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Maine Seafood Promotional Council Hosted Renowned Chefs from Across the Country for An Exclusive Seafood Event

FocusMaine adds Toby Ahrens to Team

Excerpt, courtesy of MaineBiz: FocusMaine, a private-sector-led initiative founded in 2014 to create jobs in Maine, plans to beef up its leadership. Kimberly Hamilton, president of the organization, said in a news release that FocusMaine has hired Toby Ahrens, who previously worked at the Los Angeles-based Larta Institute,…

Number of Maine specialty food and beverage businesses keeps rising

Excerpt, courtesy of Press Herald: At a time when the total number of Maine businesses is declining, one segment of the economy is rising like a well-proofed loaf of bread – specialty food and beverage businesses. The number of food and beverage manufacturing companies in Maine grew 35…