Recently, I was proud to proclaim August 1-2, 2026, as Maine’s 6th annual Wild Blueberry Weekend. We do this to celebrate our wild blueberries, of course, and in honor of the hard-working people who grow and bring Maine blueberries to markets near and far.

The Wabanaki Nations in Maine were the first to harvest wild blueberries. In recent history, the Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company, headquartered in Columbia Falls and owned and operated by the Passamaquoddy Tribe, has been managing and harvesting wild blueberries on 2,000 acres of blueberry barrens.

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