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Innovation in an Aging Industry
Pulmac Systems International Brings the Information Age to Pulp and Paper The pulp and paper industry is not known for its cutting-edge technology or pushing the frontiers of innovation. In fact,...
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Vermont Manufacturer Introduces Low-Embodied Carbon Building Material to U.S.
Made from recycled glass, Glavel will begin manufacturing foam glass gravel at its Essex facility this fall. “The built environment is responsible for nearly 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions,”...
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Bolton Valley at the Heart of the DesLauriers Family
After a 20-year hiatus, the next generation of DesLauriers are at the helm bringing new ideas, energy, and the labor of love to the resort. Even though it’s October, Lindsay DesLauriers’ skis are...
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Maine Entrepreneurs to Manufacture Insulation Made from Wood
Used for decades in Europe, TimberHP by GO Lab brings wood fiber insulation to the Northern Forest An architect and a chemist walk into a paper mill… It’s an unlikely partnership in an unlikely corner...
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Aegis Founder Lives by His Mission to Have a Net Positive Impact on the Planet
Nils Behn vividly remembers sitting in class at Harwood Union High School and deciding that he would use his time on this planet to have a positive impact on the environment. “There was this aha moment...
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Farmers To You Finds Silver Lining in Tumultuous Years of Pandemic
“Our mission hasn’t changed,” said Greg Georgaklis, founder of Farmers To You, “but the world has.” Launched in 2009, Farmers To You connects farmers and food producers in Vermont to customers in the...
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Lighting the Way to a Healthier Future
LEDdynamics pushes the boundaries of LED technology from its lab in Vermont. Bill McGrath, president and chief technical officer of LEDdynamics, has seen how light can transform lives. “The big story...
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Pioneers of African Cuisine, Global Village Foods Finds Community in Vermont
“If you look online, you can find Chinese food, Italian food, and so many ethnic cuisines, but not African,” said Damaris Hall, cofounder of Global Village Foods. “So we thought, ‘why not?’ We will be...
View ArticleAn Impact Fund Investor’s Musings: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Investing...
By Janice St. Onge, President, Flexible Capital Fund, L3C Since 2011, I’ve been running the Flexible Capital Fund, L3C (the Flex Fund), a for-profit, impact investment fund and Community Development...
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Through Flood and Pandemic, Entrepreneur Michael Zebrowski is Determined to...
Being an entrepreneur takes grit, determination, and vision, all of which Michael Zebrowski, founder of Up End This has in spades. Not only has his young business endured the challenges typical of a...
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Can Plants Replace Plastic Packaging?
Maine’s Tanbark Molded Fiber is rethinking a century-old product for modern times. As consumers better understand the health and environmental cost of plastic packaging, businesses are increasingly...
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Can Tempeh Change the World?
Entrepreneur, vegan, and self-proclaimed solutionary, Sarah Speare believes that it can. Sarah Speare, cofounder and CEO of Tootie’s Tempeh in Maine, believes that tempeh is a sleeping giant that can...
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