Winter Community Supported Agriculture shares are increasingly popular with young farmers who are pushing the boundaries of four-season agriculture.
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Apple Culture: Subtlety of early-season apples deserves a second look
They may not be right for eating out of hand, but there is a lot else that’s right with them.
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Waste not when it comes to those broccoli leaves
Not only are they tasty, they’re a nutritional powerhouse.
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Paul Naron aims to grow the best indoor farmers market in the world
Belfast already had one farmers market when Paul Naron relocated here, but he’s taking his to a new level.
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It’s a scramble to source local, organic soybeans
But it can be done, and the resulting products speak for themselves.
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Farmer Ben Whatley turns his parent’s land into an evolving farm
But gambling on melons didn’t pay off this year.
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There’s trouble in the wild blueberry business
A glut of frozen berries have led to such depressed prices that farmers are taking huge losses, but a government buyback is helping.
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Cultivating the art of practical magic on a Rockport farm
Deb Soule runs Maine’s first biodynamic farm and her crop is all herbs.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Is almond milk actually milk? What about soy milk?
A bill co-sponsored by Sen. Angus King says ‘imitation products’ should not be able to label themselves as milk.
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Maine’s agricultural museums provide a glimpse of farming from long ago
Today’s farmers may have it better than those from a couple centuries ago.