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PublishedJuly 7, 2024
Union Fair celebrates agriculture, blueberries on opening Sunday, with midway to open Wednesday
Admission to the Union Fair/Maine's Wild Blueberry Festival in Union is free Sunday through Tuesday, before the midway opens Wednesday for the rest of the fair's eight-day run.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2024
Wyman’s installs 35-acre solar farm to power Down East operations
It's one of the largest, if not the largest, solar farms in Maine hosted by a business to power its own facilities.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
Hot and wet weather not expected to dampen blueberry yields
Maine's wild blueberry growers expect a good season despite early season challenges.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2023
Maine blueberries vs. a fruit fly: Sen. Collins files bill to help
Maine’s Republican senator is introducing legislation that calls on the federal government to step up research and prevention efforts for a pest that could jeopardize the state’s wild blueberry crop.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2022
Blueberry is the ‘in’ ingredient for many beverages
For one producer using blueberries was a matter of happenstance, for other Maine producers it made sense to use the well-known Maine fruit.
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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Maine’s wild blueberry crop rebounded last year and is poised for another bountiful season
And the dwindling supply caused by the previous poor seasons drove up the price.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2021
Pick your own wild blueberries for free at this Brunswick farm
20 acres of the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust's wild blueberry barrens are open for free public picking.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2021
On Rockport farm, blueberry grower, solar power developer seek common ground
A new solar array at a blueberry farm seeks to demonstrate how both can thrive, as the state convenes a study group seeking ways to accommodate renewable energy on agricultural land.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2020
Maine blueberry industry suffers from combination of drought, frost and coronavirus
A late spring frost, a devastating drought and labor troubles wrought by the coronavirus pandemic conspired to make 2020 a difficult year for the wild blueberry producers who harvest the fruit in the nation’s northeastern corner.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2020
COVID-19 cases among blueberry workers worsen farm labor shortage
Maine health officials are confident that two outbreaks at Hancock County businesses will not spread, but if migrant workers are sidelined because of the coronavirus, there may not be enough local workers to fill those gaps.
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