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PICK UP: Friday, February 24, 2012, - Friday 3-5pm or Saturday 9am-noon
LOCATION: Rumford - No View Farm & Bakery
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PICK UP: Saturday, February 25, 2012, - after 3 pm
LOCATION: Stratton Saturday pm
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PICK UP: Saturday, February 25, 2012, - 8-11am
LOCATION: New Sharon Saturday - Top of the Hill
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PICK UP: Friday, February 24, 2012, - 4:30-6pm
LOCATION: Kingfield Schoolhouse Gallery Fri 4:30-6
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PICK UP: Friday, February 24, 2012, - Friday 1:30-2 or by appointment
LOCATION: Farmington Grange Fri
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PICK UP: Saturday, February 25, 2012, - 10am-noon
LOCATION: Farmington Grange Sat
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PICK UP: Saturday, February 25, 2012, - Saturday afternoon
LOCATION: E Wilton, Whitehill Farm
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DELIVERY: Saturday, February 25, 2012, - Saturday early afternoon
LOCATION: Saturday delivery, shortly after noon
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DELIVERY: Friday, February 24, 2012, - Friday ~ 5:30-6pm
LOCATION: Rangeley--meet our volunteer Friday pm
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DELIVERY: Friday, February 24, 2012, - Friday after 2 pm
LOCATION: Friday delivery, after 2 pm
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Maple Ridge Farm and Fishery
Jeremy and Tracy Ames are a devoted and hard working fishing family that realize the importance of sustainable farms and fisheries in providing fresh seafood and farm products to folks in our community.
This year my husband harvested 400lbs of Atlantic Sea Scallops. We also produced 536 gallons of Pure Maine Maple Syrup. It was a very good year with the highest sugar content for us ever.
Jeremy has been lobstering since he was 18; 19 years on his own fishing boat lobstering and scallop harvesting for 13 years. Working in the fishing industry he has become a steward in the mission of sustainable fisheries. Often he would change scallop ring sizes prior to the regulation changes because he saw a need to preserve the resource as well as modifying his drag to limit bycatch. Jeremy fishes out of a smaller boat, a 37 foot Repco and chooses a smaller drag than most boats that is 5 ½ foot. Jeremy is a member of the Maine Lobsterman Association and he has volunteered with the Darling Marine Center, (a world renowned research marine laboratory of the University of Maine in Walpole Maine), in the research collection of Scallop “Spat” (scallop eggs). He uses oak lobster trap runners to prevent the deterioration of the ocean bottom, increased trap vent size to allow smaller lobsters to get out faster, and biodegradable fasteners which break a panel free, letting everything escape in the unfortunate event of lost gear. Maine lobstermen have been at the forefront of their species preservation for years, providing min/max size measures and numerous gear restrictions, to insure the opportunity for future generation fisherfolk.
