We began keeping bees nearly a decade ago as an endeavor to share with our twelve-year-old daughter. After participating in a beginner beekeeping class at The Honey Exchange over the winter we started out with two hives in the backyard and grown every year since. Our daughter has since gone on to new horizons, but… Read more »

Sweet Monkey Business started with timeless, traditional shortbread and granola recipes. To those recipes we added new flavors and healthy, all natural ingredients. We believe that our company and products have developed a loyal and growing following due to our focus on core values – customer-focused, quality-focused, and employee-focused.

At Plucked Salsa, we have striven to develop salsas for all to enjoy and make fellow Mainers proud. Our Plucked Fresh Salsa line is available in grocers small and large throughout New England and our new Ready to Go Plucked Salsa line is available online and at Renys Department Stores and other independent retailers.

Since the late 1780’s, buckwheat has been cultivated in the St. John Valley. Due to uncontrollable circumstances, wheat crops diminished and by 1850, buckwheat emerged as the grain crop leader in the Valley, representing 40-45% of all grain production. Visitors to the Valley commented on the delicious buckwheat pancakes which local farmwives served their families… Read more »

Headquartered in Columbia Falls, Maine, the Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company (PWBC) is owned, managed, and staffed by Passamaquoddy Tribe members. The Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company provides full-time, year-round, and seasonal jobs for Passamaquoddy Tribe members. Through the collective efforts of these individuals and with the support of the Tribe, PWBC has independently produced millions of… Read more »

Anna and Jim Babiarz, have four children and have diverse backgrounds beyond their farming endeavors! Anna practices Family Medicine as a physician assistant, while Jim has worked in various fields but in addition to maple farming has a passion for youth and adult ministry.

Native Mainer, Owner/Operator of popular Pine Tree Seafood & Produce Co. in Scarborough, Maine for 12 years, serial entrepreneur, proud Dad of 2 and husband of extremely understanding wife, Maribeth. Love everything small business and all things from and about Maine.

In 2018, Katherine and Ato Swann decided to sell everything they owned and leave their suburban lifestyle to farm in Nova Scotia. – They didn’t make it. – Ato had gotten into a horticultural program, but two weeks before they were supposed to leave, their visas were denied. In their original plan, they were going… Read more »

Red Kettle Foods makes really good kimchi and Asian-inspired spice blends crafted from local Maine ingredients.  Beginning from our owner’s humble roots as a chef aboard traditional sailing ships in the Caribbean, we put all our love into each small batch, showing every customer the warmth we’ve experienced passing homestyle dishes around the dinner table… Read more »

Your Barters Island beekeepers and honey lovers are Donna and Denny Denniston, residents of Barters Island, Maine. Denny started with 3 hives in 2020. He loved working with the bees and turned out to be pretty good at beekeeping! Soon neighbors were also bitten by the bee bug, and Barters Island’s bees now live in… Read more »