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Happy Farmers' Market Week, 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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Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets
Gift Certificate Special Offer
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MFFM now offers farmers’ market gift certificates that are redeemable at many markets statewide, including the Farmington Farmers' Market and Western Maine Market.
Throughout the month of August, you can get $120 in gift certificates for just $100. To order, go to https://mffm.square.site/.
Gift certificates are a great way to:
- Give gifts to people around you who are passionate about local food
- Encourage your loved ones to explore their local farmers’ market
- Commit your household to supporting your local farmers’ market
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Carrabassett Coffee update
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Carrabassett Coffee Company now needs orders by noon Monday to have them in Farmington for Friday. If you were to order coffee from us today, we wouldn't be able to get it to you this week unless you were picking up or getting delivery in Kingfield, Salem, Phillips, Strong, or Freeman, or on Saturday. Until we find a better way to make that clear, please use email or the order note at checkout to place your coffee order, and be sure to order now or by noon Monday if you want coffee for next Friday in Farmington, along the route from Farmington to Kingfield, or in Rangeley. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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New and Returning Products
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Egg Sale!
Menu Group: Food
Section: Eggs
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Eggs from our happy and healthy hens. - Egg Sale! Our lucky ladies eat non-gmo "natural" layer pellets, organic scratch grains and tons of garden scraps from our gardens. They are an important part of our farm ecosystem!
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Blackberries
Menu Group: Food
Section: Fruits and Berries
Category: Blackberries
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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(Pictured) Plump and sweet blackberries, ready for you to add to your cereal, make jam or simply snack. Every time my toddler is in the front yard, she makes a beeline for the blackberry patch. She is a girl after my own heart and gobbles them up as fast as she can pick them. Needless to say, she has a few scratches from these prickly brambles, it doesn't seem to deter her one bit.
Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
Blackberries: Old Fashioned Blackberries - ouch!
A box of Band-Aids is helpful when picking, but they are oh so good.
Never sprayed
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ORGANIC Sweet Basil
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Basil
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Ready to enjoy in so many ways! Freshly dried and processed ...Sweet Basil at its best. Perhaps the most versatile herb in your pantry. Organic and grown locally for you to enjoy!
Red or Sweet Basil available
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ORGANIC Sage, minced
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Sage
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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100% Organic Sage minced for easy use. MOFGA Certified Organic sage, grown, dried, and processed at Whitehill Farm. Perfect for stuffings, soups, stews, dips, wherever you desire a hint of sage.
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Belted Galloway beef
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Beef
Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Belted Galloway beef. Grass fed and finished. Dry aged for 14 days for a tender and flavorful cut!
New York Strip Steak--thick cut!
Sirloin Tip Steak--great for steak tips! Thick cut, great on the grill or for steak tips!
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Chicken Feet
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Chicken feet from our pastured chicken. Loose pack, "pet use", nails on.
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Luce's Pure Maine Maple Granulated Sugar
Menu Group: Food
Section: Sweet Stuff
Category: Maple
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Vendor: Luce's Maine Maple Syrup
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Luce's Granulated Maple Sugar is a great natural sweetener that can be used as a 1:1 ratio substitute for regular sugar in most all recipes. Our Maple Sugar is derived from cooking down Maple Syrup, using no other ingredients. Compared to regular sugar, It is much higher in essential nutrients such as Magnesium, potassium, zinc, riboflavin (B2), manganese, and calcium. High in antioxidants and a low glycemic index. We love to use Maple Sugar or Maple Syrup as a substitute in coffee, homemade cheesecake, zucchini bread, cookies, glazes, ham glaze, and so much more!
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Beets-Medium
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Beets
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Bok Choy-full head
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Bok Choy
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Great for stir-fry or soup. The white stems can also used raw in salads, or cook the greens likes kale or spinach. Full heads.
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Cucumbers
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Cucumber
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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(pictured) Slicing Cucumber
Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
Itachi - Japanese long white cucumber
Medium Green Cucumber, naturally grown
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Garlic
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Garlic
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Freshly cured 2023 garlic!
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Pea Shoots
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens Micro
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Fresh, green, and slightly sweet, pea shoots are eaten cooked or raw. Add them to your salad or your stir fry!
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Kohlrabi
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Kohlrabi
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Add some crunch to your summer! Baseball size.
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Sedum morganianum 'Burrito'
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: House Plants
Category: Other
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Sedum morganianum 'Burrito', also known as Donkey's tail has thick trailing stems covered with overlapping, blue green leaves in a dark gray/black pot.
Star-shaped flowers in pink or red may appear at the tips of stems in summer.
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Peperomia
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: House Plants
Category: Other
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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(pictured) Peperomia ferreyrae Happy Bean, is an attractive succulent with long, bean-like, lime green leaves. The leaves are very slender and have a translucent "leaf window" that helps them absorb more sunlight. 4" black/gray pot
Peperomia obtusifolia - Marble: Peperomia Marble, also known as Baby Rubber Plant, is a true easy-care plant as it is drought tolerant and rarely requires fertilization. Prefers bright to medium indirect light, so place near a south or west facing window. 4" black/gray pot
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Rhoeo - Tricolor
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: House Plants
Category: Other
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Rhoeo Tricolor plant is easy to grow with sword-like leaves that have white and green variegation on the topside with a showy, purple on the underside. Also known as, Boat Lily, Moses-in-the-Cradle and Oyster Plant. Keep away from direct light and keep the soil slightly moist, checking it daily to make sure it doesn't dry out completely.
4" black/gray pot
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Crassula Ovata - Jade Plant
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: House Plants
Category: Jade
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Easy to care for house plant! Bring it outside in the summer and give it as much sun as you can find when you bring it inside. Don't overwater. I have noticed that the more sun these plants have the more reddish the thick glossy leaves will be.
6" terracotta pot
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Trandescantia zebrina 'Burgundy'
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: House Plants
Category: Other
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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Long trailing stems with dark purple and olive leaves in a pretty green pot with swirls of various colors.
Trandescantia zebrina can be kept in full sun outside during the summer months, and prefers south or west exposure when kept indoors. This is a semi-succulent plant, so should be watered when the soil is almost dry.
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