Lawmakers take action after neighbors won a $51 million jury verdict from Smithfield Foods.
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Kelsey Kobik has a special eye for photographing farm workers
The Cape May, New Jersey, native weeded, picked and sowed her way into this world as a seasonal farm worker.
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3-D printers are the talk of the farm
At Kennebec Valley Community College, the printers show great potential for agricultural uses such as seeding, watering chickens and protecting pollinators.
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Magic in the mix: Breed crosses can make sustainable meat more affordable
If you ask a local farmer why they cross one breed with another, you’ll learn how those crosses help benefit both farmer and consumer.
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Are littleneck clams the next frontier in aquaculture?
Jordan Kramer is trying them out on his West Bath fish farm and so far, so good.
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Collins introduces bipartisan bill aimed at helping young and new farmers
The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development program is especially important as the average age of farmers approaches 60, Maine agricultural groups say.
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Fearing a mousepocalypse, Maine farmers aren’t messing around
Rodents can cost a farmer dearly, not just in the price of seeds or young plants, but in time, perhaps the most precious commodity.
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Conventional wisdom says Italian ’00’ flour, durum wheat are gold standard for pasta
But can Maine’s locally grown and milled flours work in their stead?
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Former U.S. senator blasts Rep. Poliquin: ‘This character from Maine’ is trying to gut fresh fruit, veggies in school
Tom Harkin of Iowa says Bruce Poliquin is so determined to push frozen blueberries from his district that it imperils the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program that serves 4 million schoolchildren.
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Here’s the story behind the lamb being carried around Waldo County like a baby
Rejected by his mother, Nugget has been bottle-fed, babied and schlepped around town by his owners from Toddy Pond Farm.