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PublishedSeptember 1, 2022
August rains eased drought, but parched areas remain
Less than half of the state was experiencing drought conditions as of Aug. 30, down from 72 percent just over a month ago.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2022
Maine Local Living School teaches how to be in relationship with land
While visitors can learn about sustainability and self-sufficiency, founder Chris Knapp wishes most that people leave the Maine Local Living School in Temple with gratitude for connections, relationships and living beings of all kinds.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2022
Gov. Mills announces agriculture infrastructure investment grants
Six area farms and food processors awarded $2.5 million in grants.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2022
Photo: Working the garden beat
Bates College intern works with local farmers harvesting beets Friday in Lewiston.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2022
Coastal Maine enters severe drought conditions as dry weather continues
Eight counties on the coast have gone from moderate to severe drought status since last week, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2022
Auburn Fire Department provides water for local dairy farmer in need
With a nearly dry well, it must have felt like bovine intervention to one Auburn dairy farmer when the fire department agreed to let him fill his water tanks.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2022
More than half of Maine in moderate drought
The worsening conditions mean increased costs for farmers and their customers, but there's a silver lining for fans of Maine blueberries.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2022
Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.
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PublishedJune 26, 2022
On a farm in Cape Elizabeth, two families have cultivated a joint history
The Maxwells have been farming the land, now known for its strawberries, for nine generations. The Rodriguezes have joined them for the last three.
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PublishedJune 9, 2022
Proposed federal grants would help remove PFAS from rural water supplies
The Healthy H2O Act would help rural areas that rely on well water tests and treat for so-called forever chemicals.
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