Equipment and a home net another $608,000, and there’s a sign the new owner may farm the large tract known as Grant’s Farm rather than develop it.
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Auction closes chapter on family farm in Saco that endured for more than 200 years
Starting in the late 1700s, seven generations of Grants worked the land, an ‘exceptional piece of property’ whose future is now uncertain.
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Facing legal problems, head of farmers group for veterans steps down
Jerry Ireland, the controversial founder of United Farmer Veterans of Maine, said his problems were harming the organization’s progress.
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MOFGA names Portland woman its new chief executive
Sarah Alexander of Portland has fought genetic engineering of wild rice in Minnesota and worked on organic standards and food labeling in Washington, D.C.
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In Benton and elsewhere in Maine, industrial hemp is the crop to watch
How a legal shift in the state took a farm crop from zero to 60 in two years.
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Ever heard of veganic farming? Neither had we
But it may be the next big thing in farming.
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Summer fruit season kicks off with strawberries across central Maine
Area growers say they hope for a good season despite a warm, dry spring.
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The strawberries are coming! The strawberries are coming!
Cape Elizabeth makes a weekend of it from June 29-30.
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Amy Sinclair signed on to manage an ailing farmers market in Yarmouth
In her fourth season, the picture is much prettier.
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Lower greenhouse gas emissions with 4 changes in how you consume food
It’s a simple matter of watching your budget, your “food miles” and – most important – your consumption of meat and dairy.