MANATEE -- Growing healthy plants and growing a solid business are the same, at least for James Demler at Sweetgrass Farms. Demler completed an important step in expanding the Sweetgrass Farms ...

A spirits maker in Union was named “Best Contemporary American Gin 2017” in the World Drink Awards. The maker is Sweetgrass Farm Winery & Distillery, which is based at 347 Carroll Road in Union and, ...

UNIVERSITY PARK -- At Sweetgrass Farms, they are "growing into the future." Kathy Demler, who owns the new hydroponic farm with her husband, Jim Demler, wants to be a prototype for the rest of the ...

Walking the long aisles of Sweetgrass Farms' white hydroponic boxes, it's tough to imagine that not so long ago this place was basically a junk pit. Jim Demler, who co-owns Sweetgrass with his wife, ...

Sweetgrass Winery & Distillery, a Union-based maker of wine and spirits from Maine-grown fruits and grains, is getting ready to open a tasting room and retail store in Kennebunk. Kennebunk will be the ...