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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.

The Maine Beer Shed is closed this week, but we will still be delivering to Kingfield and dropping off orders at the former schoolhouse. The Beer Shed pick-up option will return next week.
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New and Returning Products
Tea
Menu Group: Food
Section: Coffee and Tea
Category: Tea
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Calming Chamomile! Certified Organic and hand harvested, blossoms only. Chamomile blossoms, all hand harvested at Whitehill Farm. Makes a soothing and calming tea!

Marvelous Mate and Mint: Natural caffeine power from Herbal Mate, blended with our own mint for a refreshing cup'a!
ORGANIC Onion Powder
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Other
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Fresh and pungent. Our own onions dried and ground into tasty Powder. Putting our onion thinnings to good use! Use this tasty rich onion powder for dressings, marinades, rubs and more! Certified Organic by MOFGA
Organic Smoked Paprika
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Paprika
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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adds a smoky spicy note where Paprika is called for in a recipe!
Sage, fresh
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Sage
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Sage is a wonderful addition to poultry and other meat dishes, or sauteed in butter and served with pasta. It is also associated with healing and cleansing.
5lb Ground Beef Special
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Beef
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Five pounds of our grass fed and finished ground beef in 1lb packages. all our beef is dry aged 14+ days for tender cuts and beefy flavor.
Fresh lion's mane mushrooms
Menu Group: Food
Section: Mushrooms
Category: Other
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Vendor: Hemlock Hill Farm
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Grown with love in New Vineyard Maine. Superb flavor, texture, and medicine for your brain too! Enjoy the flaky-crab like texture of this delectable mushroom. Lion's mane is also used medicinally to fight against cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disorders. Yes, medicine should taste this good!
Fresh shiitake mushrooms
Menu Group: Food
Section: Mushrooms
Category: Shiitake
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Vendor: Hemlock Hill Farm
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Grown with love in New Vineyard Maine. Our shiitake mushrooms are freshly harvested and full of flavor. A classic rich tasting mushroom. Excellent in all stir fries and soups.
Classic Sweet Gherkins with a twist!
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Pickles
Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Classic Sweet Gherkins with a twist! Sweet and crunchy, made of West Indian Gherkin cucumbers! We call these cucumbers the "hedgehog" cukes! They are rock hard and spiny, not at all appetizing raw. BUT the recipe is a multi-day sugar cure followed by pickling, and the process penetrates and softens the cukes. The result is a crunchy sweet and tangy pickle that is surprisingly delectable!
Relish
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Relish
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Corn Relish! A fabulous recipe from the 1940's ...sweet, tart, complex!

Zucchini Relish, award winning recipe. Sweet, tart, spicy, and delicious. `Family recipe, published in the Old Farmers Almanac Blue Ribbon Recipe Cookbook!
Condiments
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Condiments
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Hot Sauce that will get your attention!: Really not TOO hot ...but made with our own Certified Organic Arledge Tobasco peppers and garlic, with vinegar and pickling spices.

Smoking' Steak Sauce!: Tomatoes, honey, tabasco, mustard, and smoke ...a winning and zesty combination! Fabulous as a steak sauce, barbecue finishing sauce, or just about any place that you like to light up with flavor!

Tomato Apple Chutney! Sweet, tart, hot, AND fruity! A true chutney that hits all the flavor high points! Accompanies fish, chicken, omelets, mashed potatoes ...anywhere a little zip is just the ticket! Contains our own apples, tomatoes, onions, and hot peppers, with raisins added to round it out!
Applesauce & Apple Butter
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Fruits Canned & Processed
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Apple Butter! Sauced and simmered till it's just right ...thick and spreadable. Our own Empire and Cortland apples, sauced and then simmered for hours! Unsweetened with just a hint of cinnamon.

Just Applesauce! Unsweetened, made from our own Certified Organic apples. Cortland and Empire apples slowly cooked into thick applesauce.
Jam & Jelly
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Jams Jellies Butters & Spreads
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Just a taste!

Apple Jelly! Crystal clear and sweet! From our own trees! Absolutely clear, sweet apple flavor! The apples are from our own trees and the juices is steam extracted!

Aroniaberry Jelly! Robust flavor reminiscent of currants! Aronia, or chokeberry, is a native North American shrub that thrives in our area. This is a delicious and underutilized fruit with a full and robust flavor that reminds me of currants. The fruits are dark and loaded with antioxidants, as much or more than elderberries.

Beautiful Golden PEACH Jam! Golden peaches transformed into a delicious jam. Locally grown peaches lovingly canned here at Whitehill Farm!

Classic Grape Jelly! Fresh and bright flavor! Concord grapes, grown right here in Farmington! Gorgeous blue/black/purple jelly, made with grapes, cane sugar, and fruit pectin.

Golden Plum Jam! A little different and definitely delicious! We've got a bumper crop of La Crescent Golden Plums ...and beautiful jam as a result!

Gorgeous Red Plum Jam! Our own organic plums! Our young trees are vigorous and prolific. 2021 and '22 were banner years. Jams are made with whole fruit and the juice and are satisfyingly rich and sweet.
Pickles
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Pickles
Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Cleopatra's Cucumber Chips! A true tangy taste treat! Apparently Queen Cleopatra of Egypt credited including pickles in her diet with contributing to her health and legendary beauty! These beautiful slices are tangy and sweet, a real treat!

Green Tomato Pickle ...an old-timey Southern classic. Satisfyingly sweet and tart! One of my personal favorites. Our own Certified Organic tomatoes, sweet peppers, and onions, with sugar, vinegar, and spices.

(pictured) Pickled Sweet Peppers, a great side to go with almost anything! Beautiful yellow, orange, and red ...Turkish Corbaci peppers (Certified Organic). Contains peppers, cane sugar, vinegar, and spices.

Sweet Mustard Pickles! A delightful alternative to sours. Sweet and tangy. While searching for a good sour mustard pickle I found this delightful SWEET Mustard recipe ...definitely is NOT a sour! Sweet and tart and very satisfying. Made with our own Certified Organic cucumbers.


THE LAST OF THE 2022 CROP! Maine specialty ...unique Dilly Beans! Traditional Maine specialty! Carefully hand packed, seasoned with dill, garlic, and a hint of heat. Made with our own Certified Organic snap beans.
Powerhouse brassica blend microgreens
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens Micro
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Vendor: Hemlock Hill Farm
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Mild flavored, but packed with nutrition. This blend of brassicas features milder tasting super-nutrient microgreens including broccoli, kale, and red cabbage. Great on everything!
Kale, Mixed varieties
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Kale
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Grown naturally in our greenhouse
Green Oakleaf lettuce, Certified Organic
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Lettuce
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Beautiful and tender green Oakleaf lettuce! Certified Organic.
Viola Seedlings
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Flowers Annual
Category: Viola
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Frizzle Sizzle: Early spring edible flowers! Frizzle Sizzle Yellow-Blue Swirl Viola. Viola are decorative and an edible garnish for salads and desserts with slight wintergreen flavor. While a popular choice for brightening up salad mix, the flowers are also good for candying.
*These packs have been hardened off and are READY for planting outside in the ground (if your ground is ready) or containers*