Aug. 7-8 to be Maine’s first annual Wild Blueberry Weekend

PHOTO: Patricia Kontur, Wild Blueberry Association director of programs; DACF Commissioner Amdanda Beal; Gov. Janet Mills and Nancy McBrady, DACF Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources director, announce the first-ever Maine Wild Blueberry Weekend. (Submitted photo)

AUGUSTA — With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Aug. 7-8 has been declared Maine’s first annual Wild Blueberry Weekend.
A Blaine House event announcing the weekend featured a tasting of a number of wild blueberry-themed products, as well as fresh wild blueberries that are being harvested now. Last year, Maine farmers harvested nearly 60 million pounds of wild blueberries.
Wild Blueberry Weekend will feature farm tours and other family-friendly activities at 15 wild blueberry farms in Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Piscataquis and Washington counties. Additionally, wild blueberry-themed menu items and products will be available throughout the weekend at more than 50 statewide restaurants, inns, breweries, wineries, ice cream shops, and distilleries.
To see the full list of participants, visit www.wildblueberryweekend.com.
Mainers and visitors can plan their family’s weekend itinerary by browsing the Wild Blueberry Weekend map that highlights more than 50 participating statewide restaurants, bars, wineries, breweries and eating establishments planning to highlight wild blueberry-themed menu items descriptions of local farms and businesses, visit www.wildblueberryweekend.com.