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The Ric and Dan Show"The question is not 'can we', it's 'how do we?'": Amber Lambke of Maine GrainsOn this episode of The Ric and Dan Show, the boys bring along Amber Lambke, CEO and Co-Founder of Maine Grains, to talk about history, healthiness, and the beauty of a past not-yet-lost to us, all wrapped up in a bushel of oats and wheat. Amber is in jail- in a jail- in a former jail: she needed to turn the old structure into a grain mill from the ground up, because nowhere else had the vertical space she needed to get to work. It started with the Kneading Conference, and from there, she began to recreate t...
2026-02-0536 min
Growing For Market PodcastGetting ambitious local ag projects done using for-profit/nonprofit partnerships with Amber Lambke of Maine GrainsHave you ever thought of a project that would be perfect for your farm, except that it’s not profitable? It might be possible with a for-profit/nonprofit partnership! In this episode we explore these partnerships with Amber Lambke, cofounder and CEO of Maine Grains. We’ll hear how such a partnership helped her start a gristmill in a repurposed Victorian-era jailhouse, which has spurred the revival of grain production in Maine.Amber shares insights on the challenges of building a business in a rural area, the complexities of funding agricultural projects, the role of nonprofits in supp...
2025-05-061h 34
The PR Maven PodcastHow to Start Your Personal Brand, With Kit Huffman - Episode 190 How do you build a personal brand? Find out in this episode as Kit Huffman explains how to start a personal brand, sharing her tips and the steps she uses with her clients. Kit explains what personal branding is, how to identify a goal for building a personal brand and talks about how networking will give your brand a boost, sharing tips on how to network. In addition, Kit shares how she built her own personal brand, and how that fits into an overall marketing strategy. 00:00 Introduction to the PR Maven ® Podcast 01:33 Introducing Guest...
2024-06-2539 minThe PR Maven PodcastHow to Start Your Personal Brand, With Kit Huffman - Episode 190 How do you build a personal brand? Find out in this episode as Kit Huffman explains how to start a personal brand, sharing her tips and the steps she uses with her clients. Kit explains what personal branding is, how to identify a goal for building a personal brand and talks about how networking will give your brand a boost, sharing tips on how to network. In addition, Kit shares how she built her own personal brand, and how that fits into an overall marketing strategy. 00:00 Introduction to the PR Maven ® Podcast 01:33 Introducing Guest...
2024-06-2539 min
The PR Maven PodcastLessons of Intention From a Tiny Kitchen, With Annie Mahle In this episode, Annie Mahle shares some of the lessons of intention she learned from working in a tiny kitchen on her windjammer and how those lessons can spread to your life overall. Annie defines what a tiny kitchen is and how working in a tiny kitchen inspired her to write a cookbook, “The Tiny Kitchen Cookbook: Strategies and Recipes for Creating Amazing Meals in Small Spaces,” to help others with tiny kitchens. Annie also talks about how she has built her personal brand around intention, from using all the food in the fridge, to what she brings into her hom...
2024-04-0935 minThe PR Maven PodcastLessons of Intention From a Tiny Kitchen, With Annie Mahle In this episode, Annie Mahle shares some of the lessons of intention she learned from working in a tiny kitchen on her windjammer and how those lessons can spread to your life overall. Annie defines what a tiny kitchen is and how working in a tiny kitchen inspired her to write a cookbook, “The Tiny Kitchen Cookbook: Strategies and Recipes for Creating Amazing Meals in Small Spaces,” to help others with tiny kitchens. Annie also talks about how she has built her personal brand around intention, from using all the food in the fridge, to what she brings into her hom...
2024-04-0935 min
The PR Maven PodcastHow To Combine PR and Personal Branding To Create Success for Your Business, With Amber Lambke How can you combine PR and personal branding techniques to make your business successful? In this episode, Amber Lambke, co-founder and CEO of Maine Grains, shares her business success story. Amber explains how the topic of grains was missing from conversations, how she helped start Maine Grains, and how she uses speaking engagements to start conversations and inspire others within the industry. In addition, learn who the famous Maine Grains customer is, and how Amber has been on her baking show! 00:00 Introduction to the PR Maven® Podcast 01:26 Introducing Guest: Amber Lambke 03:02 Why Maine Grai...
2024-03-1939 minThe PR Maven PodcastHow To Combine PR and Personal Branding To Create Success for Your Business, With Amber Lambke How can you combine PR and personal branding techniques to make your business successful? In this episode, Amber Lambke, co-founder and CEO of Maine Grains, shares her business success story. Amber explains how the topic of grains was missing from conversations, how she helped start Maine Grains, and how she uses speaking engagements to start conversations and inspire others within the industry. In addition, learn who the famous Maine Grains customer is, and how Amber has been on her baking show! 00:00 Introduction to the PR Maven® Podcast 01:26 Introducing Guest: Amber Lambke 03:02 Why Maine Grai...
