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Appleton Creamery
Appleton Creamery is a small-scale family farm on 6 acres. Our goats have access to five wooded acres and are never confined. We milk from March to December. We buy in sheep milk from Ellsworth Farm in Union and cow's milk from Grassland Farm in Showhegan. We make fresh and aged cheeses, yogurt, butter, goat's milk fudge and goat's milk soap. Milk is processed daily and hand crafted into many varieties of dairy products using traditional methods. We will be at market Saturdays only all season, and at the winter market from December through April. | ||||
Barkwheats Dog Biscuits New member for 2008!
We bake buckwheat based dog biscuits. Our ingredients are both organic and local. We offer two varieties: Parsley & Ginger and Sea Veg & Chamomile. Ingredients that are local are eggs, honey and bladderwrack powder. All my flour is from a local mill, Morgan's Mills in Union. | ||||
Blueberry Brook
Our 2 acres of blueberries just off Route 9 in Amherst is named for the two brooks running through the blueberry fields. This is my first year harvesting blueberries, and I'll be bringing them to market in quarts. Attending market beginning in late July and continue through August, on both Tuesdays and Saturdays. | ||||
Bread Box Bakery
Bread Box Bakery is a small in-home bakery. I do sourdough breads, focacias, Italian breads, hearth breads and possibly some sweet items like pies, muffins and cinnamon rolls. I also attend the Belfast, Brewer and Bar Harbor Farmers' Markets. | ||||
Clarke's Garden Patch
Mixed vegetables, flower seedlings, hanging baskets, cut flowers. | ||||
Cornerstone Farm
Cornerstone Farm is a small family farm. We produce pork raised on pasture, and free range eggs. We offer six different kinds of sausage as well as many cuts and nitrate-free bacon. We also roast coffee beans for sale at market. At market on Saturdays only, and we will attend the Winter Market. | ||||
Double Bit Farm New member for 2008!
We are the new journeypeople at the MOFGA certified organic farm at MOFGA's Common Ground in Unity. We will be bringing mixed vegetables to market, including greens, peas, potatoes, beets, carrots and broccoli, and plan to have a Winter CSA for stored vegetables. We will be at market on Tuesdays only, from July through October. | ||||
Evermay Nursery
We specialize in growing unusual perennial plants such as primroses and rock garden plants and have high quality annual flower and vegetable seedlings and hanging baskets. At market Saturdays in May & June. | ||||
Far East Cuisine Catering Service
Serving individuals, families and parties for all occasions. Ready to eat spring rolls and entrés. At market on Saturdays only throughout the season, and at the winter markets from December through April. | ||||
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Freedom Farm
We grow 8 acres of a wide variety of organically certified mixed vegetables, culinary herbs, and cut flowers. We grow our produce sustainably, without the use of harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Our produce is available at farmers' markets, we sell to restaurants and we have a small CSA program. We take special orders for flower arrangements and larger quantities. | ||||
Freyenhagen Family Farm
Our farm is on 10 acres, with 1½ acres tilled. We process our maple products on the property, all sap is hauled in by trucks from leased trees at various locations. On a normal year, we produce 300-500 gallons of maple syrup. Maple products available year round. Also we have various produce, wild blackberries and fiddleheads during their appropriate seasons. At market Saturdays only all season, plus winter markets in December, January and February. | ||||
Grassland Farm
Two hundred eighty-nine acres of beautiful farm land seated majestically atop a hill overlooking Cold Brook. We milk a mixed herd of 45 cows including Holsteins, Jerseys, Linebacks and Brown Swiss. We offer delicious, organic raw milk in half gallon, quart and pint returnable glass bottles. Our certified organic beef is raised on grass at our own farm. Each cut is individually frozen, labeled and vacuum sealed. Bulk orders for beef quarters and sides are accepted for the fall. We will also be offering popcorn and mushrooms. We will be at market Tuesdays and Saturdays all season and will be at the winter markets from December through April. | ||||
High Lonesome Acres
We grow a wide variety of veggies, from lettuce to sweet corn, winter squash, potatoes and pumpkins. We also grow seedlings, flowers, and hanging baskets, offer honey in a variety of sizes including 10 oz. honey bears, pints and quarts and Farm Fresh Eggs from our hens. From our kitchen we offer fresh breads and baked goods, jams, jellies, pickles, relishes and assorted sauces. We also sell at the Pittsfield Farmers' Market, roadside on Main Street in Bingham, and the farmstand at our farm. | ||||
Kousky Farm
We grow about 5 acres of high quality chemical free vegetables. Thru the season we offer a full array of produce, from early tomatoes to beet greens, spinach & lettuce. Thru the season, peas beans, cukes, potatoes, onions, eggplants, peppers, melons and much more including our ever popular sweet potatoes. At market from late May thru November, Tuesday & Saturday. | ||||
Lobster Shack
I am a lobster fisherman and also buy seafood from boats and wholesale. I do not sell farm-raised seafood, only wild. Lobster, scallops, shrimp, haddock, halibut. I plan to be at market all season, both Tuesdays and Saturdays, into December. | ||||
Maine-ly Poultry
We are a family operated farm that raises broilers and turkeys on feed with no growth hormones, antibiotics or animal by-products. Besides all cuts of fresh chicken we also offer homemade chicken pies, chicken sausage, chicken salad, smoked chicken and rotissere chicken. Fresh turkeys are usually available from mid October thru the first of the year. We also attend the Belfast, Rockland, Camden, Damariscotta, Boothbay and Bath Farmers Markets. | ||||
