Wild Blueberry Farms Across Maine Suffer as Climate Change Upends Growing Seasons

Wild blueberry farms across Maine suffer as climate change upends growing seasons

Last summer, the wild blueberry fields at Crystal Spring Farm turned red too soon.  Severe drought had gripped most of the state of Maine. At his farm near the town of Brunswick, Seth Kroeck knew the leaves were changing color prematurely because the blueberry plants were stressed. Berries shriveled before they could ripen. The farm’s 2025 harvest was almost a total loss. “We got about 7 percent of our expected harvest,” Kroeck, 55, said. Standi…

Maine’s Wild Blueberry Farmers Are Fighting to Survive a Climate in Crisis

Maine's wild blueberry farms are losing harvests to climate chaos — here's what's at stake and how farmers are fighting back.