Determining how wild blueberry growers can use biochar, charcoal-like material derived from the pyrolysis of wood, to increase soil moisture and aid in the crop’s ability to be resilient to drought will be the focus of a new study by University of Maine researchers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) […]
Maine Public spoke to YongJiang Zhang, assistant professor of plant physiology, and Rachel Schattman, assistant professor of sustainable agriculture, about the ways in which climate change may benefit Maine wild blueberry growers. Zhang, who studies how wild blueberries respond to warmer temperatures, said that warmer temperatures will extend the berries’ growing season, and biochar can […]
ROQUE BLUFFS Cool sea breezes off Englishman Bay graced the fields of Welch Farm on a piercing blue, mid-September day, revealing nothing of the heaving, dry summer months before. It was the third straight season of drought for the state’s.
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