Meadowsweet Farm
Meadowsweet Farm is a 120 acre farm where we raise sheep and beef cattle on pasture using a planned grazing system. Sheep and cattle are grass fed and grass finished, receiving no grain, hormones or antibiotics to promote growth. Our meat is sold frozen, by the cut; also available by pre-order in freezer packages. Gardens managed organically since 1994. We keep 3 horses, layer hens, barnyard bantams, Pilgrim geese and meat chickens in summer. We sell blankets, sheepskins and handspinning fleece, wool blankets, decorated eggs, feather bouquets and felted wool items. At market Saturdays only from early May to mid-November, and at the winter markets all winter. | ||||
Mildel Farm
Cider & Apples. High bush blueberries. Raspberries and Asparagus in season. | ||||
Mussel Bound FarmErick Spencer Swanson, 54 Lakeside Road, Mt. Desert ME 04660, ph. 266-4321, musselboundfarm@gmail.com We will be offering Maine cultures mussels harvested from lines in our Blue Hill Bay mussel farm. We will be at market on Tuesdays and Saturdays in September and October, and at Saturday market from November through April. | ||||
Olde Oak Farm
We are a small-scale dairy goat farm offering a wide selection of goat milk products from our herd of registered Nubians. We offer several varieties of fresh and aged goat milk cheeses, and goat milk yogurt. We also offer organic cow milk cheese and yogurt in partnership with Clovercrest Farm in Charleston. All of our products are handcrafted in small batches using fresh, local ingredients whenever possible. Being just 5 minutes from downtown Orono we encourage folks to stop by, visit the girls, and try some products. We will be at market Tuesdays and Saturdays all season and during the Winter Market. See you at the market!! | ||||
Peacemeal Farm
We grow 10 acres of MOFGA certified organic heirloom & popular vegetables; peas, greens, lettuce, carrots, beets, potatoes, onions, beans, tomatoes, melons, cukes, squash, garlic, and many others. We have seedlings in the spring and bulk storage crops in the fall. Please ask about special orders of your favorite produce for canning or freezing. We also attend the Camden, Belfast and Waterville Farmers' Markets. We'll be at market on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the season. | ||||
Schartner Farms
We are a small fruit & vegetable farm producing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables including strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, sweet corn, ornamental corn, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, potatoes, winter and summer squash, zucchini, pumpkins, gourds, green beans, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and apricots. We process home-made jams, jellies, pickles, and salsa. Our farm stand is open from Sept. & Oct. and we offer pick your own strawberries and apples. We also attend other farmers markets. | ||||
Smith's Smokehouse
Smiths smokehouse is featured on the food network. They have a fine selection of smoked foods from hams to salmon. Their motto BEHIND THE TIMES speaks for itself. Open for tours by appointment. | ||||
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Sunkhaze Wild Blueberry FarmSteven & Shannon Lion, PO Box 53, Old Town ME 04468, 745-7583 Fresh Maine wild blueberries. | ||||
Sunny Acres Farm - Daily Bread New member for 2008!Donna Mionis, 30 Sunny Acres Drive, Levant ME 04456, ph. 884-8224, email: donnasdailybread@yahoo.com , website: www.donnasdailybread.com We are a 110 acre farm in beautiful Levant, just outside of Bangor. We have been making and blessing people with our breads for many years, but only started selling to the public in 2006. Because of the high quality, freshness, and no compromising on ingredients standards, business is booming and we look forward to baking for you. We bake flavored yeast breads, including blueberry, spinach/cheddar, pepper/onion and others. We will be at market on Tuesdays only, from July through October. | ||||
Tangled Oak Farm
We are a grass-based small family farm with a wide selection of products, including heirloom vegetables, pork, beef, cut flowers and eggs. Our produce is sustainably grown and our meat is raised outdoors on pasture and is free of antibiotics and artificial hormones. We will be at market on both Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the season and at all the winter markets. | ||||
Vine and Branch Farm
Our farm is a diversified 50-acre family farm raising natural pasture-based livestock and mixed vegetables. We also lease 120 acres of pasture and hayland for our grassfed beef cattle, pastured pigs and free-range poultry. Our vegetable gardens are fed only organic soil amendments, and the grain we use is free of antibiotics and added hormones. Vine and Branch Farm products include: pastured chickens (broilers, roasters, boneless breast and leg quarters), turkeys, grassfed beef (steaks, roasts, lean ground and stew meat), pastured pork (ribs, roasts, chops, nitrate free hams, bacon and sausage -- hot italian, sweet and breakfast), lamb, free-range eggs, and mixed vegetables. Orders taken for sides or whole beef, lamb and pork. Ask about our CSA plans for a mixed vegetable share or a combination vegetable and meat share. At market Tuesdays and Saturdays all season. | ||||
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Going to market . . .is a rich experience in meeting and greeting produce and people. One can see and taste whats in season and learn to prepare the seasons local best with respect. Farmers universally love to share recipes, so shoppers should be unafraid to ask what to do with one foodstuff or another. Today the thrill of outdoor markets is sweeping American towns and cities from Santa Monica to Orono.