2024-03-1939 min
Main Street Business InsightsInsight Mashup! Tips for Connecting with CommunityWe’re hard at work on season two, capturing fresh conversations with business owners around the country. In the meantime, we wanted to put out some bonus episodes with highlights from season one. Each of the three bonus episodes will focus on a different theme, and will be released in the weeks leading up to the launch of season 2 in late January.
In this bonus episode, you'll hear from small business owners from our first season who make connecting with their community a top priority. They share tips on how to build strong relationships with local people an...
2024-01-2447 minMain Street Business InsightsInsight Mashup! How to Work with Your Local Main Street OrganizationWe’re hard at work on season two, capturing fresh conversations with business owners around the country. In the meantime, we wanted to put out some bonus episodes with highlights from season one. Each of the three bonus episodes will focus on a different theme, and this week we’re hearing about how local entrepreneurs have leveraged the power of a Main Street community to establish, maintain, and grow their ventures.
This episode features:
- Amber Lambke, co-founder and CEO of Maine Grains in Skowhegan, Maine. Listen to the full episode here.
- Kenn...
2023-12-2026 minMain Street Business InsightsGrowing a Thriving Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Maine Grains)In the inaugural episode of Main Street Business Insights, host Matt Wagner sat down with the co-founder and CEO of Maine Grains, Amber Lambke. Located in downtown Skowhegan, Maine, Maine Grains is a grist mill that processes locally grown and organic heritage grains for bakers, brewers, and chefs throughout the Northeast. What's more, Maine Grains has created a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem around it that creates jobs, improves land use, and provides healthy food all while serving as a successful model for thriving local economies.
Amber began her path towards entrepreneurship when she was a new mother, soon af...
2023-08-1642 min
The PR Maven PodcastGrowing Your Passion Into a Brand, With Cherie Scott, Founder and Owner of Mumbai to MAINEFrom her first sales pitch at 9 years old, Cherie Scott has had a clear vision of her future and has been building her brand along the way. In this episode, Cherie tells the story of how Mumbai to MAINE came to be and the different marketing techniques she has used to grow her brand. She also talks about the supportive Maine entrepreneurial community, including some of the pitch competitions she has participated in. Cherie also shares her vision for the future of Mumbai to Maine. 5:13 – Cherie shares the real story of how Mumbai to MAINE started. 13:31...
2023-01-1045 minThe PR Maven PodcastGrowing Your Passion Into a Brand, With Cherie Scott, Founder and Owner of Mumbai to MAINEFrom her first sales pitch at 9 years old, Cherie Scott has had a clear vision of her future and has been building her brand along the way. In this episode, Cherie tells the story of how Mumbai to MAINE came to be and the different marketing techniques she has used to grow her brand. She also talks about the supportive Maine entrepreneurial community, including some of the pitch competitions she has participated in. Cherie also shares her vision for the future of Mumbai to Maine. 5:13 – Cherie shares the real story of how Mumbai to MAINE started. 13:31...
2023-01-1045 min
The PR Maven PodcastHow To Change Your Leadership Style for the Better, With Kevin Hancock, Chairman and CEO of Hancock Lumber.How can you change your leadership style for the better? Find out in this episode as Kevin Hancock, Chairman and CEO of Hancock Lumber shares how his condition has taught him a better leadership style that has led his company to success. Kevin explains how he learned of the power of listening to validate employees and making the right decisions. Despite his condition that affects his speaking, Kevin has actually taken on more speaking engagements and wrote multiple books to inspire others to think about their leadership, and the impacts it has on their business. 3:43 – Nancy and Ke...
2022-09-0654 minThe PR Maven PodcastHow To Change Your Leadership Style for the Better, With Kevin Hancock, Chairman and CEO of Hancock Lumber.How can you change your leadership style for the better? Find out in this episode as Kevin Hancock, Chairman and CEO of Hancock Lumber shares how his condition has taught him a better leadership style that has led his company to success. Kevin explains how he learned of the power of listening to validate employees and making the right decisions. Despite his condition that affects his speaking, Kevin has actually taken on more speaking engagements and wrote multiple books to inspire others to think about their leadership, and the impacts it has on their business. 3:43 – Nancy and Ke...
2022-09-0654 min
Maine TiesReinventing Skowhegan with river waves, grains, and big plansLocal entrepreneurs and community leaders discuss the revitalization efforts of downtown Skowhegan. Matt DuBois, co-owner of The Bankery and Skowhegan Fleursite & Formalwear, and Amber Lambke, co-founder of Maine Grains, share what drew them to Skowhegan, the goals of the nonprofit organization Main Street Skowhegan, and how the "gateway to the North Woods" is becoming an attraction all its own.The Maine Community Foundation has awarded multiple grants to Main Street Skowhegan projects. The "Maine Ties" theme is "Blue Heron" by 317 Main.
