Vertical Harvest multi-use development in Westbrook won t break ground until August, but food service provider
Sodexo is already prepared to reap as much as 80% of its lettuce products from the hydroponic indoor farm.
Sodexo announced this week it will serve Maine Vertical Harvest lettuce at all 14 of its partners, including on college campuses from Fort Kent to South Portland. Earlier this year, Sodexo pledged to spend at least $1 million at local Maine farms and food producers in 2021.
The four-story 70,000-square foot Vertical Harvest farm will be the first vertical farm in the U.S., and is being developed by Westbrook s
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Maine tourism experts say that bookings are up, and many businesses are optimistic for a strong travel season.
Easing restrictions on outdoor masking and travel into Maine, as well as increasing vaccination rates, have given the tourism industry a much-needed boost following a 2020 season which saw 27% fewer visitors.
Is Maine ready for tourists?
There were 155 respondents to a recent Maine Tourism Association survey that asked: How is business looking for Memorial Day weekend compared to a normal year?
Better than a normal year: 21.4%
75-100% of a normal year: 25.5%
50-74% of a normal year: 22.8%
25-49% of a normal year: 6.9%
Portland’s hard-won identity as a food city is here to stay
An abundance of local food, eager diners and ambitious chefs built the city s restaurant scene, and they re not going anywhere.
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Bernard Cabrera of Portland warms his hands by a fire in the Oxbow beer garden in Portland on a Friday evening in early February. He and his wife, Jennifer Wolcott, were enjoying dinner at the brewery. They love Portland s food scene and are hopeful it will survive the pandemic. I have faith, seeing the entrepreneurial spirit in this town, and the creativity, and the incredible talent of the chefs here, Wolcutt said. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
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A statewide marketing campaign, “Maine Outdoor Dine,” launched Monday to showcase Maine restaurants and breweries that offer ways to enjoy food and drink comfortably and safely outdoors.
The campaign‘s website, MaineOutdoorDine.com, provides information about more than 80 participating businesses from around the state, with more being added every week.
Click here to view the website.
Funded by the Maine Office of Tourism and developed by the Greater Portland Council of Governments, the campaign is running a video on social media and also offers a chance to win $50 gift cards at participating locations. To enter, customers must share a photo on social media of their outdoor dining experience.