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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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Thanksgiving Schedule
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This week we are operating as usual: order Wednesday to receive your order Friday or Saturday. For the week of Thanksgiving, we will send out the newsletter and ask customers to place their orders on MONDAY the 20th. We will distribute orders on Wednesday the 22nd, before Thanksgiving. There will be no order pick-up or delivery on Friday the 24th or Saturday the 25th.
NOTE ON THANKSGIVING ITEMS FROM FERME LOUIS
Please note that any items from Ferme Louis with "THANKSGIVING" in the description are PRE-ORDERS for Wednesday. They will NOT be available for pick-up or delivery this Friday or Saturday.
The ordering deadline for these items is 3:00 p.m. on Monday the 20th.
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Farmington Farmers' Market
Holiday Schedule
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The Farmington Farmers’ Market has moved indoors to its winter home at the St. Joseph Center, 130 Quebec Street. Farmington’s winter market is held each Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., November through April. St. Joseph Center is located at the corner of Quebec and Middle Streets, near the UMF Fitness & Recreation Center.
For the week of Thanksgiving, the market will be held on Wednesday the 22nd of November, to provide fresh local food in time for the holiday feast.
Hours will be 10-1 as usual. There will be no market on the 25th of November, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
For Chester Greenwood Day, on the 2nd of December, the farmers’ market will be held in conjunction with the Winter Festival at the St. Joseph Center at 130 Quebec Street, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Winter Festival will feature freshly made wreaths, gift baskets, a lunch counter for sit-down or take-out meals, and live music.
Some of the farmers’ market vendors will participate in the Holiday Food Hall, Friday the 8th of December, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Farmington Community Center, 127 Middle Street, hosted by the Greater Franklin Food Council (greaterfranklinfoodcouncil.org).
The farmers’ market will proceed as usual on the Saturdays of the 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th of December, weather permitting.
Weather-related cancellations will be announced in the Daily Bulldog and on the Farmington Farmers’ Market Facebook page. You can sign up for the www.docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBEA4OZveMkPaGn875vE_aAUCn7gk6hI-YVs_4bCcjFIu_PQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 [Farmington Farmers' Market mailing list] if you wish to receive notifications directly to your inbox.
Please contact market manager Deborah Chadbourne for more information at (207) 860-0703 or farmingtonmainefarmersmarket@gmail.com.
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New and Returning Products
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Whole Wheat Bread
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Bread
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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A simple, old-fashioned loaf. Great for toast or sandwiches. Made with whole wheat flour, water, nonfat dried milk, brown sugar, canola oil, yeast, and salt.
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THANKSGIVING DESSERTS
Swedish Apple Cake
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Cake
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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Swedish apple pie. Taste like a cross between an apple betty and an apple crisp.
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THANKSGIVING DESSERTS
Cheesecake
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Cheesecake
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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(pictured) Blueberry lemon cheesecake with ginger snap pecan crust
Pumpkin Caramel Pecan Cheesecake: pumpkin cheesecake with caramel pecan toppings; ginger snap pecan crust.
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THANKSGIVING
Prepared Must-Have Side Dishes
Spiced cranberry bread pudding
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Other
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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made with brandy, oranges, spices, and house made brioche loaf. served with whip cream.
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Eggs
Menu Group: Food
Section: Eggs
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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free range flock - white, brown, and green-blue eggs
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Sprout Kraut
Menu Group: Food
Section: Fermented Foods
Category: Sauerkraut
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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(12 oz mason jar) - Our spin on sauerkraut made with Brussel sprouts
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Home grown pears
Menu Group: Food
Section: Fruits and Berries
Category: Pears
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Yellow, never sprayed. Skin is "cosmetically challenged", but the flesh is good!
Average 5 pears/2 lbs
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**Sale** 5 lbs Meaty Soupbones
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Beef
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Stock up on our grass fed and finished meaty beef soupbones so you'll have plenty of nourishing bone broth for the winter.
