Maine Food by the Numbers
MAINE EATS -Summer 2009
by Peter A. Smith
Cords of wood Matt’s Coffee Roasters in Pownal burned last winter to roast coffee
Acres of greenhouses Backyard Farms’ tomatoes will have by the end of 2009
Goats raised for milk in Maine
Goats raised for meat
Breweries per capita in Maine
Date in June when Red’s Dairy Freeze in South Portland begins serving strawberry ice cream
Estimated pounds of lobster cooked annually at the Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland
Awards DennyMike’s BBQ Sauces and Rubs received at the National BBQ Conference in Austin, Texas, last year
Estimated gallons of fried clams prepared at the Clam Festival in Yarmouth
Length in feet of the lobster roll the West End Neighborhood Association in Portland planned to make in a Guinness World Records attempt
Number of Lime Rickeys prepared at the Clam Festival in Yarmouth
Rank of the wild blueberry among ten fruits the USDA tested for antioxidant capacity
Chances that those antioxidants will help you remember these numbers
Milligrams of lead a Portland researcher removed in one growing season from a kilogram of garden soil using plants
Cost of six ounces of “Hair of the Kahn” hangover-remedy tea at Homegrown Herb and Tea in Portland
Price change between Gifford’s Ice Cream new 64-oz carton and its original 56-oz carton
Number of acres of wild blueberries harvested in Maine in 2007
OK, so I made this one up.
