As if you needed an excuse to eat wild blueberries, more than 50 Maine restaurants, farms and other businesses will throw open their gates to teach visitors how to grow, harvest and make food with the ...

Step into the forest with me, dear traveler. I am the princess of these berry-bright woods, and I must tell you a secret ...

Wild blueberries took root in Maine 10,000 years ago, after the glaciers receded, and began growing in the acidic, sandy soils of what are now Washington and Hancock counties and the mountaintops of ...

PORTLAND, Maine – The nation's production of wild blueberries slipped a bit last year as some growers contended with drought. Wild blueberries are smaller than their cultivated cousins and are widely ...

"Farmers have lost so much money." Farmers left reeling as key harvest is down 70%: 'We haven't really seen this in a long ...

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When it comes to berries, strawberries often get the spotlight, and blueberries are overlooked or taken for granted. But there's a type of blueberry you might not be familiar with and will want to ...

It’s July and in Maine that means one thing: It’s time to hunt something wild. As in blueberries. Wild blueberries reach harvest time in late July throughout the Down East section of Maine. Heading ...