PORTLAND— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement today on the Trump Administration's decision to withdraw the USDA's Farmer Fair Practice Rules, which would have helped…
Agriculture
ROCKPORT – Ron Howard has logged 17 years as General Manager of Aldermere Farm and more recently, Erikson Fields. On October 20, Howard will officially retire his position. No replacement has been…
APPLETON – Sunday, October 8 will be a bittersweet day for the Maine Water Buffalo Company. The farm, owned by Brian and Jessica Farrar and home to Maine's only herd of Water Buffalo at 91 Old…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, whose mission is to provide assistance to the community in conservation of land and water resources, has an opening on its five-member Board of…
Pies, lobster rolls, cinnamon buns....
BELFAST – Unique as far as farmers markets go, the United Farmers Market in Belfast, on Spring Street, is a feast of produce, with even an indoor sunroom that serves as a cafe where visitors can…
This week and weekend, there are four Maine agricultural fairs held around the state: Windsor, Blue Hill, Harmony and Springfield.
Windsor Fair
Dates/Times: August…
Seeks community help in tracking, eradicating
High in the trees, as soon as the first leaf buds begin to open in the early spring, browntail moth caterpillars emerge from their winter nests. The larvae voraciously feed on the young…
Buying local carries its own rewards, but on Sunday, August 20, Beth's Farm Market celebrated its neighbors and customers from near and far with Neighbor Appreciation Night. All were treated to a…
UNION — Krisandra McNichol, of Rockland was crowned the 2017 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen at the Union Fair on Monday August 21.
Krisandra is a 2016 salutatorian graduate of Oceanside High…
Spring, summer and fall beauty spills over parking lot, footbridge, downtown
CAMDEN — Tucked in on the north side of town, the Camden Riverhouse Hotel may be best known by locals for its arresting gardens. Owner David Dickey, who said the hotel was constructed 22 years ago…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and more than two dozen federal lawmakers from across New England sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary…
HOPE— The Howard and Brodis families have been growing wild blueberries on approximately 160 acres of their 900 acre property in Hope for more than six generations, said Field Manager Ron Howard,…
From farm to far-flung lands
ROCKPORT — Sitting in Michelle Bianchi's garden on a sunny morning — the last day of July — it's difficult not to ease into the serenity of the space. Greens and flowers nearly overflow from…
CAMDEN — Abrahams Goat Farm and Creamery of Newport has joined Camden Farmers' Market's Wednesday afternoon lineup. A licensed Maine creamery and member of the Maine Cheese Guild, Abrahams…
climate in Maine and across the Northern Hemisphere affected by declining extent, thickness of Arctic sea ice
Maine's wet 2017 winter and spring eased the 2016 drought conditions, according to Sean Birkel, University of Maine research assistant professor and Maine State…
From Washington, D.C.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) welcomed a $600,000 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Grant to the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and the Maine…
The Medomak Valley Land Trust has recently acquired a new 6-acre parcel of land in Friendship on Martin Point, thanks to the generosity of the former landowners, Penny Axelrod and Jerry…
Two crias have already been born in the past eight days...
UNITY — For two months, give or take a day, more than 2 million people at a time were tuned in to YouTube, watching a giraffe named April and waiting for her to give birth to a calf. In the rural…
May 20, 21, in the greenhouse
The Horticulture and Gardening classes at Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport are holding their annual plant sale Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, at the greenhouse on…
ROCKPORT — It could have rained buckets more and still no one would have cared Saturday, May 6, at Aldermere Farm. The mud was thick, but the mostly everyone put their boots on and traipsed…
We will miss him
The Midcoast lost a good friend May 4 when Tom Ford, of Hope, passed away. Tom’s smile, his gentle quips, and belly laugh when truly amused were present wherever you bumped…
Not chupacabra, chukar...
CAMDEN — Chukar here, chukar there, it seems that Camden has a very busy chukar making its presence known all over town. And since the first sighting was made known on Facebook April 25, it seems…
Soft opening, April 26; Grand opening April 29
On a cold late April morning, when the outside landscape remains brown, there is an explosion of verdant green inside the the former Hoboken Gardens hothouses, in Rockport. Healthy seedlings and…
Charlie Morecraft has a message for all about safety
Maine is a state of hard, rugged, tenacious workers. They won’t quit cutting cordwood, hauling traps, or haying the fields until it’s getting dark and time for supper, maybe a beer.