Everyone Bring OneDo you know just one person who would enjoy the benefits of shopping at the Orono Farmers Market? We would love to welcome your friend as our newest shopper!
Get the What is a Farmers' Market? In todays rush for one-stop convenience shopping and year-round availability of foods from the global marketplace, our communities all too often have lost touch with the productivity of our local small farms. And the small scale grower has lost the connection with markets of appropriate scale. The Orono Farmers Market offers a solution where 100% of the money shoppers spend goes directly to the local farmer.
Not just one shop The Farmers' Market is a collection of independent growers each with their own standards of quality, display, selection, price and friendliness. They have joined together in a Farmers' Market Association to assure the shopping public of regular hours, high quality, and wide selection, and to thereby attract more customers than any one of them could do alone. Many regular shoppers eventually settle on their favorite two or three farmers to do most of their business with because they feel these farmers best meet their needs.
Different kinds of farmers Since there are so many different kind of farmers at the Farmers' Market, they may never all be at the market at once. For example strawberry growers and blueberry growers are almost never at the market at the same time because the seasons of their crops do not overlap. On the other hand, our bakers and many of our farmers have a year round season -- such as chicken, maple syrup, or honey -- which are offered all season.
Walk the market When first visiting the market -- and occassionally thereafter -- walk the market to see who is there and what is being offered. Even the farmers themselves do this to see how their own stands compare with those of other farmers. Your favorite farmer may not always be earliest with whats just starting to come into season, or may not grow that specialty item you've been searching for. Most farmers respect the "comparison shopper", and are not at all offended if you dont buy everything at their stand.
Talk to the farmers They are generally well versed in what they do, and dont mind taking a minute to give gardening advice, discuss recipes, tell you when another farmer can be expected at market, or when strawberry season starts. This varies their routine at market, and spices up your day, as well, we hope.
Eat better -- Eat in season There is a natural variety to meals that comes with eating the luscious just-picked local produce as it comes into season. The ancient clockwork of the growing season is skillfully fine tuned by clever growers using both modern and ancient methods of season extension for a longer harvest season. | ||||
Caitlin, Bradley and Fiona Hunter, 780 Gurney Town Road, Appleton, Maine 04862,
Chris Roberts, 100 Harris Road, Stockton Springs, ME 04981, ph. 449-1214
Becky Alley, PO Box 121, East Orland 04431, ph. 469-0015.
Katie & Ralph Clarke, 750 Greenfield Road, Greenbush ME 04418, 827-6272.
Hanne & Dan Tierney, 74 Dogtown Rd., Palmyra ME 04965, ph. 487-5945, cell: 416-2676, email: 
Richard May, 84 Beechwood Ave, Old Town, ME 04468, 827-0522,
Bich Nga Burrill, 185 Coles Corner Road, Winterport ME 04496, ph. 223-4150, 
Fire Flour Bakery and 
Daniel Price & Ginger Dermott, 355 Greeley Rd., Freedom, Me., 04941. ph. 382-6007,
James & Patricia Freyenhagen, 51 Wotton's Mill Road, Union, ME 04862, ph. 207-785-4559.
Sarah & Garin Smith, 41 Grassland Lane, Skowhegan, ME 04976, ph. 474-6864, 
Linda Jessen, PO Box 147, Harmony ME 04942, ph. 683-2466,
Dave & Millie Kousky, 880 Ledge Hill Road, Corinth, ME 04427, ph. 884-8888.
Perley Frazier, 20 Jericho Way, Stonington, 04681, ph. 367-5059, 
John Barnstein, PO Box 5, Warren ME 04864, ph. 273-2809,
Delmar & Mildred Levesque, 1348 Moosehead Trail, Plymouth ME 04969, ph. 257-2514.
Scott Belanger & Jennifer Maeverde, 222 Forest Ave., Orono ME 04473, 866-7719, 
Mark Guzzi & Marcia Ferry, 25 Peacemeal Lane, Dixmont 04932. ph. 257-4103, 
Herb Schartner and Shiela Carter, PO Box 82, Route 220, Thorndike 04986, ph. 568-3668,
Libby & Andrew Smith, PO Box 817, Monroe ME 04951, ph. 525-7735.
Michelle and Bill Neville, 1187 Back Brooks Road, Monroe 04951, ph. 525-3018, email: 
Mark & Linda McBrine & Family, 2123 Union St. Bangor ME 04401, ph. 945-6651,
Worcester's Wild Blueberries