Auburn city manager: Ag zone survey should be reviewed

His comments come in contrast to Mayor Jason Levesque, who on Friday said, "Auburn is not a petri dish that Bates College can conduct social experiments in."

Land-use survey becomes controversial in Auburn’s agricultural zone

The mayor is questioning the intentions behind a Bates College survey, and asked the college to pull it. The survey will continue.

Mainers Feeding Mainers program again receives state funding

Gov. Janet Mills signed a measure to continue the $1 million-a-year program run by the Good Shepherd Food Bank that buys products from local farms to distribute to needy residents.

Strawberries nearly two weeks late this year, and wet weather hasn’t helped

The abnormally cool and damp spring conditions are to blame for stalled production in the strawberry fields.

Cheese maker fears losing her Greenwood farm over $10,000 bill

Lisa MacLeod was among the first to join a class action lawsuit filed by incensed CMP customers.

Proposed Auburn agricultural zone changes sent back to council

Reviews from the Planning Board, Conservation Commission and a law firm list a number of concerns with the changes designed to loosen restrictions on agricultural land.

Program that pays farmers to provide food for hungry Mainers threatened

State lawmakers are weighing whether to allocate $3 million to continue a hunger relief program, which buys fresh produce from 75 Maine farms, for two more years.

Central Maine farmers wait for planting weather

A late snow melt coupled with a wet, cool spring so far have in some cases delayed planting in the region.

Organic dairy barn opening at Wolfe’s Neck looks to next generation

The $1 million facility in Freeport opened Thursday with the goal of helping to teach new and transitioning organic dairy farmers.

A few bad apples don’t spoil New England’s crop