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Greetings, Local Food Lovers!

Place your order from Western Maine Market today or by 6:00 A.M. tomorrow morning for pick-up or delivery this Friday or Saturday.

Farmington's Summer Market Schedule

Opening day of Farmington's Friday farmers' market will be this Friday, on Front St, across from the Better Living Center. Hours will will be 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This Saturday, Farmington's Saturday market will move to its summer location for the season, in the courthouse parking lot on Main Street, 9:00 a.m.-noon.

The online market will offer pick-up at the Friday market 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or self-service pick-up at the Better Living Center 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., or you can find Deborah at one or the other of those spots in between. Saturday pick-up will be 10:00 a.m. to noon at the market in front of the courthouse. Other pick-up and delivery locations remain the same except that deliveries will start at 1:00 p.m.
New and Returning products

Dandelion greens
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens

Vendor: Rasmussen Farm

Harvested only from dandelions not yet in blossom. Field-gathered dandelion greens have a slightly bitter taste. Cooking reduces the bitterness. They can be added raw or blanched to salads or braised with a bit of olive oil, lemon & salt. Why not try dandelion green gratin? The more adventurous may wish to add bits of anchovy & hard-boiled egg--a Caesar salad variation.
Jerusalem artichokes
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Other

Vendor: Rasmussen Farm

These crisp tubers look like lumpy potatoes with the texture & nutty taste of water chestnuts. They can be used like potatoes and are also yummy raw or pickled. Excellent mashed or made into soup, alone or in combination with other root veggies.

Please note that some people lack the enzyme needed to digest them and can suffer intestinal discomfort from eating them. Find recipes & photo at http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blv71.htm.
Fresh clean Fiddleheads
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Fiddleheads

Vendor: Island Farm

They won't be around for long, so get them while you can. Great sauteed, in quiches, soups, omelets, on pizza... The flavor of spring!
White Daffodils with yellow frill
Menu Group: Home and Garden
Section: Cut Flowers
Category: Daffodils

Vendor: Rasmussen Farm

First flowers of spring! Lovely daffodils. Yellow daffodils are still available, or you can request a mix of the two colors.