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Greetings, local food lovers!
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Order today from Western Maine Market for pick-up or delivery this Friday or Saturday.

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New and Returning Products
Toasting and sandwich bread
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Bread
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Frozen to stay fresh. Fresh and firm toasting and sandwich bread. Our OLD family recipe! This is the recipe I grew up with and have been making for 50+ years! A beautifully adapted 50's recipe ...for example originally dry milk from a box ...NOW locally sourced organic milk! ...then, bleached white flour, and now unbleached King Arthur!
Large eggs
Menu Group: Food
Section: Eggs
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Lots of nice large eggs, white and different shades of brown. Our older layers are stay giving us nice eggs and the new flock is now laying more actual large and extra large eggs than mediums and smalls! They are all enjoying goodies: veggie scraps - coming from the House AND EXTRA greens and trimmings from cooking, and lots of weeds and greens from the gardens! Fresh eggs are are a perfect portion of protein!
Aronia Berries, frozen
Menu Group: Food
Section: Fruits and Berries
Category: Other
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Picked fresh on August 2nd and frozen for smoothies or pies! Aronia, also known as Chokeberry, is native to N. America and thrives in our area! The shrubs are decorative, sturdy, virtually disease free and not attractive to insect pests. The flavor of aronia is rich and robust and similar to the flavor of black currants. Makes a good addition to smoothies, and for jams, jellies, and pies (recipe included)!

Aronia is rich in antioxidants, matching or exceeding the medicinal value of elderberries. Historically Native Americans used aronia to fight infections. The black berries and their juice will stain so protecting surfaces is essential!
Fresh Cilantro
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Cilantro
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Fragrant bunches of fresh cilantro
Broadleaf Sorrel
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Sorrel
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Wake up your taste buds with this tangy treat that tastes like sour apple. These leaves make a great addition to salads, soups or sauces. They can also be cooked lightly like chard or spinach. High in Vitamins A & C. Learn more at http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sorrel.htm or try this soup recipe: http://ashy-macbean.com/soups/sorrelsoup.htm or this one, served at the White House: http://www.rd.com/advice-and-know-how/white-house-recipe-potato-leek-and-sorrel-soup/article26509.html
Viola plants
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Flowers Annual
Category: Viola
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Cheerful citrus colors!
Herb Plants
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Herb Plants
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Phenomenal Lavender
Oregano
Tarragon
Thyme

(Pictured) Mixed pot of edible flowers and herbs! Treat your mom to a lovely little garden in a pot: Oregano, Viola, Parsley and Nasturtium (The nasturtium is not cold hardy, bring inside at night). Put the nasturtium leaves and flowers of this arrangement in salads and snip of the leaves of the oregano and parsley during meal prep. The variegated Oregano is happy as a clam in the container but could be eventually planted out in the perennial herb garden.
Herb Seedlings
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Herb Seedlings
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Cilantro
Parsley, Krausa
Walla Walla Onion seedlings
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Onions
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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15 to 20 each container. Walla Walla is a type sweet onion, like Vidalia. These little loves have been hardened off and are ready to plant as soon as your garden is ready this spring. Tease them apart and plant individually or in clumps of 3 with a wider spacing.