to surplus farm products, workforce training in the food industry and a planned downtown food-business incubator.
Updated: February 12, 2024
Maine business delegation continues to pitch Cuba on exports
January 25, 2024The forum was developed to help a growing group of new Cuban entrepreneurs navigate international business with U.S. companies.
January 25, 2024
Forestry fund looks for environmental, financial returns in purchase of 3,000-acre Greenville forest
January 24, 2024Carbon storage, long-term forest health, wildlife habitat, and sustainable timber production are part of the mission for a new “climate-smart” timber investment fund.
January 24, 2024
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