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Cookbook Author, Lisa Turner, Closes Sustainable Series at Lithgow Library on May 31, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Lisa Turner

AUGUSTA, Maine – Lisa Turner, author of The Eat Local Cookbook by Down East books, will close Lithgow Public Library’s series on sustainability on Thursday, May 31 at 6:30 p.m. The sustainability series, titled “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” included informational talks from solar energy and home efficiency experts, along with presentations about the proposed North Woods national park.

The author talk will take place in the Reading Room, and is free and open to the public. There will be an opportunity to purchase the cookbook at the program.

Turner is the owner of Laughing Stock Farm in Freeport a four season, certified organic, family-owned vegetable farm. The Eat Local Cookbook began as a collection of recipes Turner compiled for the farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members in 2010. The collection caught the attention of Down East editors, and she was asked to write a cookbook. Turner will talk about growing and cooking local, seasonal food.

More information about the cookbook and Laughing Stock Farm is available at www.laughingstockfarm.com .

Lithgow Library is located at 45 Winthrop Street in Augusta. For more information, call the library at 626-2415 or visit www.lithgow.lib.me.us.

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Gardiner Farmer’s Market Every Wednesday from 2PM to 6PM

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:05:00 +0000

THE SUMMER MARKET 2012
EVERY WEDNESDAY
ON THE COMMON
2 – 6 PM
rain or shine

(Follow the signs to the Gardiner Common)

PAGES

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EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

The Gardiner Farmers’ Market processes EBT cards through a wireless terminal. The card is swiped through the machine in exchange for tokens which can be used at any of the vendor tables.

Some of the vendors also accept WIC.

Bring any questions to the information table at Wednesday’s market.

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FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Every week, vendors pass along unsold products to people who might not otherwise have easy access to fresh and local foods.

We will also gladly accept any food donations you choose to leave.

Just look for the plastic deposit bin. ALL DONATIONS GO TO THE FAITH CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY

THANK YOU!EAT FRESH. EAT LOCAL. ALL YEAR LONG.

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Join Us For Our Annual "Spring into Summer" Farmers’ Market in Lewiston May 17, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

WHEN
Thursday, May 17th

WHAT TIME
5:00pm – 7:30pm

WHERE
St. Mary’s Nutrition Center
208 Bates Street
Click Here For Map

Hey Market Friends, yes it really is that time of year can you believe it!?! And despite all the wet weather we’re not letting it stop us from having a rocking good,SPRINGTIME farmers’ market this Thursday, May 17th. So come out and help us leave winter behind and usher in summer with a local beef burger- AND beet burger, barbecue! Besides enjoying a tasty meal, you can visit with your favorite winter AND summer vendors, shop for garden flowers and plants or pick up that weeks’ grocery needs. There will be a warm dry kitchen, plenty of seating, and good friends and fun.

**Additional parking is available in the Community Concepts parking lot at St. Patrick’s church next door.

Our market accepts credit, debit, and EBT(foodstamp) cards for your convenience.

Bring Your Appetite for the Barbecue!

We’ll be offering juicy beef burgers featuring tender ground beef from Clay Hill Farm in Peru, Maine as well as Zesty Beet Burgers from locally grown beets! Top those off with your choice of our yummy home-made chili lime aoili or tangy catsup. Sides will include a fresh spring salad with greens harvested from the Lots to Gardens’ greenhouse and a variety of suprise recipes cooked up by our Bates’ student interns and volunteers. All proceeds from the cafe benefit the Nutrition Center’s cooking education and gardening programs.

MOMS EAT FOR HALF OFF!
In honor of Mother’s Day the Lewiston Farmers’ Market will be thanking all the moms that visit the market with half price burgers. Just stop by the market cafe and let us know your a mom! No mom will be turned away. Proof of child not necessary.

RSVP through Facebook and help us spread the word!

We have created an event on our facebook page for our Spring into Summer Market. You can help us spread the word by clicking on this link http://www.facebook.com/events/364905133558865/ then after you RSVP that you’re attending, you can click on the link under the event photo to invite your friends. Or if you prefer, feel free to simply share the event on your facebook wall.

