Increased labor costs and a diminishing supply of workers — causing fierce competition for farm employees — are pushing fresh blueberry growers toward mechanized harvest. The best machines, as well as ...
Senator Susan Collins raised the issue of tariffs and their impact on Maine's people and industries during a meeting of the ...
CHATOM − Ferguson Blueberry Farm, established in 2008 on five acres near Chatom in Washington County, continues to grow with now 25 acres and an estimated 20,000 blueberry bushes this year. The ...
Maine Senator Susan Collins is calling on the Commerce and Trade Departments to give Maine’s blueberry industry relief from ...
In the far reaches of New England, an unusual convergence of farmworkers renews an ancient and increasingly threatened agricultural practice Photographs by Greta Rybus Text by Kate Olson Bryan Johnson ...
A 50% tariff on steel and aluminum from Canada is putting pressure on the wild blueberry industry in Maine. One local ...
This story is part of a partnership between the Montgomery Advertiser and the Living Democracy program at Auburn University. Now in its 13th year, the program disperses students across rural Alabama ...
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