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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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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 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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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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Maine Tastemakers at the Boston Public Market on June 7

Taste specialty foods and beverages from Maine and learn about the companies who are producing these premium products. On Friday,…

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