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Magic Food Bus celebrates its 16th year providing free food for Blue Hill Peninsula to Deer Isle
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (150+ words) BLUE HILLu2014The Magic Food Bus is in its 16th summer of providing free local vegetables to communities across the Blue Hill Peninsula and down to Deer Isle. The idea got its start in 2011 when Margaret Bixby, the Sedgwick librarian at the time,…...
Blue Hill co-op staff turnover hurts local farms
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (197+ words) BLUE HILLu2014Frustrated area farmers are pushing for changes at the Blue Hill Co-op after the store suddenly stopped ordering local produce during peak growing season. In May, Amanda Provencher and Paul Schultz, co-owners of King Hill Farm in Penobscot, were surprised…...
Community picnic in Brooklin celebrates indigenous foods
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (185+ words) BROOKLINu2014On Saturday, July 25, a community potluck picnic celebrating indigenous foods was held at the Carding Brook Farm in Brooklin. It was sponsored by the Brooklin Climate Response Committee, Brooklin Food Corps and Friend Memorial Public Library Book Club. Penobscot Nation Chef…...
Acadia Aqua Farms renews 30-acre lease off Deer Isle
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (192+ words) Acadia, which has held the Deer Isle lease located in Mud Cove just north of Stinson Neck since 2015, has completed its application to renew the lease for 20 years. The site is primarily used for farming oysters, using suspended net culture....
Blaze restaurant seeks more time as town finds violations unresolved
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (193+ words) BLUE HILLu2014 Code Enforcement Officer Zavier Alvarez informed the Blue Hill Select Board at its July 21 meeting that local restaurant Blaze remains in violation of the townu2019s land use regulation after failing to remove or modify unpermitted buildings by the July 20 deadline....
Vertical Bay Scallops may farm new species
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (188+ words) BLUE HILLu2014Over the next few years, Vertical Bayu2019s farmed Atlantic Sea Scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) may have some new neighbors if Andrew Petersu2019 application to farm two new species is approved by Maineu2019s Department of Marine Resources. Peters, who founded Vertical Bay in 2017, has applied…...
Empty bowls, full hearts: Orland H.O.M.E. Inc. hosts food pantry fundraiser
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (158+ words) ORLANDu2014Hundreds of handmade ceramic bowls of various colors and sizes, adorned an extraordinarily long table in front of the Orland H.O.M.E. Inc. food pantry on July 9 for the annual u2018Empty Bowlsu2019 fundraiser. Despite the soaring temperatures, people stood in line outside, awaiting a chance…...
USDA grant will study crop loss on Maine farms
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (154+ words) BROOKSVILLEu2014The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded FarmDrop a new $150,000 grant to investigate a frequently overlooked issue at the core of Maineu2019s local food system: how much food is lost before it even leaves the farm, and what does it mean for community…...
View from Atlantic Avenue (week of July 2, 2026)
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (321+ words) Prices to Harvesters. Lobster (select/run):$5/lb. Fuel (diesel):$5.20 gal Figures collected June 29 in Stonington. Oceanographic Buoy I-01 44°6’10”N 68°6’44”W – Frenchboro. Top Temperature (1 meter): 49.3°F / 9.61°C. Bottom Temperature (50 meters): 43.3°F / 9.11°C Source: neracoos.org One bright spring day I went to…...
View from Atlantic Avenue (week of May 28, 2026)
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (276+ words) The Fisheries Log Prices to Harvesters. Lobsters (select/ run): $5.50/lb.. Bait (herring): $99/bu.. Fuel (diesel): $5.75/gal. Figures collected May 18 in Stonington. Oceanographic Buoy I-01 44u00b06u201910u201dN 68u00b06u201944u201dW – Frenchboro. Top Temperature (1 meter): 44.76u00b0F / 7.09u00b0C. Bottom Temperature (50 meters): 47.25u00b0F, 8.47u00b0C Source: neracoos.org The river runs right on time We…...