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V I E W P O I N T S W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 M AY 2 7 , 2 0 2 4 bernsteinshur.com Meet Fred. A result-focused M&A and business attorney, Fred is committed to client successes at all stages of growth and capital events. We're attorneys. But we're people first. Frederick L. Lipp, Attorney and Shareholder From the Editor T he Mainebiz Locally Grown focus is a good opportunity to demonstrate how an issue like this comes together. Most of the stories in the issue focus on farmers, growers and small-scale food producers. Many of the subjects are in rural areas of Maine. And that prompted our writers and contributing photographers to get on the backroads to do their visits and photo shoots. For our cover story, Senior Writer Renee Cordes vis- ited orchards and tulip fields as far, um, afield as Acton, in York County, and Gray, in Cumberland County. Photographer Jim Neuger (Renee's husband) accompa- nied her to Acton and Gray, while photographer Fred Field made the trek to another farm, in Bremen, Lincoln County. See their results on the cover and in the story, "Charms of the farm," which starts on Page 12. For the story on Maine Grains, Staff Writer Alexis Wells made the two-hour drive to Skowhegan, while photographer Field made a separate trip to the site. e Maine Grains story starts on Page 18. For the story on the USDA's changes in hardiness growing zones, photographer Tim Greenway made the journey to Richmond, in Sagadahoc County, to handle the photo shoot at Pleasant Pond Orchard. In this case, Mainebiz freelance writer Bridget Reed Morawski, who is based in Washington, D.C., handled the inter- views remotely. See her story on Page 16. Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz Featured @ Mainebiz.biz For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews Get all the latest business news at Mainebiz.biz or by subscribing to the Daily Report and Real Estate Insider newsletters. Here's the top Mainebiz content from May 6–20: 1. Travis Mills Foundation acquires nearby property to expand support for veterans 2. In the works for 6 years, new Casco Bay ferry is now months behind schedule 3. Plan for bio-based heating, power system advances at Millinocket's One North 4. Maine loses ground to neighbors in US News annual 'best states' ranking 5. Now with five locations, the Holy Donut is sweet on Brunswick 6. MEREDA conference highlights notable projects, 'smart growth' and urban development 7. How much attention is your business paying to growth opportunities outside the U.S.? (Poll question) 8. TD Bank to close two branches in Maine this summer 9. Small Business Pulse: Health care 'disruptor' sees challenge in keeping up with demand 10. With Tonello stepping into new role, Consigli Construction names leader for Portland office R E N D E R I N G / C O U R T E S Y, C A S C O B AY L I N E S 2 For the Locally Grown issue, our writers and reporters covered the backroads of Maine. It takes a village to cover a village P H O T O / R E N E E C O R D E S Mainebiz contributing photographer Jim Neuger on a photo shoot with Jessi Chmielewski, a tulip grower in Acton, York County. P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R Renee Cordes, Mainebiz senior reporter, cradles a baby goat at Ten Apple Farm in Gray.

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