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PublishedAugust 12, 2019
Our View: No one is winning the US-China trade war
No one is getting anything out of the dispute, including the Maine lobster and blueberry industries.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2019
Maine butchers, farmers feeling the strain of tariffs on U.S. products
International trade conditions have affected production and product costs for central Maine farmers, despite their back-breaking work.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2019
CBD foods sold in Maine must be made with locally grown hemp
A state law that took effect Thursday was created as a workaround to a federal ban.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2019
Maine’s wild blueberry harvest drops, and the prices paid to farmers increase
Last year's harvest was the smallest in 14 years at 50.3 million pounds, but the price paid to farmers – 46 cents a pound – nearly doubled over the 2017 price.
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PublishedJune 30, 2019
Strawberries nearly two weeks late this year, and wet weather hasn’t helped
The abnormally cool and damp spring conditions are to blame for stalled production in the strawberry fields.
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PublishedJune 30, 2019
Somerville area farmers network works to grow farms, support farmers
Somerville's fourth annual Open Farm Day, featuring Somerville Farmers Network farms, was Sunday.
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PublishedJune 23, 2019
Cheese maker fears losing her Greenwood farm over $10,000 bill
Lisa MacLeod was among the first to join a class action lawsuit filed by incensed CMP customers.
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PublishedMay 28, 2019
Program that pays farmers to provide food for hungry Mainers threatened
State lawmakers are weighing whether to allocate $3 million to continue a hunger relief program, which buys fresh produce from 75 Maine farms, for two more years.
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PublishedMay 26, 2019
Central Maine farmers wait for planting weather
A late snow melt coupled with a wet, cool spring so far have in some cases delayed planting in the region.
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PublishedMay 26, 2019
Maine animal rights organizations are upping the ante with billboards, subway ads and unsettling videos.
'Some of the footage is pretty disturbing,' says an organizer of one group. 'But these are disturbing industries doing disturbing things to animals.'
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