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

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By Sydney Cromwell, Inside Climate NewsMay 16, 2026, 9:00 am464 ptsHotTop
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…

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