The packages will reach more than 2 dozen food pantries Down East this fall.
maine wild blueberries
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Inside Gray: Aug. 6
GNG adult education students lauded at graduation ceremony Gray-New Gloucester Adult and Community Education awarded diplomas to the following students during a ceremony held June 7: Joseph Amend, Eunice Burns, Dayla Davis, Kassandra Mercer and Leila Nelson. Director Stephanie Haskins, Program Coordinator Theresa Boynton and faculty members Maureen Mitchell, Sheila Myhaver and Laurie Wells recognized […]
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Berries, bake-offs, bands and bees: Gray’s Blueberry Festival is back
After a break last year due to the pandemic, Gray’s Blueberry Festival is back in full swing Aug. 14 with live music, games and more.
Posted inTimes Record
Pick your own wild blueberries for free at this Brunswick farm
20 acres of the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust’s wild blueberry barrens are open for free public picking.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Two cookbooks lavish seasonal berries with love
‘Blueberry Love’ and ‘Strawberry Love’ offer recipes savory and sweet, classic and new for these seasonal treats.
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Cocktails cruise into Casco Bay, and Japanese options to expand
More beer, sushi, ramen, local plates, and pancakes for Portland. (If only anyone could find any staff.)
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Figgy’s to close, Elda has reopened
Mainers win specialty food awards. Lobster pizza lures diners.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
On Rockport farm, blueberry grower, solar power developer seek common ground
A new solar array at a blueberry farm seeks to demonstrate how both can thrive, as the state convenes a study group seeking ways to accommodate renewable energy on agricultural land.
Posted inLocal & State, News
COVID-19 cases among blueberry workers worsen farm labor shortage
Maine health officials are confident that two outbreaks at Hancock County businesses will not spread, but if migrant workers are sidelined because of the coronavirus, there may not be enough local workers to fill those gaps.
Posted inFood, Green Plate Special, Recipes
Green Plate Special: A tropical rhizome finds its way to a Bowdoinham farm
Farmer Ian Jerolmack is a dab hand at the labor-intensive baby ginger root.