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Fresh Pasta
Menu Group: Food
Section: Pasta
Category: Long
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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*Bucatini* this week -made with imported Italian organic 00 flour + semolina flour
*Orecchiette* this week -made with imported Italian organic 00 flour + semolina flour
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THANKSGIVING BUNDLE
ALL THE PREPARED SIDE DISHES
Menu Group: Food
Section: Prepared Foods
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
Get a taste of all of our thanksgiving dinner sides - all you have to do is pop it in the oven and enjoy. 1 pint portions of:
Mashed potatoes
Mushroom stuffing
Brussels sprouts
Green beans and garlic
Smashed sweet potatoes
Carrot ginger soup
Cranberry sauce
Green salad
Focaccia bread & salted butter
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Cornbread, Apple, & Sausage stuffing
Menu Group: Food
Section: Prepared Foods
Category: Other
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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A nut-free version of a delicious recipe from the Silver Palate that has been our go-to stuffing for years. This batch features Running Wild farm's whey-fed Berkshire pork sausage, local onions, and our apples sauteed in sweet butter; our home-baked corn-, wheat-, and French bread, and homegrown parsley, sage, and thyme. Nut lovers may wish to add pecans or pecan meal.
You can stuff a bird with it or cook it covered in a casserole dish at 325 for 30 to 45 minutes, preferably surrounded by a larger pan of water to keep it moist.
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THANKSGIVING
Prepared Must-Have Side Dishes
Menu Group: Food
Section: Prepared Foods
Vendor: Ferme Louis
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Brussels sprouts, roasted
Cranberry Sauce: house made spiced cranberry preserves, with orange and brandy
(Pictured) Garlic mashed potatoes: roasted garlic Maine grown mashed potatoes , Kate's butter, fresh herbs
Green beans and garlic
Green Salad: arugula, lemon vinaigrette, shallot, spiced nuts, Pecorino Romano
Mushroom stuffing (vegetarian)
Smashed sweet potatoes
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Apple sauce
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Jams Jellies Butters & Spreads
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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100% apples from our orchard, no sugar added
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Blueberry Lemon Jam
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Jams Jellies Butters & Spreads
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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Pickles
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Pickles
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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Bread & butter *our signature flavor *made with turmeric, pickling spice, and champagne vinegar*
Pickled Carrots *sriracha flavored*
Sriracha pickles *made with rice wine vinegar*
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Apple Chutney
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Relish
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Vendor: Ferme Louis
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(made with raisins, onions + mustard seeds)
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Cabbage
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Cabbage
Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Conventionally grown using IPM - Integrated Pest Management for Swede Midge which has affected all our brassica - minimal pesticide use needed for cabbage.
Green Cabbage: 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. Large or Medium
Red Cabbage- Medium to large: These large deep purple-red heads are a work of art when sliced open, and equally appealing in slaw, soups, stir-fries, salads. 5-5.5lbs each
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Carrots
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Carrots
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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A mix of large orange and large white carrots. Grown naturally.
Vendor: Whitehill Farm
ORGANIC Crisp and crunchy Mixed colors carrots! Perfect for snacking, as a dinner side, roasting, Certified Organic. Beautiful crisp carrots. Orange, white, golden yellow, and RED!!!
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A colorful mix of chard
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens Chard
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Avg wt of 1/2 lb. Naturally grown in our greenhouse and going strong despite the cold weather!
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Onions
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Onions
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Grown Naturally. No chemical fertilizers and no spray.
Large Red Onions
Med-Large Yellow Onions - Winter keepers - Some 1# each!
Mix of yellow and red onions
Small to medium sized yellow onions: Not a winter keeper but nice to use now.
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A mix of potatoes
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Potatoes
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Banana Fingerling, Keuka Gold, Yukon Gold, and German Butterball. Medium sized, but some smaller and some larger. Natually Grown
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Butternut - small
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Squash - Winter
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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1 to 1.5 lbs
Grown Naturally
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