Maine’s Wild Blueberry Weekend is back for its fourth consecutive year and scheduled for Saturday to Sunday, Aug. 3 and 4.

The event is organized by the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine. Residents and visitors are invited to celebrate and learn more about the state’s native berry by exploring multiple Maine wild blueberry farms that are open for free to the public in Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Lincoln, Kennebec, Knox, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo, and Washington counties.

Over the last four years, Wild Blueberry Weekend has become a popular annual tradition with locals and visitors and has helped to boost direct, fresh wild blueberry sales for participating Maine farmers. The Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine estimates that 7,533 individuals visited one or more of the 15 participating farms in 2023. Visitors can tour farms, rake wild blueberries, meet their farmer, take in scenic wild blueberry vistas, and purchase fresh wild blueberries and other wild blueberry products like jams, pies and syrups.

“Maine’s wild blueberry crop has been an integral part of our state’s agricultural heritage for generations. Most farms are family owned and have been passed down from generation to generation for years,” said Eric Venturini, Executive Director of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine. “Wild Blueberry Weekend promotes and celebrates our state’s iconic fruit and helps to educate visitors about Maine’s important wild blueberry industry while also providing economic opportunity to our hard-working Maine farmers that harvest this wild crop.”

To learn more, visit wildblueberryweekend.com.

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