PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 3, 2020
Bioenergy startup Tree Free Heat of Waterville has signed its first distribution deal with Back40, a Portland-based startup that operates an e-commerce site for outdoor gear rentals that can be delivered directly to campsites. The company said that hiking and camping gear rentals make it easier and less expensive to enjoy Maine’s outdoors, and that the new partnership gives consumers easy access to Tree Free Heat’s initial product offering: hemp stalk-based fire starters for campfires and cooking grills.