But…
Design resilient and sustainable human habitats
The Hurricane Island Foundation (HIF) and Midcoast Permaculture Design said they will offer a two-day Introduction to permaculture course on Hurricane Island this spring. Using…
‘Annual event highlights dramatic maple industry growth since 2010’
AUGUSTA - This weekend Maine will celebrate its 34th annual Maine Maple Sunday on March 26, 2017. The annual event is held every fourth Sunday of March. Participating sugarhouses will be open for…
Cosmetically challenged food gets scooped by frugal New Englanders
ROCKLAND – The United Nations estimates between 20 to 40 percent of produce harvested each year is thrown away because it does not meet sizing standards for store shelves. Shoppers look for…
The committee charged with implementing the legalization of marijuana in Maine will be taking public comment on Tuesday, February 28, in Augusta to gather citizen input on the issues…
APPLETON – Deer Foot Farm has occupied the same address of 1221 Appleton Road for the last 104 years. Sue Ellen Mink-Roberts is the current owner and operates the Deer Foot Farm Market and Café…
Meeting Jan. 9
ROCKLAND – The Rockland City Council held its agenda-setting meeting January 4, in council chambers at City Hall, gearing up for the first regular meeting of the new year, Jan. 9. On the docket:…
The 76th Annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show will be held Tuesday, January 10, through Thursday, January 12, at the Augusta Civic Center. Hosted by the Maine Department of Agriculture,…
Bitter cold is pushing down from the Arctic, and animals are just as vulnerable as humans to weather-related trauma. If you see a pet left out in the cold, speak up. Contact local law…
President Adams: ‘There’s a spirit in America that doesn’t exist anywhere else.’
On Sunday, Dec. 11, in the afternoon, an estimated 35 trucks will travel through the Midcoast, along Route 1, toward their Wreaths Across America destination of Arlington National Cemetery in…
Snapshot
Belfast dairy farmer Jeffrey Keene visited students at Edna Drinkwater School in Northport Tuesday, Nov. 29. The school recently received a grant funded by Maine dairy farmers to purchase a…
As Congress prepares to start the Farm Bill reauthorization process, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is holding a workshop for…
Nov. 19 and 20
The sixth annual Maine Harvest Festival will be held November 19 and 20 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The event will be held Saturday (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 4 p.m…
The Natural Resources Conservation Service and Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Knox-Lincoln, Waldo, and Kennebec counties will be hosting meetings of the Local Work Groups. The meetings…
The Maine Farmland Trust appointed Erica Buswell as Vice President of Programs. Buswell, who lives in Searsport, has worked at MFT for more than six years, most recently as the Farmland…
On November 1st and 3 the Sodexo, in partnership with the University of Maine System, will hold the inaugural Scaling Up Events as part of the Maine Course initiative. This one-day forum is a…
AUGUSTA - USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service has reported that Maine horticulture sales increased 43.6 percent from $49.1 million in 2009 to $70.5 million in 2014. The number of Maine…
Public invited to help pick grapes
UNION — Elmer and Holly Savage owners of Savage Oaks Winery, in Union, hosted their Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 1, to give the general public a chance to experience the harvesting of…
There are special plans for the pumpkin come October
ROCKLAND — David Troup of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland has tried his hand at growing a giant pumpkin. The Farnsworth has partnered with three other Midcoast organizations, Boothbay…
The public is invited to participate in a free chainsaw skills workshop geared for both novices and more experienced loggers. The workshop, which will take place September 24 from 9 a.m…
The State's Drought Task Force held its second 2016 meeting Sept. 8 to discuss current drought conditions across the state. The DTF assists…
Mitch Littlefield recalls The Chicken Capital of the World in his book ‘Memories of Shucking Peas’
BELFAST — Life for a Maine farm boy was a lot of work growing up in the 1950s and 1960s—but it wasn’t something you complained about. “Those were hard days,” said Belfast native Mitch Littlefield…
On Maine Wild Blueberry Festival Day at the Union Fair, Aug. 27, Kimberly Maekin Reed, of Warren, was crowned the 2016 Maine Wild Blueberry Queen.
Kimberly is a 2012…
UNION — The Union Fair opens Saturday, August 20, and runs through Saturday, August 27, offering eight days of fun and entertainment of a Maine Agricultural Fair. Gates open at 8 a.m. daily.
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LINCOLNVILLE — This week, all across Maine, wherever there are wild blueberry barrens you’ll find people of all ages in the fields picking the tiny, sweet blue jewels the state is known for - at…
The federal government, through several different agencies, is sending money to Maine to work on manufacturing, and economic development initiatives across Maine.…
A professional gardener’s perennial beds, vegetable gardens and a woodland walk are sixth in Belfast Garden Club’s Open Garden Days on Friday, July 29.…
