Amber Lambke

Amber Lambke, co-founder and CEO of Maine Grains, says the company is purchasing a state-of-the-art extrusion line from Germany, capable of producing grain-based cereals, bars, snacks and specialty ingredients.

The event featured a panel discussion on "60 ideas in 60 minutes," moderated by Deb Neuman, president and CEO of the Bangor Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Fox Family Potato Chips is one of several Maine companies tackling a longstanding issue of the need for processing operations. We also talk to a grain processor in Skowhegan, a tortilla maker in Scarborough and a meat processor in Aroostook County.

Maine Grains pancake mixes feature organic wheat, organic buckwheat, organic spelt, organic rye, organic malted barley, and organic corn in three different pancake mix flavors.

Maine Grains' soon-to-open Biergarten in the Spinning Mill, won't be "just a place to grab a beer," according to owner Amber Lambke, but "a community gathering place."

Maine Grains, based in Skowhegan, has secured $700,000 in grants this year to purchase equipment and expand production capacity. 

The Pine Tree State was well-represented at the New York Fancy Food and Good Food Mercantile shows.

The Maine Grains building, in the former Somerset County prison, has become something of a business hub. And that role is now growing.

Nearly half a million customers lost power in Maine, and Central Maine Power said that in some interior parts of the state power restoration could take up to six days.

From laborers to farm owners creating jobs, growing numbers of women are working in Maine’s $1.8 billion agricultural sector.