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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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Delivery 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.

We deliver weekly along the route up Route 27 from Farmington to Kingfield to Freeman and Farmington to Strong.

Delivery to Carrabassett Valley and Stratton will be available on an interim basis any week that one or more customers agree to cover the minimum transportation cost of $15 to Carrabassett Valley or $22 to Stratton.
New and Returning Products
Blueberry Crumb Pie
Menu Group: Food
Section: Baked Goods
Category: Pies
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Our homemade crust is made with Maine Grains flour, butter, water, sugar, salt.

Blueberry Crumb Pie: Our homegrown blueberries with sugar, corn starch, lemon juice, & lemon zest, baked in our all-butter crust. Crumb topping: flour, butter, brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, & salt.
Contains milk & wheat.

Pumpkin pie, frozen: Our homegrown pumpkin, roasted & pureed, with evaporated milk, local eggs, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and cloves.
Contains milk, eggs, & wheat.
Berry Smoothies
Menu Group: Food
Section: Beverages
Category: Other
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Available unsweetened or with added honey. Call it a smoothie and drink it or call it soup and use a spoon. Either way, it's delicious and refreshing.

Blueberry: our no spray blueberries, yogurt (cultured Pasteurized organic whole milk, pectin, vitamin D3, live active cultures), orange juice, nutmeg. Nutmeg omitted on request.

Strawberry: Organic strawberries, yogurt (cultured Pasteurized organic whole milk, pectin, vitamin D3, live active cultures), orange juice
Peaches
Menu Group: Food
Section: Fruits and Berries
Category: Peaches
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Vendor: Fairbanks Farmstand & Nursery
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(pictured) Peaches: Oh so delicious! Tree-ripened peaches. No spray.

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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm

Tree Ripened Peaches - Free Stone: At early budding stage a Copper Spray, approved for organic use, was used to combat a fungal infection which devastated last year's crop. Only a milk spray used during the fruiting period.
Expect 3-4 peaches per pound
May need 1-3 extra days on your window sill to fully ripen. Ripe when a little softness felt by pressing lightly with your finger.
Flat leaf parsley
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Parsley
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
Vegan pesto, nut-free and dairy-free
Menu Group: Food
Section: Prepared Foods
Category: Pesto
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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A smooth pesto made simply with our fresh homegrown basil, extra virgin olive oil, our homegrown or local garlic, sea salt, and black pepper
Green Summer cabbage - heads
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Cabbage
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Large heads. Loose rather than dense like the winter keeper cabbages. This variety is new to us, and grows as a flattened head rather than the more typical round head. Tasty mild flavor, perfect for summer salads, slaws, or cooked dishes."
Naturally grown
Avg wt 1.5 lbs
Beans
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Beans
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Fresh Green Beans: Naturally grown. Freshly picked.


Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products

Dragon Langerie Beans -aka Dragon Tongue - Purple Streaked, White Pods

Mixture of green, yellow and purple beans
Beets
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Beets
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Beets with greens -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!

Medium Dark Red Beets: Naturally grown. No sprays or artificial fertilizers.
Broccoli
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Broccoli
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
Grown using IPM, Integrated Pest Management, starting with row cover, and using minimal pesticides when the swede midge is detected in the field. There is NO organic agent to control this pest. Broccoli.
Broccoli is the favorite food for this pest. Left untreated all heads and florets are lost!

Broccoli florets

Medium Heads: Very Nice heads! Avg 3/4 up to 1 lb
Carrots, Small
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Carrots
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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3 inches and shorter
Cucumbers
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Cucumber
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Itachi - Japanese large, long white cucumber: A white cucumber! Grows very large and long, Very nice, mild flavor with good crisp texture.
Grown in greenhouse on trellis to keep them long and straight. Grown without synthetic fertilizer or any pesticide.

Medium green cucumbers

Medium to large Green Cucumber: Naturally grown.


Vendor: Rasmussen Farm

Pickling cucumbers, just what you need for making pickles, or enjoy the wonderful flavor simply sliced.
Chard
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens Chard
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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A colorful mix of chard: Avg wt of 2/3 lb. Naturally grown in our greenhouse.


Vendor: Rasmussen Farm

"Perpetual Spinach" - tender green chard that tastes like spinach. Fedco says: "It looks similar to other Swiss chards, but its stems are thinner and its exceptionally tender leaves are smoother, not puckered. It tastes unlike any other chard, imparting a spinach-like flavor that lingers pleasantly. "
Onions
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Onions
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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(pictured) Blush Onions-a yellow/red cross, sweet with a bit of bite!

Red onions

Spanish Sweet Yellow Onions

Sweet Walla Walla Onions
Summer Squash
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Squash - Summer
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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2 pack sampler: Zephyr - yellow with green tip, tender, not at all like the old yellow crooked neck squash, and Magda, a light green pear shaped tasty summer sqash. Both Small to Medium sized and tender. Grown naturally.

A 3 pack Sampler: Try a Magda - light green and pear shaped, Zephyr - yellow with green tip, tender, not at all like the old yellow crooked neck squash, and the more typical green zucchini. All Small to Medium sized and tender.

A pair of small to medium sized yellow Zephyr: Naturally grown. Tender and great tasting, more so than old fashioned green zuchinni.

Zephyr - yellow with green tip - medium: Distinctive with a green tip - tender and, we think, the best of any yellow summer squash. Naturally grown.

Zucchini - dark green - medium size
Tomatoes from Porter Hill Farm
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Tomatoes
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Grown naturally in our greenhouse - no spray

A Mix of Cherry Tomatoes: nothing synthetic touches these tasty cherry tomatoes.
Red, Pink, Orange, and Yellow. All fully ripe and ready to eat.

A mix of Red and Yellow Salad Tomatoes: Larger than a cherry, smaller than a slicing tomato. Very colorful and tasty!

Heirloom quality slicing tomatoes: Hybrids which take their genetic line from old heirlooms, but which have more disease resistance and "cat facing" (ie- less irregular shapes and more edible tomato). Some are true hybrids. Most pink, some yellow/orange, some yellow/orange with red streaking.

Red slicing Tomatoes: Great for salads or sandwiches. Usually 3-4 per pound.

Sun Peach Cherry Tomatoes: Better than Sun Gold? How could that be!
Yes, as sweet with a slightly different tomato sweetness, and much less prone to splitting. Related to Sun Gold
Tomatoes from Shady Maple Farm Products
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Tomatoes
Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Cherry Tomatoes-variety of colors

Goldie Yellow Tomatoes-bright yellow/orange in color, sooooo sweet!

Paste Tomatoes. Sm/Med Size Paste -Romas, Juliet, Verona and more

Red slicers
Zucchini
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Zucchini
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Zucchini: Large-Perfect for shredding or stuffing


Vendor: Porter Hill Farm

Dark green zucchini - Medium: The dark skin is high in antioxidants! Great for salads, stir fries, grilling. Naturally grown.
Cut Flowers
Menu Group: Home and Garden
Section: Cut Flowers
Category: Sunflowers
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Mixed flower bouquet: Bring cheer with a bouquet of blossoms - a mix of whatever looks most appealing at harvest time.

Sunflowers, varied colors & sizes: Sunflowers available in pale or golden yellow, russet red or autumn brown. Flower size and stem length varies. Please state any preferences in Order Note--no guarantees, but we'll do our best.