Who We Are

The mission of trade association Biobased Maine is to achieve a sustainable biobased manufacturing industry in the state of Maine.

Our members include manufacturers, raw material suppliers, landowners, farmers, consultants, research institutions, private equity and non-governmental organizations.

Board of Directors

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James Chittum

President

Director of Business Development,
Quick Plug NA Inc.

 

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Mike Belliveau

Vice President

Executive Director,
Defend Our Health (formerly Environmental Health Strategy Center)

 

Stephen W Schley

Stephen Schley

Chair,
FOR/Maine

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Darrell Waite

Associate Research Technology,
Sappi

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Jay Brandeis

Business Development Consultant,
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Peter Boynton

Peter Boynton

Chief Commercialization Officer,
Ginkgo Bioworks

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Colleen Walker

Director, Process Development Center,
University of Maine

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P. Andrew Hamilton

Shareholder and Chair,
Eaton Peabody

Tom Brennan

Thomas Brennan

Senior Natural Resource Manager,
Nestle Water North America

Our Membership

Small and Start-up Businesses

Beachstone, Portland, ME
Compounding Solutions, Lewiston, ME
etc Innovation, Westhampton, ME
F.E. Wood Energy, Baldwin, ME
GlobEcoMaine, Scarborough, ME
Hamer Engineering Company, Foxboro, MA
Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, Portland, ME
Loring Energy Projects, Limestone, ME
Maine International Consulting, Bremen, ME
Maine Standard Biofuels, Portland, ME
MTi Polyexe Corporation,
Cape Elizabeth, ME

Ocean Organics,
Waldoboro, ME

Pollution Prevention Consulting, Scarborough, ME
Q-Team Tree Service,
Naples, ME

Revolution Research, Orono, ME
SeaChange Group LLC, Brunswick, ME
Ocean Extracts, LLC,
Richmond, ME
Loring Energy Projects, Limestone, ME
True North Beauty,
Lake View PltME
Material Research, L3C
Southwest Harbor, ME

Large Businesses

Casella Organics, Portland, ME
Cerealus, Waterville, ME
Eaton Peabody, Bangor, ME
Grow-Tech LLC, South Portland, ME
Robbins Lumber, Searsmont, ME
Hancock Lumber, Casco, ME
Oakhurst Dairy, Portland, ME
ReEnergy, Latham, NY
Sappi North America, Westbrook, ME
Seven Islands, Bangor, ME
Tom's of Maine, Kennebunk and Sanford, ME, a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive, Piscataway, NJ
Wagner Forest Management, LTD, Lyme, NH

Organizations and Colleges

Maine Angels, Portland, ME
Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), Wiscasset, ME
E2Tech, Portland, ME
Hydrogen Energy Center, Naples, ME
Our Katahdin, Portland, ME
Lincoln Lakes Chamber of Commerce, Lincoln, ME
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Brunswick, ME
Maine Composites Alliance, Portland, ME
Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME
University of Maine, Orono, ME
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME

Founding Partner

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Biobased Maine grew from the sustainable economy program at Maine-based Defend Our Health (formerly Environmental Health Strategy Center), which advocates for the use of safer chemicals to build an economy where families and communities thrive.

Defend Our Health also recognizes that access to job opportunities is a key social determinant of health.

Defend Our Health is led by founder and executive director Mike Belliveau, a public policy expert recognized nationally for promoting environmental public health and a sustainable economy. Mike’s leadership of Defend Our Health is one reason Maine now sets the national pace for protecting human health from harmful chemicals.

Biobased Maine and Defend Our Health continue a partnership to promote the manufacture of products and materials that are safer for people and the planet.