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V O L . X X X I N O. X I I J U N E 2 , 2 0 2 5 4 A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Michelle Phillips EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Malcolm, Zoey PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DEPUTY EDITOR Renee Cordes DIGITAL EDITOR Alexis Wells SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Tina Fischer C O N T E N T S Gettin' chippy Taste of Maine potato chip plant under construction in Aroostook County Slurpin' USA On the water with Maine's oyster growers 16 12 19 How To Create a grateful workplace culture 20 Maine's largest aquaculture leases Ranked by total acres leased A G R I C U LT U R E / A Q UA C U LT U R E F O C U S S H A R P I N C R E A S E S I N M A I N E ' S O Y S T E R H A R V E S T — S E E PA G E 1 1 » 12 16 Alicia Gaiero steers her boat toward one of her oyster-growing sites in Casco Bay. A 96,000-square-foot Taste of Maine potato chip factory is under construction on the former air base in Limestone, Aroostook County. P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R