2 weeks ago

Maine farm animals are feeling the heat, too

At County Fair Farm in Jefferson, Andy Williamson is spending more time than usual this week lugging water to his small herds of pigs and cows and flock of chickens.

4 weeks ago

Feds rethinking ‘added sugar’ label after blowback from Maine syrup, honey makers

Maine’s maple and honey producers applauded news coming out of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week, announcing the agency is reconsidering a plan requiring “added sugar” be included on all pure maple syrup and honey labels.

1 month ago

How to survive pollen season in Maine

Anyone who is currently sneezing, wheezing and rubbing their eyes more than usual as they deal with seasonal allergies does not need reminding pollen season is Maine is in full swing.

1 month ago

Maine’s maple syrup, honey producers caught in sticky labeling mess

Maine’s maple and honey producers are hoping the federal government backs off proposed new labeling requirements that they fear could undo decades of industry marketing of the natural sweeteners.

1 month ago

Return of ‘gross’ caterpillars to Maine spurs fears of infestation

Denise Duperre still remembers her father coming home from a day of cutting trees around Madawaska when she was 11 or 12. He shook caterpillars out of his hair into the bathroom sink.

1 month ago

June bugs loud but harmless to humans

June bugs. May-June beetles. Screen-thumpers. Whatever you call the large, lumbering beetles of the genus Phyllophaga that gather around Maine porch lights this time of year, rarely are they welcome visitors.

1 month ago

New lab offers state of the art research on bugs and pests

When the new University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory in Orono opens later this month, it will be among the most biosecure, technologically cutting edge and scientifically advanced laboratories in the state.

2 months ago

Proposed farm bill could mean bad news for Maine’s organic farmers

When the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass the massive $867 billion 2018 farm bill last week, that was good news for Maine’s small family farms and organic growers according to those who work closely with them.

2 months ago

No warnings on Maine fiddleheads, despite health concerns over Canadian ferns

As foragers take to the woods and riverbanks in Maine to collect the spring’s first tender fiddlehead shoots, their counterparts across the border are being warned of health risks associated with this year’s wild crop.

2 months ago

Irving unveils its plans for 51,000 acres in Fish River Lakes chain

The public gets its first opportunity to comment on a plan to rezone 51,000 acres within the Fish River Chain of Lakes at two public hearings later this month in northern Maine.