This summer has been much better than 2023 for crop yields in most places, but heat and humidity are taking a toll for some.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Pick-your-own strawberry farms open with a promising start
Farmers are optimistic about this season after wet weather last spring hurt the crop and business.
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Congress weighs delaying farm bill over SNAP and climate disputes
The legislation is supposed to be renewed every 5 years, but the last one was written in 2018.
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Popular Brunswick roadside egg stand beefs up security after thefts
The Brunswick couple’s egg stand has grown in popularity since they first got chickens years ago. Now, they sell out of their duck, chicken and quail eggs every day.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Labor advocates, farmers call for changes to proposed minimum wage for farmworkers
Some want a lower minimum wage for young farmworkers, while others advocate preserving the right to sue an agricultural employer for failing to pay minimum wage.
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Turkey biz stressful but rewarding
WEST GARDINER — With the sun reflecting off the disappearing layer of snow, Judy Abbott was enjoying a calm moment Saturday morning. The turkeys that she and her husband, Tom, raise at Foggy Moon Farm had been shipped off the day before for processing. Customers who have reserved birds will stop by to pick them […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Auburn man says garden 'keeps me going'
Arthur Charest prepares his tomato garden Wednesday for next year’s growing season, behind his home in Auburn. Charest, 84, said his tomatoes got off to a slow start this past summer, but finished strong. Gardening can be “a lot of work, but it keeps me going,” Charest said. “When you quit getting out, that’s when […]
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Alberta Briggs Morris
TURNER — Alberta Briggs Morris, a lifelong resident of Turner, passed away peacefully on Sept. 12. She was born Nov. 15, 1928, the youngest daughter of Hugh Cary Briggs and Lucy Lee Adams. As a young woman she met and married Nathan William Morris, a young man who worked on the farm of her parents. Alberta […]
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Former U.S. diplomat buys farm in Lisbon
Around the time President Trump fired his first secretary of state, Susan Thornton, the United States’ top diplomat in East Asia, gave her husband the go-ahead. He could put their house in Washington, D.C., on the market. The couple would act on their retirement dream of buying a farm in Maine, albeit earlier than they […]