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PublishedJuly 1, 2019
New laws aim to make schools and food pantries steady customers for Maine farmers
Gov. Janet Mills has signed bills that provide $1.4 million to help school districts and food pantries buy food grown on Maine farms.
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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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PublishedJune 8, 2019
Farm Service Agency County Committee nominations open June 14
Agricultural producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program may be nominated for candidacy for the county committee.
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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 27, 2019
Cold, wet spring puts a damper on Maine farmers
They've been struggling to adapt, delaying planting some crops and shifting others to higher ground.
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PublishedApril 18, 2019
Panel endorses changing Maine blueberry commission as tensions rise
It backs a bill to expand membership of the group that promotes one of the state's signature industries as it weathers a severe downturn.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Concern grows that contaminated sludge may have harmed some area farms
Treated sludge has been used on at least several dozen sites in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties over the years.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Gardening for a good cause
Volunteer at Whiting Farm in Auburn helps with plants in preparation for greenhouses opening in April.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2019
Public health experts aim to stop spreading of sludge
Fred Stone says he can't sell milk from his herd because of exposure to PFAS, chemicals linked to cancer that were found in the sludge he spread on his fields for decades.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2019
Last Mills Cabinet nominee to come up for confirmation wins committee’s backing
Amanda Beal, who now heads the Maine Farmland Trust, gets a unanimous endorsement.
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