Crispy blueberries, flash drought: Maine farmers seek support with extreme growing conditions

Crispy blueberries, flash drought: Maine farmers seek support with extreme growing conditions

Brandon Mott loads boxes of wild blueberries onto a truck as they harvest them from the plants in the fields of independent wild Maine blueberry grower Lynch Hill Farms on August 08, 2025 in Harrington, Maine. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Under normal conditions, a wild blueberry field would display a patchwork of greens dotted with light blue, silver or even black blueberries.  But this summer, fields in Hancock and Washington counties als…