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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.

Porter Hill Farm is away this week. They will return next week.
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New and Returning Products
Eggs
Menu Group: Food
Section: Eggs
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Lots of nice large eggs, all different shades of brown ...and the occasional green one!. Our older layers are still giving us nice eggs and the new flock is now laying more actual large and nice large eggs, more large than mediums and smalls! They are all enjoying goodies: veggie scraps - coming from the House AND EXTRA greens and trimmings from cooking.
Reliance Peaches
Menu Group: Food
Section: Fruits and Berries
Category: Peaches
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Large, Fresh, Juicy Ripe.
Thai basil
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Basil
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Used in Thai cooking, this basil has small leaves and an anise/licorice scent
Chicken Thighs--bone-in
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Freedom Ranger Chickens! Pasture Raised with local grains soaked in goat's milk and whey from our cheesemaking, fruit and veg scraps.
4 thighs/pack
Bread and Butter Pickles
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Pickles
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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A classic old fashioned traditional recipe. Sweet, tart, and satisfying. We use a tried-and-true recipe from the 30's ...a prize winning traditional recipe. Made with our own Certified Organic cucumbers, onions, and sweet peppers, with vinegar, cane sugar, sea salt, and spices.
Beans
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Beans
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Dragon Langerie Beans -aka Dragon Tongue - Purple Streaked, White Pods

Golden Butterwax Beans

Green Beans
Bi-color corn
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Corn
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Sweet, tender ears of bi-color corn, picked the morning you get it for the sweetest possible corn. Variety: Latte. Never sprayed. Non-GMO. Grown from Fedco seed.
Cucumbers
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Cucumber
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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SALE! Mixed size and variety. Between 2-4 cukes per pound
Greens
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Braising Mix: A mix of greens for braising. May include kale, Asian greens, lamb's quarters, amaranth - whatever nutritious and tasty treats are plentiful in our gardens this week.

Purslane: Succulent leaves and stems are high in Omega-3 Fatty acids and Vitamin C. Try them raw in salads, steamed, cooked into soups, stews or vegetable dishes. Find a great recipe for Potato Salad With Purslane and Fresh Herbs at http://gourmetfood.suite101.com/article.cfm/purslane_the_best_vegetable_youve_never_had
Kale, mixed varieties
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Kale
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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A mix of colors, sizes, and textures. Never sprayed.
Mixed lettuces
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Lettuce
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
Spanish Sweet Yellow Onions
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Onions
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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freshly harvested
Zephyr yellow summer squash
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Squash - Summer
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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A lovely and tasty summer squash, yellow with a green tip, slightly nutty flavor.
Zucchini, green
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Squash - Summer
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
Cherry tomatoes of many colors
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Tomatoes
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Red, orange, yellow, black, ripe green, and mixed color cherry tomatoes, varying sizes and shapes. We offer a mix of 21 different varieties of cherry tomatoes we are growing at Rasmussen Farm this year. Lovely and delicious!