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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.
The Wild Blueberry Collective
Maine Business Wire reported on The Wild Blueberry Collective on October 4, 2026.
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October 4, 2026
Big Growers Retreat as Locals Race to Save Maine's Blueberry Barrens
In Searsport, a group of women organized as the Wild Blueberry Collective is trying to raise $750,000 to buy more than 150 acres that Wyman's is selling; they have collected $100,000 through grants and $35,000 from individual donors so far and face an October 2026 deadline to complete the purchase under an agreement with Wyman's.
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