The plan is to build a milkhouse with greater bulk tank storage, setting the stage for the potential introduction of a robotic milking system to achieve greater efficiency.
Passion is what many family farms are about, especially those that have done business over the course of generations. And that love appears to be sustaining Maine's farms in the face of modern challenges.
Colder weather is raising concerns for Maine’s wine, beer and spirits producers, who have had to operate their tasting rooms outdoors, even though restaurants are allowed to operate indoors with certain restrictions.
DFD Medical Center will use the USDA Rural Development Critical Facilities Loan to expand its Leeds clinic and allow room for added psychiatric services. The nonprofit also has clinics in Turner and Monmouth, and serves 8,000 patients.
The partnership with Leeds-based DFD Russell Medical Centers will give patients in rural areas of Androscoggin and Kennebec counties more access to services at CMH's Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute.