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Greetings, local food lovers!
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Place your order from Western Maine Market today for pick-up or delivery this Friday or Saturday.
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New Pick-up Locations in Phillips and Jay - and Expanded Delivery Route
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We are pleased to be able to offer new order pick-up locations in Jay and Phillips, and an expanded route for free deliveries.

In JAY, at Depot Street Meats, 29 Depot Street, orders will be available for pick-up Saturdays, 9-11 am, or by appointment. If you need to pick up at a different time, please contact benmelissa@depotstreetmeats.com to schedule.

In PHILLIPS, at Dark Star Farbrics, 30 Main Street, orders will be available for self-service pick-up from the ramp-accessible front porch by 4 pm on Fridays.

Our FREE DELIVERY route has been expanded as well, to include homes and businesses along Route 142 from Kingfield to Phillips, along either the River Road or Route 4 from Phillips to Strong, and up Route 145 from Strong to Gilkey Hill in Freeman.

The delivery route now runs:
From downtown Farmington, up Rte. 4 or the Town Farm Rd. to Rte. 27,
Farmington to Kingfield along Rte. 27
Kingfield to Phillips along Route 142
Phillips to Strong & Freeman, along the River Road or Route 4 to Route 145.
We can deliver beyond our regular route for a delivery fee per mile from the route.

You can view our new delivery route here: https://goo.gl/maps/mSEgHL52XJz4i7sy7.
Farmington's Winter Market starts this week
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The Farmington Farmers’ Market will move indoors to its winter location at the St. Joseph Center, 130 Quebec Street, starting this Saturday, the 5th of November. The winter market will be held Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., November through April.

The market accepts SNAP/EBT as well as credit and debit cards. Stretch your SNAP benefits with Maine Harvest Bucks, good for the purchase of fruits and vegetables. Get $1 in Maine Harvest Bucks for every $2 spent in SNAP benefits, plus an additional $10 just for using your SNAP benefits at the farmers’ market.

Farmington Farmers’ Market welcomes applications from new vendors. Please apply online at forms.gle/6ppYAkSTpoMWAroRA, leave a message on our Facebook page, and/or contact market manager Erica Haywood at erica@lovegrownhealing.com or 778-1181.

The market will adhere to Maine CDC’s COVID-19 guidelines based on Franklin’s Country’s current level of community transmission.

Western Maine Market will continue to offer order pick-up Fridays on Front Street, next to the Better Living Center, with abbreviated hours starting this week. The winter market Saturday replaces the outdoor Saturday market in the list of pick-up and delivery options, and other pick-up and delivery options remain unchanged except for the addition of our two new locations and expanded delivery route.
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New and Returning Products
Dried Pears
Menu Group: Food
Section: Dried Food
Category: Apples
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Dried to perfection for snacking. Certified Organic. A wonderful Seckel Pear harvest this year! Slices dried for snacking, salads ...tasty treats!
FRESH Mint
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Mints
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Lovely smell and flavor. We use it in ice tea, and have made mint jelly for use with lamb.
Larger quantities available upon request.
Beef Brisket
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Beef
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Our Grass Fed and Finished beef Brisket. Dry aged 14+ days for a tender cut and beefy flavor.
Add your favorite dry rub to this Brisket and roast, covered, in the oven at 325 for about 3 hours.
Green Cabbage - medium
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Cabbage
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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These dense green cabbage are excellent keepers, and are excellent for slaw, kraut, in stir fries or soups, or boiled for an old fashioned New England dinner. Conventially grown using IPM - Integrated Pest Management for Swede Midge which has affected all our brassica - minimal pesticide use needed for cabbage
Carrots
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Carrots
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Now available in a 10 pound bag
Lunchbox Peppers
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Peppers
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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mix of small sweet red and yellow peppers
Potatoes
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Potatoes
Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Baby potato medley: A colorful mix of small potatoes, about the size of golf balls. Enjoy the lovely colors and the range of potato flavors & textures.

Fingerling potato medley: A medley of colorful Fingerlings. Fingerlings are "prized for their interesting colors and exquisite flavors" says the Maine Potato Lady. Excellent roasted or steamed and tossed with butter & parsley.

Purple Majesty: "Majestic purple flesh inside satiny purple skin" (The Maine Potato Lady). Great for salads, boiling, or knock-out steak fries.

Red potatoes: mostly Reddale, and mostly large. Red Pontiac or Sangre also available.

Yellow potatoes, small: Great boiled, fried, mashed, or in soup. We grew several varieties (Daisy Gold, German Butterball, Natascha, Satina, Yukon Gold, Yukon Gem) and harvested mostly small yellow potatoes from the 2022 crop. Larger yellow potatoes available on request.

Please state any size or variety preference in the order note at checkout.
Squash
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Squash - Winter
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Acorn

(pictured) Carnival: A festive acorn-shaped squash, speckled green yellow & orange, with a sweet, nutty taste. Excellent cut in half and roasted, filled with butter & brown sugar or with meats & grains. Also great in soups & risottos--and very decorative!

Delicata - small

Hubbard - 8-10 lbs: Delicious, sweet, dry, orange flesh in a large grayish blue skin that can be used as a serving dish. Deborah's favorite squash. The skin can turn pale orange later in the winter.

Sunshine: Lovely deep orange Kabocha-type squash - excellent sweet flvor.
Tomatoes
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Tomatoes
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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END OF SEASON SALE - Slicing tomatoes: A mix of heirloom pink, and hearty red greenhouse tomatoes


Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products

Paste Tomatoes. Mixed Varieties. Ripened off the vine, great for sauce, salsa, etc