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Greetings, local food lovers!
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Place your order from Western Maine Market today or early tomorrow for pick-up or delivery this Friday or Saturday.
New and Returning Products
Bovre -soft cheese
Menu Group: Food
Section: Dairy
Category: Cream Cheese
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Vendor: Depot Street Dairy
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A delightful soft cheese created with cow milk from our Normande cow, Liberty. Think gourmet cream cheese!
Large Eggs
Menu Group: Food
Section: Eggs
Category: Chicken
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Vendor: Whitehill Farm
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Nice 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.
Raspberries
Menu Group: Food
Section: Fruits and Berries
Category: Raspberries
Description: Royal Purple Raspberries, never sprayed
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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No sprays are used on our berries - or anything we grow.

Mixed raspberries: red, purple, and hopefully a few black, blush pink, and/or yellow raspberries.

(pictured) "Royalty" purple raspberries - according to Fedco: "large berries make outstanding jam and jelly and even better fresh eating. Their distinctive flavor is different from the red raspberries, with a hint of black raspberry."
Fresh dill
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Dill
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Excellent with potatoes or salmon, and of course essential for dill pickles!
Curly Parsley
Menu Group: Food
Section: Herbs
Category: Parsley
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Great in tabouleh or just about anything. Not just a garnish or flavoring, parsley deserves to be considered as a green vegetable all on its own. It is also improves the smell of your breath.
Beef Tongue
Menu Group: Food
Section: Meat
Category: Beef
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Vendor: Depot Street Meats
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Beef tongue from our grass fed and finished cattle.
Whole wheat pizza dough
Menu Group: Food
Section: Prepared Foods
Category: Pizza Dough
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Made with Maine Grains flours. 1 lb ball, for 1 large or 2 small pizzas. Ingredients: whole WHEAT flour, unbleached white flour, water, olive oil, sugar, yeast, sea salt.

Directions: Preheat oven to 450. Stretch or roll dough to the desired pan size. Top with your favorite toppings. Bake 18-20 minutes.

This has become a favorite at our house.
Beans
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Beans
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Green Beans

Maxibel Haricots Verts - Long, slender, French filet beans

Mixture of green, yellow and purple beans
Medium Dark Red Beets
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Beets
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Naturally grown. No sprays or artificial fertilizers.
Bok Choy-Green
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Bok Choy
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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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.
Broccoli - Large Head
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Broccoli
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Vendor: Porter Hill Farm
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Beautiful!
Grown using IPM, Integrated Pest Management, starting with row cover, and using minimal pesticides. (We had NO Broccoli the year when the midge was present and undetected.) There is NO organic agent to control this pest.
Garlic-Large size cloves
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Garlic
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
Wild Woman salad mix
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Greens Salad Mixes
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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Delight your taste buds with this flavor-packed mix of greens & the occasional edible flower. No need for dressing, other ingredients, or a bowl! Great as a snack straight from the bag. A cornucopia of textures & tastes: peppery, succulent, mild, intense, some that taste like broccoli, peas, onions, garlic, or sour apple. Ingredients vary, and the mix is different every week.
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

Sweet Ailsa Craig Onions - Quite large!

White Onions

Yellow Onions-Highlander variety
Peppers
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Peppers
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products

Hungarian Hot Wax Peppers

Jalapenos


Vendor: Whitehill Farm

(pictured) Certified Organic! Czech Black peppers! Stunning glossy black! Delicious at any stage.About as hot as jalapeños ...great for stuffing or stir-fry. Even Czech BLACK peppers are brilliant red when they are truly ripe, but tasty at all stages!!
Radishes, Mixed colors
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Radishes
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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Mixed colors - Pink, red and purple radishes
Scallions
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Scallions
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Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
Summer Squash
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Squash - Summer
Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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2 packs

Smallish size-between 6-12 in long. Yellow

Variety of types
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White Lebanese, Magda, Mexicana - more oval shape, lighter in color, just as delicious
Zucchini - round
Menu Group: Food
Section: Vegetables
Category: Zucchini
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Vendor: Shady Maple Farm Products
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2 pack- Round type (8 ball, cue ball, one ball). Great to stuff or shred!
Sunflowers
Menu Group: Home and Garden
Section: Cut Flowers
Category: Sunflowers
Vendor: Rasmussen Farm
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.