Fuller quoted in Press Herald article on local garlic
The Portland Press Herald quoted David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article about local garlic. Fuller said local garlic production is on the rise, even if evidence so far is only anecdotal. He led The Maine Garlic Project from 2010 to 2013 to encourage more in-state production of garlic, which is not native to Maine. Fuller told the Press Herald that about 100 farmers grew more than 70 varieties of garlic by 2014, the most recent year for which he has data. But he said that noticing more local garlic at markets in Maine is unofficial evidence of a growing supply. “It’s safe to say there are many more folks growing garlic [in Maine] now,” said Fuller. He has seen more interest in the classes he teaches on garlic as well, and UMaine Extension has established a seed garlic directory, the Press Herald reported.