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One thing every Wild Blueberry grower loves, and that’s a honeybee!
Honeybees are getting ready for the kind of sweet indulgence that’s found only once a year on the barrens of Eastern Maine, Quebec and Canada. Over the next 20-25 days, no fewer than one billion honeybees – from Maine and “from away” – will descend upon tens of thousands of… Read More
History in the Wild Blueberry Barrens
Spring is finally breaking on the New Brunswick border in Down East, Maine, where the St. Croix River cuts a fluid natural boundary between the United States and Canada and Wild Blueberry fields cover the land. “It was one of the coldest winters we’ve seen in decades; we had about… Read More
Putting A Wild Blueberry Barren to Bed for Winter
For Jesse and Stella Field, the end of the season is a quiet time of year… On a clear, windswept day from Fields Fields Wild Blueberry Barren you can see the green Camden Hills to the East and the snowcapped Presidential Range the West. Fields Fields, a family owned and… Read More
Why Do Wild Blueberry Barrens Turn Red in Fall?
The answer is surprisingly good for you! The fall season in Down East Maine is more than a little dramatic. The seas turn dark and stormy, the skies turn crisp and blue, and thousands of acres of Wild Blueberry barrens turn fiery red! Why all that red? We turned to… Read More
Blog the Barrens: A Trip into the Wild Blueberry Wilderness of Maine
Did you know that Maine is home to more 60,000 acres of Wild Blueberry barrens?Tweet this The tiny berries are native to Maine and Eastern Canada and Quebec and are much different from regular (also known as highbush) blueberries, which are grown commercially all over the world. The Wild ones… Read More
Growing up in the Wild Blueberry business
An interview with 5th generation Wild Blueberry farmer Kim Allen Kim Allen grew up in a fifth generation wild blueberry family. Her great, great grandfather and great grandfather started Allen’s Blueberries in 1957 on the sprawling Wild Blueberry Barrens of Hancock County, Maine. Today, Kim and her father, Roy P…. Read More
FIVE THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT SUMMER
Summer in Maine conjures up the most wonderful imaginings and reveries—clear, pristine rivers, spruce-lined lakes, ancient mountains, bold rocky coastlines, honest straight-talking people, simple values, and fresh, local food. Here are five reasons why we love summer! Share your ideas with us and remember to enjoy the best that summer… Read More
On Earth Day… Celebrate the Big Blue Planet and the Small Wild Blueberry
We’ve been thinking about the arrival of Earth Day and the opportunity it affords us to celebrate the biodiversity of our Big Blue Planet. As we contemplated the sustainability of the Wild Blueberry, we called on expert David Yarborough, wild blueberry specialist with the Maine Cooperative Extension and professor of… Read More
