Maine

Green Bee founder and beekeeper Chris Kinkade was out collecting honey from the beehives he and his wife, Lori, kept when he started imagining a different kind of soda.

GrandyOats started selling delicious, small-batch granola in 2015, but it’s not just their small-batch ways that set them apart. Generating more than 95,000 kWh of renewable energy annually, their state-of-the-art solar-power facility allows them to make the best granola with ovens, computers, forklifts, lights, heating and cooling systems powered by the sun.

Owned by Pheonix and Megan O’Brien, Hall Brook Farm is a certified organic vegetable farm located in Thorndike. Together, they grow about eight acres of mixed vegetables and 2–3 acres of dry beans. For most of their field work and cultivation, they rely on the help of their three draft horses — an old-time method that works wonders for Hall Brook Farm.

Made in small batches, Maine Medicinals is a certified organic processor of standardized nutraceuticals. Through products like Elderberry Syrup, Bee Pollen, Phytotherapeutic Cleanse and Relax & Restore Tinctures, they hope to live out their mission of merging ancient traditions into modern culture.

After hard work and a lot of experimentation, Mom’s Munchies began creating gluten- and dairy-free snack bars and bites. Life is busy, and nobody knows that better than moms who are on the go. That’s why Mom’s Munchies makes convenient snacks that you can take with you on your busy days.