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Greetings, local food lovers!
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Place your order today from Western Maine Market for pick-up or delivery this Friday or Saturday.
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Delivering to Phillips this week
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This Friday we are offering order pick-up in Phillips and delivery along the route from Kingfield through Salem to Phillips and through Avon to Strong and Freeman, via Routes 142, 145, and 4, or along the River Road. Self-service order pick-up will be available at your convenience from the porch of Dark Star Fabrics at 30 Main Street in Phillips.

Next week, on the 20th of June, we will offer delivery up Route 27 to Sugarloaf / Carrabassett and Stratton, with pick-up available at Carrabassett Valley Public Library and Stratton's Spillover Motel.
New and Returning Products
Pie
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Pies
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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A gluten-free crust request for any whole pie: Add this item to your order to request a gluten-free crust for any of our 9" or 6" pies. Not available for individual pie slices.

Apple pie with crumb topping - frozen: Mixed apples baked in our all-butter crust with sugar, flour, lemon juice, & nutmeg. Crumb topping: flour, butter, sugar. Crust: flour, butter, water, sugar, salt. We use a mix of local and/ or organic apples.
Contains milk & wheat.

Rhubarb pie - frozen:Tart, tasty rhubarb baked in our all-butter crust with a crumb topping.
Filling: local rhubarb, sugar, non-GMO cornstarch, salt.
Topping: flour, butter, brown sugar, white sugar, salt.
Crust: Maine Grains organic flour, butter, water, sugar, salt.
Contains milk & wheat.
Edible flower mix
Menu Group: Food
Section: Edible Flowers
Category: Other / Mix
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
Try a variety pack of edible flowers for a range of colors, sizes and tastes--or just to check them out. Chive blossoms, pansy & viola, perhaps rose petals and a nasturtium or two.
Eggs
Menu Group: Food
Section: Eggs
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Large eggs, different shades of brown, some white ...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.

Medium eggs: Just slightly smaller than regular large eggs ...three equal 2 generous large eggs for recipe planning. Golden yolks just like eggs from our older birds ...and the new girls will be laying larger eggs soon!
Beef
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Beef
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Belted Galloway beef. Dry aged for 14 days for a tender and flavorful cut!

Liver: Liver from our Grass fed and finished beef. Liver is a nutritional powerhouse, a great source of iron and vitamins A, D, E, K, and B. Slice and fry or create a pate!
Check out these recipes to inspire you: https://www.alderspring.com/meathacker/8-nourishing-beef-liver-recipes/

(pictured) Ribeye Steak-bone in: Thick cut and beautiful marbling!

Tenderloin Steaks: Treat yourself! Thick cut tenderloin steaks from our Belted Galloway herd. Tender and beefy!
Chicken
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Farm Raised Chickens! Raised with local grains soaked in goat's milk and whey from our cheesemaking, fruit and veg scraps.

(pictured) Chicken Thighs--bone-in: 4 thighs/pack

**SALE** Chicken Backs--for soup and stock! Use these chicken backs to make nutrient dense broth for your soups and stews.
Goat Shank
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Goat
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Young pastured goat born and raised on our farm. Braise these shanks for a delicious stew!
Lamb Shanks
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Lamb
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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2 in pack. Sweet and mild pastured lamb shanks. Braise in broth, garlic and herbs for a melt in your mouth meal!
Roasted red pepper, feta, & Greek olive quiche
Menu Group: Food
Section: Prepared Foods
Category: Quiche
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Our all-butter crust made with Maine Grains flour, filled with local chicken and/or duck eggs, organic milk & cream, roasted red peppers, Kalamata Greek olives, and feta cheese. Contact barefootfarmerdeborah@gmail.com for other filling options.
Pickles
Menu Group: Food
Section: Preserved Foods
Category: Pickles
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Bread and Butter Pickles! 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.

(pictured) Dill Spears: Dilled cucumber spears, with garlic and a hint of hot pepper. A basic for a pickle platter. Made with our own Certified Organic cucumbers.
Beets with greens
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Beets
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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medium dark red beets. 3 beets with greens. Classic dark red beets.
No spray; grown naturally in our greenhouse.
Greens often cut from the beets to preserve quality of beets.

Cook up the greens, and separately pressure cook (or boil, but takes longer) the beets. Two meals in one!
Bok Choy
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Bok Choy
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm

Moderate to large heads with crisp white stems and dark green leaves. Grown Naturally in our greenhouse. The crisp stems are a good addition to salads. Stir fry the whole head - leaves and all!


Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products

Bok Choy-Green - Full head-outer leaves may have tiny holes 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.

Bok Choy-Purple Pac Choi is the variety - Full head
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.
Fresh round of beet greens
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens Beet
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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 2/3 lb. Naturally grown in our greenhouse.
Fresh picked kale
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Kale
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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includes a variety of types
Bunch of 4 small leeks
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Leek
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Wonderful in soup or sauteed, milder than onions.
Lettuce
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Lettuce
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products

Mixed variety of red leaf, green leaf, romaine and more


Vendor: Whitehill Farm

(pictured) Beautiful and tender green Oakleaf lettuce! Certified Organic.
New Potatoes
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Potatoes
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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New Red Potatoes!

Newly Dug White Potatoes! - Small / Med Size
Fresh Large Leaf Spinach
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Spinach
Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
A new to us, type of spinach. Darker green with thicker, more hardy leaves. Grown in our green house without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.
While large leaves, still freshly grown and still tasty especially when cooked.
Swiss chard
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Swiss Chard
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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mix of green, white and rainbow leaves
Bachelor's Button Seedlings
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Flowers Annual
Category: Other
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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"Jubilee Gem" Periwinkle blue annual flower seedlings. https://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/jubilee-gem-organic-bachelors-button-4868
Old fashioned lilac, 1-gal pot
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Shrubs Ornamental
Category: Lilac
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Vendor: Hemlock Hill Farm
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A staple for every northern garden. Old fashioned lilac is cold hardy, deer resistant, and provides abundant fragrant late spring blooms. Shrub form, grows 8-15ft tall with a 6-10ft spread.
Dinosaur kale seedlings
Menu Group: Plants and Seeds
Section: Vegetable Starts
Category: Kale
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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"Dazzling Blue" seed from Fedco: https://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/dazzling-blue-organic-dinosaur-kale-3465