Smith’s U-Pick Blueberries owners Al and Tracey Smith of Cornville say their crop is booming this season and they have seen a lot of new faces.
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Maine lawmakers have a heaping serving of new food policy proposals on their plate
They’ll chew over bills seeking to boost local foods and improve labeling, and one that would establish a constitutional right to food.
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Maine lawmakers have a heaping serving of new food policy proposals on their plate
They’ll chew over bills seeking to boost local foods and improve labeling, and one that would establish a constitutional right to food.
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Growers see better days ahead for Maine’s wild blueberry crop
PORTLAND (AP) — Growers in the No. 1 wild-blueberry state suffered another bad year, but agriculture officials say there are reasons to believe Maine’s historic and troubled industry is about to turn a long-awaited corner. Maine farmers collected about 57 million pounds of the wild fruit in 2018, down nearly 11 million pounds from the […]