Maine Set to Celebrate the Iconic Wild Blueberry at Annual Weekend Festival
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Go wild for Maine blueberries this weekend
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Gov. Mills declares Aug. 7-8 as Maine’s first Wild Blueberry Weekend
With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Gov. Janet Mills declared Aug.
With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Gov. Janet Mills declared Aug. 7-8 as Maine’s first annual Wild Blueberry Weekend.
The Governor made the announcement during a celebration at the Blaine House on July 23, where she was joined by a diverse group of wild blueberry growers and processors, Patricia Kontur of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, and Amanda Beal, commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The event featured a tasting of a number of wild blueberry-themed products, as well as fresh wild blueberries that are being harvested now. Last year, Maine farmers harvested nearly 60 million pounds of wild blueberries.