Hive Five™ Certified
No need to guess what's in your food or how it was made. Our experts vet every product for ingredient integrity, responsible sourcing, and great taste using our own criteria called the Hive Five.
Maine Grains maintains helps their growers develop eco-friendly growing practices and providing economic support to strengthen their community. Maine Grains works directly with each of its farmers to create transparent, sustainable, and economically feasible trade relationships. Maine Grains' products do not contain ingredients on Hive's No Good, Dirty Rotten list of banned and watch list ingredients.
Maine Grains is a zero-waste facility: all their byproducts are either composted or passed on to other producers for reuse, such as in feed for livestock Additionally, Farmers supplying Maine Grains pledge never to use chemical fertilizers or pesticides on their grain crops. Maine Grains' suppliers test their products for heavy metals, pesticide residues, and mycotoxins.
The brown paper bag their products come in is curbside recyclable and home compostable.
Maine Grains partners with Maine Grain Alliance and Maine Liberation Farms to aid immigrant farmers in their development.
Our team personally tests every product to make sure it’s good enough to end up in your home, not a landfill.
Ingredient
Integrity
Maine Grains maintains helps their growers develop eco-friendly growing practices and providing economic support to strengthen their community. Maine Grains works directly with each of its farmers to create transparent, sustainable, and economically feasible trade relationships. Maine Grains' products do not contain ingredients on Hive's No Good, Dirty Rotten list of banned and watch list ingredients.
Low Carbon
Footprint
Maine Grains is a zero-waste facility: all their byproducts are either composted or passed on to other producers for reuse, such as in feed for livestock Additionally, Farmers supplying Maine Grains pledge never to use chemical fertilizers or pesticides on their grain crops. Maine Grains' suppliers test their products for heavy metals, pesticide residues, and mycotoxins.
Recyclable
Packaging
The brown paper bag their products come in is curbside recyclable and home compostable.
Committed to Social Good
Maine Grains partners with Maine Grain Alliance and Maine Liberation Farms to aid immigrant farmers in their development.
Rave Worthy
Our team personally tests every product to make sure it’s good enough to end up in your home, not a landfill.
Goldie
How it does good
Grain is a staple in many diets, so it's no surprise that modern manufacturing expanded to make production bigger and faster, often at the expense of small farmers and their communities. Maine Grains is out to change all that, putting chemical-free farming and a stone milling process back where they started in the Northeast. They support their community in growing crops sustainably, creating jobs while revitalizing the environment. Their focus on traditional practices allows them to provide local bakeries and breweries with great-tasting products and promote soil revitalization with grains as a natural weed deterrent. Their commitment to conservation began with recycling an old jailhouse as a gristmill and led to their becoming a zero-waste facility.
How to Use
Recycling
These are general guidelines for broadly-recyclable materials. Check with your local recycler to confirm what they take.
Third Party Certifications
Maine Grains
In Skowhegan, once vacant buildings are humming again with new life and new businesses thanks to Maine Grains. The company has helped Skowhegan, a once prominent grain town, take center stage in a global renaissance to relocalize grain economies. Communities across the globe look to Skowhegan as an example of how to successfully restore the benefits of regional grain production and heritage seed. Maine Grains is committed to making the most delicious, nutritious foods with whole grains.
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