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Examining The Experiences Of Small, Independent Grocers During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jamie Picardy, Lisa Luken, Iris Michaud, Martha Lefebvre
Examining The Experiences Of Small, Independent Grocers During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jamie Picardy, Lisa Luken, Iris Michaud, Martha Lefebvre
Maine Policy Review
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed existing vulnerabilities across various sectors of the economy and society. Disruptions to the food chain have been common during the pandemic, resulting in empty shelves at grocery stores and modifications to consumer culture. Within this study, we examined resilience (characterized by flexibility, diversity, redundancy, adaptability, innovation, self-reliance and infrastructure) of small, independent grocery stores in Maine.
Financing Maine’S Food Enterprises, Ron Phillips
Financing Maine’S Food Enterprises, Ron Phillips
Maine Policy Review
There is a need to rebuild and retool the food system as the emphasis turns to more local and regional approaches. There is an abundance of social capital to make this happen and more and more financial capital. Ron Phillips provides an overview of the various ways Maine’s food-production and processing enterprises are financed and the critical components needed for financing to be secured. Two small businesses are profiled: MOO Milk, an organic dairy cooperative, and Look’s Gourmet Food of Washington County.
New Foods For Thought: Maine Food Producers Add Value Through Innovation, Betsy Bieman
New Foods For Thought: Maine Food Producers Add Value Through Innovation, Betsy Bieman
Maine Policy Review
This short article discusses how the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) is contributing to the state’s value-added food cluster.
Local And Regional Food Systems: A Usda Priority, Virginia Manuel
Local And Regional Food Systems: A Usda Priority, Virginia Manuel
Maine Policy Review
Virginia Manuel gives examples of innovative Maine food production, distribution and processing projects and businesses and the ways USDA rural development is financing them.
The Renaissance Of A Food-Based Economy In Skowhegan, Amber Lambke
The Renaissance Of A Food-Based Economy In Skowhegan, Amber Lambke
Maine Policy Review
This case study discusses the example of Skowhegan, Maine, which is seeing the rebirth of a local food-based economy, focused on the development of a local grist mill and farmer’s market
Maine’S Connected Food System: On The Web And Online, Barbara Ives, Sam Merrill
Maine’S Connected Food System: On The Web And Online, Barbara Ives, Sam Merrill
Maine Policy Review
The authors of this case study discuss how modern communications via the internet are expanding opportunities in Maine’s food system, ranging from consumers’ buying clubs to food resource maps to “Maine Ag Trader,” a website that enables producers and consumers to connect and find what they need.
Seafood Pies With A Social Purpose, Jeff Johnson
Seafood Pies With A Social Purpose, Jeff Johnson
Maine Policy Review
This case study profiles a value-added food production company that uses sustainably-harvested Maine seafood and locally-grown vegetables to make frozen seafood pies. Located in Maine’s poorest county, Washington, the Cobscook Bay Company donates 25 percent of its profits to a local education initiative.
Crown O’Maine Organic Cooperative, Leah Cook
Crown O’Maine Organic Cooperative, Leah Cook
Maine Policy Review
The article describes how Crown O’Maine Organic Cooperative has grown from a small venture marketing one Aroostook County family farm’s potatoes to a statewide distribution company for organic foods
Unity Food Hub: Creating New Opportunities For Local Farms, Michael Gold
Unity Food Hub: Creating New Opportunities For Local Farms, Michael Gold
Maine Policy Review
Unity, Maine, as described in this case study, has grown into a “food hub,” as defined by the USDA. With support from the Maine Farmland Trust, a number of local development options are being explored.
Micmac Farms: From Community Garden To Four-Season Farm And Retail Outlet, Jane Caulfield
Micmac Farms: From Community Garden To Four-Season Farm And Retail Outlet, Jane Caulfield
Maine Policy Review
This short case study describes how Maine’s Micmac tribe is developing “Micmac Farms” from a community garden to a four-season agricultural business.