When it comes to buying local food and helping give farmers more revenue security, Community Supported Agriculture programs are one of the best ways to do that.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, News
For Maine farmers, CSAs bring more certainty to an unforgiving industry
Many farmers have embraced community supported agriculture as a way to stabilize income and promote the benefits of local agriculture.
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Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Work, weeds and what-ifs: Inventive farmers spice up their work in Bethel
At Chapman Brook Farm, innovation grows right alongside the spinach, tomatoes and garlic.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Leslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine
Of course millennials killed U-pick farms | Column
By caring more about taking photos than buying fruit, the generation has added another casualty to its growing list of victims.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Franklin
Maine’s oldest winery, Bartlett Maine Estate Winery, is up for sale
Bartlett Maine Estate Winery, known for its blueberry wines, is for sale after over 40 years in business.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Maine farmworker wage proposal deserves to become law | Editorial
Extending the Maine state minimum wage to agricultural employees is simply the right thing to do.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Pineland Farms sells its historic Maine dairy herd
It’s the end of an era for one of the country’s oldest herds. But it’s also the start of a larger effort to support Maine’s dairy industry in a different form.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Oxford Hills
Three generations of Jacks reopen family farm in Buckfield
Love of family and farming inspired members to revitalize and grow a greenhouse operation now seven generations strong.
Posted inMaine, News
USDA funding uncertainty puts Maine farmers in a bind
As vital federal grants and project money continues to be frozen, farmers are being forced to make hard decisions.