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Updated: 7 hours ago From the Editor

From the Editor: Nice scenery, yes, but we also make stuff

I wanted to draw your attention to a new column that Mainebiz has launched this year.

Made in Maine focuses on products you might already know about, but we hope there will be a few pleasant surprises as well.

As much as the outside world knows Maine for its mountains and scenic coastline, there’s also an awareness that there are some distinctive products coming from here. Woodstoves, surfboards, handtools, artisan cheeses and drumsticks might come to mind, but so do biotech products, offshore wind turbines, packaging materials and insulation made from the byproducts of logging.

For the Made in Maine column in this issue, I visited Grain Surfboards in York. Mike LaVecchia, the owner, has been in business for 20 years this May. He hosts classes to teach traditional building techniques but is also developing new ideas to make the surfboards more sustainable.

Innovation wasn’t invented in Maine, but has a foothold here.

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