PORTLAND, Maine — Heather and Doug Donahue left careers in teaching and construction behind to follow a dream of opening a dairy farm and cheese-making business in the rolling fields of Maine.
The Donahues, who have run Balfour Farm in Pittsfield for four years, have that dream in common with dozens of small business owners in the suddenly cheese-crazy state. Maine has established itself as the state with the fastest-growing artisanal cheese industry in the country, and state agriculture officials said it’s not slowing down.
“It’s great to see the new people that are coming in all the time. It’s really kind of exploding,” said Heather Donahue, who used to teach middle school science in New Hampshire. “It’s really great because Maine has a long history of dairy.”
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