2022-03-3125 min
Epicurean UnicornHeritage and Local Grain Milling with Amber Lambke of Maine GrainsSend us a textWe sat down and spoke with Amber Lambke the Founder and CEO of Maine Grains. Her and her company do amazing work in the area of locally grown and milled grains from their mill in Skowhegan, Maine. You can find out what Maine Grains is up to:Twitter & Instagram @MainegrainsMainegrains.com Find Puratos at:Instagram @PuratosUSTwitter @PuratosUSApuratos.usBraden on Twitter @bakerbraybray47Find Puratos at:@PuratosUSA- Twitter@PuratosUS- Instagram
2021-11-0957 min
Rise Up! The Baker Podcast with Mark DyckAmber Lambke, Founder of Maine Grains and the Main Grain Alliance on what can be accomplished when a community leverages its assetsWhen Amber Lambke moved to Skowhegan, Maine, her new community needed help. She dug in with the community, discovered the many assets they had and eventually formed the Maine Grain Alliance and started the Maine Grains mill. Now, Skowhegan is known around the baking world for their annual Kneading Conference and the revitalized grain economy in Maine. In this episode, Amber shares the story of Maine Grains and how the model they followed can be duplicated in communities around the world. Helpful Links: Maine Grains Mill Maine Grain Alliance & Kneadi...
2019-09-041h 00
Craft Beer StormEpisode # 47 - Locally Grown - Amber Lambke of Maine GrainsMichael speaks with Amber Lambke, Founder/Owner of Maine Grains about working with local farmers and the Community to provide Brewers, Bakers and Chefs with quality grain.Maine Grains specializes in freshly milled, organic and heritage grains for stoneground flour and rolled oats. We sell to bakers, brewers, and chefs throughout the Northeast. The gristmill is also home to the Maine Grains Dry Goods Store, The Miller’s Table cafe, Happyknits yarn shop, the Skowhegan Farmer's Market, and the Maine Grain Alliance teaching kitchen. The Miller’s Table at Maine Grains is a farm-to-table cafe celebrating the...
2019-06-0332 min
Women Taking the Lead091: Amber Lambke on Invigorating a Community Through IndustryAmber Lambke is the president of the Somerset Grist Mill, LLC and its Maine Grains label, which is carried by specialty food stores and used by fine restaurants and bakeries throughout Northeastern US. She is also the executive director of the Maine Grain Alliance. Amber has worked with local business leaders and community members to successfully bring the cultivation and processing of heritage grains back to Skowhegan, Maine, which is a driving force behind Maine’s sustainable foods movement. Her efforts through the Maine Grain Alliance have generated a broader understanding and appreciation of the nutritional and economic value of...
2016-01-2428 min
The Farm ReportEpisode 265: Maine Grain AllianceThis week on _ The Farm Report _, host Erin Fairbanks is talking grain with some of the folks who know it best from the Maine Grain Alliance plus author of “The New Bread Basket,” Amy Holloran. Speaking with President of the Maine Grain Alliance, Amber Lambke, head miller, Erik LeVine, and Matthew DuBois, owner of The Bankery, Erin brings up the topic of ancient grains being the next “it” food item to join the ranks of artisan coffee and kale, according to recent media claims. What would it take to reinvigorate local grain economies? How is grain season looking this year? What...
2015-10-2200 min
Onward NationEpisode 95: Overcome your fear of failure, with Amber Lambke.Amber Lambke is the president of Maine Grains located in Skowhegan, Maine. The company is housed at the Somerset Grist Mill. The Mill provides a space for farmers, entrepreneurs, and community members to assemble and operate a variety of programs and businesses. The Somerset Grist Mill is nationally recognized as one of the country's emerging rural “food hubs.” Amber is also the executive director of the Maine Grain Alliance Market, a mom, wife, former speech-language pathologist, home baker and passionate gardener.
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2015-10-2200 min
The Farm ReportEpisode 212: Maine Grains AllianceGet ready to learn a whole lot about grains on a special episode of The Farm Report. Erin Fairbanks is joined by Amber Lambke, Executive Director of the Maine Grains Alliance and host of the annual KNEADING Conference. Amber knows her grains and talks about everything from infrastructure to economics. The Maine Grains Alliance’s mission is to preserve and promote grain traditions, from earth to hearth. They provide opportunities to learn and share how best to grow and use grains, using a combination of traditional, innovative, and sustainable techniques. The KNEADING conference brings together farmers, professional and home ba...
2014-07-1731 min