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Big Growers Retreat as Locals Race to Save Maine's Blueberry Barrens
More than 1,000 acres of midcoast blueberry land are for sale as growers pull out, and a Searsport group races an October deadline to buy 150 acres of it.
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Maine Business Wire reported on Coastal Mountains Land Trust on October 4, 2026.
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October 4, 2026
Big Growers Retreat as Locals Race to Save Maine's Blueberry Barrens
Ian Stewart, who leads the Camden-based Coastal Mountains Land Trust, said the fruit ranks as "second only to lobsters" among symbols of Maine, even as trusts struggle to keep pace with the volume of land now on the market.
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