Wandering Goat
Since 2013, Tanya Rudy and her mother Cheryl have been making handcrafted soaps from their family farm in Midcoast Maine.…
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Maine Grains
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most sought-after and hard-to-find items, behind toilet paper and hand…
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Atlantic Sea Farms
Since Briana Warner took over as CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms in 2018, she has transformed the company formerly known…
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Common Wealth Poultry
Common Wealth Poultry is a small poultry processing facility, with three primary business lines: 1) commercial-scale processing of birds for…
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Glidden Point Oysters
Bivalve aquaculturists (oysters, scallops, mussels) face unique challenges, not seen in either traditional farming or marine harvesting. A typical lobstering season in…
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The Blueberries of Welch Farm
Tourism is one of Maine’s largest industries, supporting nearly 110,000 jobs, or roughly 1 out of every 6 jobs in…
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Windham Butcher Shop
Nichole and Leon Sargent define Maine’s entrepreneurial spirit. They now live on a small hobby farm, Nichole downsizing her heard…
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Mousam Valley Mushrooms
Mousam Valley Mushrooms, in Springvale, Maine, had potential to grow their business, but needed capital and employees to ramp up…
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Ameera Bread
Ahmed Abbas had just woken up from a short nap. He had been pulling extra shifts making bread at night…
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EMPANADA CLUB
Four years ago, Adrian Espinoza Garcia moved from Bolivia to Maine with his wife, a New England native. He quickly…
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