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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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From beer to chocolate: 8 Maine producers named finalists in national Good Food Awards
Updated: January 12, 2024Winners will be announced at an April 29 ceremony in Oregon.
Updated: January 12, 2024
FocusMaine gets $6.9M from Harold Alfond Foundation to build food, bio economies
January 11, 2024The three-year challenge grant "marks a pivotal moment for FocusMaine," the organization said in Thursday's announcement.
January 11, 2024
Logging industry losses from ‘Grinch’ storm top $2.6M, as weather again pummels Maine
Updated: January 10, 2024One example of the damage was in the Rangeley Lakes region, where a bridge washout closed the vital trucking route of Route 16, forcing an 80-mile detour and driving up costs.
Updated: January 10, 2024
Inside the notebook: Mainebiz editorial staffers pick their favorite stories of 2023
Updated: January 4, 2024As we start a new year of business coverage, here's what the Mainebiz team liked covering the most in 2023 and why.
Updated: January 4, 2024
From April fooling to Papi Cannabis: 10 offbeat news stories in 2023
December 24, 2023From April Fools' gags to Big Papi's 'swing' into Maine's cannabis market, there was no shortage of unusual and offbeat news in 2023.
December 24, 2023
Year in review: Maine innovation & technology news in 2023
Updated: December 26, 2023From "Fitbit for cows" to food-delivery robots, here are 10 stories about innovation and technology published in 2023.
Updated: December 26, 2023
After tough year, Maine's wild blueberry growers seek state tax relief
December 22, 2023“It’s been a roller coaster on the price we receive,” ranging from 25 cents to 75 cents per pound in recent years, said one producer. Expenses include labor, field inputs and honeybee hives.
December 22, 2023
Halal butcher in Unity aims to develop meat cooperative with other small producers
Updated: December 22, 2023Five Pillars Butchery, founded in 2014, provides halal meat to markets, co-ops, restaurants, delicatessens, community-support agriculture programs, hospitals, schools and online customers.
Updated: December 22, 2023
Year in review: Mainebiz print edition covers in 2023
Updated: December 27, 2023All covers are designed by Mainebiz Art Director Matt Selva, who racked up four more design awards this year. They include two from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers and two from the New England Newspaper and Press Association.
Updated: December 27, 2023
Branching out: Midcoast herbal brand eyes further expansion
Updated: December 5, 2023Herbal Revolution Farm & Apothecary, which is based in Union and recently started selling in 400 Sprouts Farmers Markets stores nationwide, is "undergoing reviews" with several other retailers, according to the company's owner and founder.
Updated: December 5, 2023
5 Maine farms receive USDA funds to upgrade processing, marketing
Updated: December 1, 2023Balfour Farm, Fields Fields Blueberries, Herbal Revolution Farm & Apothecary, Ledgeway Farm and the William H. Jordan Farm will each receive USDA Rural Development funding.
Updated: December 1, 2023
Newly trained workers set to join Maine's $582M logging industry
Updated: November 13, 2023As in past years, the majority of students who completed the five-month training program have had jobs waiting for them after graduation.
Updated: November 13, 2023
Feuding over family leave: Businesses fear bigger staffing headaches under Maine’s new law
Updated: November 13, 2023The newly enacted law is being called one of the country’s broadest and most generous paid family and medical leave programs.
Updated: November 13, 2023
Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon to triple production with expanded facility
Updated: November 6, 2023Blue Ox Malthouse produces malt for brewers, spirit makers and bakers. Construction is underway to triple the operation’s malting floor space and quadruple its processing capacity.
Updated: November 6, 2023
Welcome back, ricotta: Skowhegan-made cheese wins global glory
Updated: November 2, 2023Crooked Face Creamery has won a Bronze Award at the 2023 World Cheese Awards in Norway.
Updated: November 2, 2023
Conservation group will turn over 30,000 acres of Maine land to Penobscot Nation
November 1, 2023The Trust for Public Land acquired the property in Maine's Katahdin region for $30 million last December. Now the parcel will be returned to the tribe from whom it was taken, the trust says.
November 1, 2023
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