Applications Now Open for CEI’s Tastemakers Initiative
January 6th, 2025 (Brunswick, Maine) – To support scale and strengthen Maine’s local food economy, Coastal Enterprises Inc, in partnership…
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A Key Ingredient for Growth: Nine Food Harvesters and Producers from Across Maine Selected for 2024 CEI Tastemakers Initiative
CEI and FocusMaine award $225,000 to nine food economy business across the state Owners Megan and Pheonix O’Brien of Hall…
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CEI Tastemakers Initiative awards $185,000 to Maine Food Harvesters and Producers to Grow and Strengthen Maine’s Local Food System
CEI and FocusMaine name 20 businesses across the state as 2023 awardees May 30, 2023 (Brunswick, ME) – Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) today…
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Applications Now Open for CEI’s Tastemakers Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2023 (Brunswick, Maine) – To support and expand Maine’s food production capabilities, CEI is offering…
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CEI Partners with Six Businesses for 2021 Maine Tastemakers Initiative
Nichole and Leon Sargent, Owners of Southpaw Packing dba Windham Butcher Shop. Photo: Coastal Enterprises, Inc. February 23, 2021 (Brunswick,…
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CEI Secures Award to Advance Catalyst Fund for Early-Stage Food Businesses
September 23, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) – A new $300,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration…
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Grant from Henry P. Kendall Foundation Provides Debt Relief for CEI’s Maine Farm Borrowers
May 4, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) - Thanks to a generous $100,000 grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, Maine farms with…
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CEI Names Seven Businesses to its 2020 Cohort for Maine Tastemakers Initiative
February 24, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) – CEI has selected the 2020 cohort for its Tastemakers Initiative, providing financial resources, market…
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U.S. Treasury Awards CEI $714,000 to Fund Initiatives to Develop Maine’s Food Economy and Bring Economic Opportunity to Places with Persistent Poverty
November 19, 2019— BRUNSWICK, ME -- Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) today announced it has been awarded $714,000 in Financial Assistance…
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CEI's Tastemakers Initiative Maps Out Runway for Food and Beverage Facility Development
Throughout Maine, food and beverage companies are posied to be economic drivers for the state, but for many of these companies,…
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