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 ...

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 ...

Maine’s recent wild blueberry harvest has nearly doubled last year’s volume, as ample rain revived production to more normal levels after frost and dry weather ruined crops a year ago. The 2021 wild ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Carey: I’m standing on a hillside. All around me are short shrubs with purple stems and waxy leaves. A brisk December wind moves through the lowbush blueberry bushes. But among the plants sits an odd ...

This summer's prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and ...