Kennebunk Post cites UMaine Extension, Armstrong in article on local cranberries
The Kennebunk Post cited the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Charles Armstrong, a cranberry specialist with UMaine Extension, in an article about local cranberry growers. According to UMaine Extension, the first modern commercial harvest of cranberries in Maine was not cultivated until 1991. By 2000, there were 267 acres dedicated to the crop, the article states. Today, there are only 110 acres of cranberry bogs still in production, largely concentrated in Washington County, according to Armstrong. He said there are now only about 20 commercial cranberry growers in Maine, which last year produced a crop valued at $1.5 million. This year, despite the drought, most farms managed to put out bumper crops, the article states.