Whether it's female ownership, the chef cooking your food, or the server bringing it out to your table, we know that women have power in this industry.
Crooked Face Creamery owner Amy Rowbottom has used a range of grants, incentive programs and "slow money" financing to build an artisan cheesemaking business that's gaining wider recognition.
At least 13 farms in Maine have found troubling levels of "forever chemical" contamination in their water, soil or food products. The Maine DEP is currently testing more than 700 sites throughout the state.
The funding, to be matched by the recipients own money, will pay for equipment, infrastructure and other necessities to increase the farms' sales to wholesalers.
Local projects in Fairfield, Freedom and Thorndike are examples of how small-scale historic preservation projects can have economic ripple effects that resonate in a community.
When Erin French opened the Lost Kitchen in the Waldo County town of Freedom more than six years ago, she had modest goals. Today her restaurant seats 48 and has attracted national attention.
In this weekly feature sponsored by Norway Savings Bank, we look back at stories that have appeared in Mainebiz during our first 25 years. A 2006 issue featured the appointment of a new CEO at Maine's second-largest health care system. Now she's moving on to a national leadership role.
Thomas College is launching the startup mentoring program early next year for entrepreneurs in those counties, as well as five Waldo County towns. The application deadline is next month.
Lost Kitchen, Erin French's renowned restaurant in Freedom, will stick to its postcard reservation system when it opens up seasonal reservations in April, it announced on Monday.