Last year’s harvest was the smallest in 14 years at 50.3 million pounds, but the price paid to farmers – 46 cents a pound – nearly doubled over the 2017 price.
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Auburn city manager: Ag zone survey should be reviewed
His comments come in contrast to Mayor Jason Levesque, who on Friday said, “Auburn is not a petri dish that Bates College can conduct social experiments in.”
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Land-use survey becomes controversial in Auburn’s agricultural zone
The mayor is questioning the intentions behind a Bates College survey, and asked the college to pull it. The survey will continue.
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Mainers Feeding Mainers program again receives state funding
Gov. Janet Mills signed a measure to continue the $1 million-a-year program run by the Good Shepherd Food Bank that buys products from local farms to distribute to needy residents.
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Strawberries nearly two weeks late this year, and wet weather hasn’t helped
The abnormally cool and damp spring conditions are to blame for stalled production in the strawberry fields.
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Cheese maker fears losing her Greenwood farm over $10,000 bill
Lisa MacLeod was among the first to join a class action lawsuit filed by incensed CMP customers.
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Proposed Auburn agricultural zone changes sent back to council
Reviews from the Planning Board, Conservation Commission and a law firm list a number of concerns with the changes designed to loosen restrictions on agricultural land.
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Program that pays farmers to provide food for hungry Mainers threatened
State lawmakers are weighing whether to allocate $3 million to continue a hunger relief program, which buys fresh produce from 75 Maine farms, for two more years.
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Central Maine farmers wait for planting weather
A late snow melt coupled with a wet, cool spring so far have in some cases delayed planting in the region.
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Organic dairy barn opening at Wolfe’s Neck looks to next generation
The $1 million facility in Freeport opened Thursday with the goal of helping to teach new and transitioning organic dairy farmers.