The founder of Aurora Mills and Farm, Matt is a pioneer in the resurgence of the grain-growing economy in the State of Maine. For 22 years, he was a grain agronomist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. He started growing organic, food-grade wheat in 1998 and began his milling operation in 2001 to meet the needs of Jim Amaral of Borealis Breads who was seeking Maine-grown wheat.
In 2013, Matt’s daughter, Sara, returned home to join Matt as a partner. Sara brings extensive experience in design, quality control, and installation of horticultural crops from her previous career as a landscape designer in Washington D.C. Upon marrying Sara, Marcus Flewelling joined the Aurora Mills family.