With a strong global reputation for lobster and seafood, blueberries, and potatoes, Maine is also home to a vibrant and growing specialty food and beverage sector producing numerous products including craft beers, salsas, frozen baked goods, jams, sauces, and more.
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Thriving Food Culture
“The challenge for the visitor is how to navigate Portland’s prodigious dining options — no small task given that there are literally hundreds of restaurants in this city. One thing is certain: In a place where the local food movement got a jump start — years before the word locavore found a firm foothold in the epicurean vocabulary — you can bet that much of what you eat is likely to have been raised, foraged or caught in the surrounding fields, forests and waters.”—The New York Times, September 2013
Opportunities in Maine
Other key subsectors – broadly defined as those offering high capacity yield, strong growth potential, specialization, and processing plant opportunities – include:
- Potatoes, frozen fruit, and vegetable-based products
- Beverages including bottled water, as well as specialty alcohol and beer produced by local distilleries and breweries
- Functional foods/nutraceuticals
- Frozen specialty foods and baked goods