Check out our daily facebook page updates for more information and updates on special items our vendors will have available this Thursday.

Our friends from Revelation Massage
will be joining us as well!

We’ll see you Thursday!

Not sure where you’re going? No problem!
Click here for a map:
St. Mary’s Nutrition Center

Lewiston Farmers’ Market · PO Box 7291 · Lewiston, Maine 04210

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Pelleto Announces Development of High Energy Pellet Fuel

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000

ORONO, ME — Recognizing that schools, hospitals, and many commercial businesses are concerned about rising oil prices and their dependence on fossil fuel, Pelletco LLC, a Maine-grown company, has developed an alternative high energy, low moisture patented pellet fuel offering significant savings over fossil fuels by 50-70%. Pelletco’s pellet is made from sustainable, renewable resources from Maine’s forests and grasslands and is mixed with a polymer binder, creating 37-percent more energy in a more durable and water-resistant pellet.

Pelletco is creating jobs and keeping dollars local, all actions supporting Pelletco’s mission of Making Energy Local. “Together we can support the local economy with renewable, sustainable resources,” she said. Tom Wood, senior planner for the Maine Department of Forestry, supports the use of wood products and commented, “It’s a renewable, clean, efficient energy source and it gets us off the oil bandwagon.”

Offering its patent under a licensee opportunity, pellet mills can produce higher BTU energy per pound, and save on fuel delivery costs, according to Elizabeth Fossett, Pelletco’s business development manager. Pelletco is currently focused on bulk production for commercial and institutional users in Maine and the Northeast, expanding to the residential pellet market later.

Extensive research went into the development of Pelletco’s patents, conducted through the University of Maine at Orono and independent, third-party laboratories. Case studies to measure the increased performance of the pellet fuel were conducted at Poland Regional High School and the Mechanic Falls Town Office buildings in Maine. The Poland school, which has a wood chip boiler and uses high moisture green wood chips, is unable to operate on warm days. The blending of Pelletco fuel with the green wood chips allows the school to operate the boiler longer, extending the heating season and saving the school money. “No question that we saved money, and going forward we can make a bigger savings and lengthen the heating season with Pelletco pellets,” Tony Bennett, Poland Regional High School’s maintenance director, said recently. “We wouldn’t be able to do it with just chips; and that’s a given.”

Pelletco pellet product is “unique in its durability and BTU value,” said Kyle Michael, owner of Power & Steam in Vassalboro, ME, an independent consultant hired to design the case study for Pelletco. “High moisture content has the greatest negative effect on boiler efficiency so the ability to mix the high BTU water-resistant Pelletco fuel is critical. We measure operating efficiency and found that Pelletco composite fuel performed consistently better than biomass alone.”

Testing of Pelletco pellets conducted in a commercial pellet boiler installed in the Mechanic Falls Town Office building by Northline Energy showed the pellets had improved CO levels. In addition, the higher BTU fuel per pound will save the town in fuel costs and transportation. “We hope that our reliance on foreign oil will be significantly less in future years,” John Hawley, Mechanic Falls town manager, commented.

For more information on converting to biomass pellet heating or Pelletco, contact Elizabeth Fossett at efossett@thepelletco.com or visit www.pelletco.com.

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CSA: Community Supporting Arts Project Blog Launched By The Harlow Gallery

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000

The Harlow Gallery, the Kennebec Local Foods Initiative and g-Blu design are delighted to announce the launch of a blog site, csaart.org. The blog site will allow the public to follow the progress of artists working on CSA: Community Supporting Arts. Csaart.org is designed and maintained by Chris Cart of g-Blu design in Hallowell – visit g-blu.com. We’ve partnered 14 Maine artists with 13 CSA farmers in central Maine, and those artists are busy creating work inspired by their farmers lives, work, landscapes and ideals over the course of the 2012 growing season.

Artwork by all 14 participating artists will be exhibited at the Harlow Gallery in October 2012. Additional exhibitions focusing on smaller artist groupings will take place at partner venues between November 2012 and February 2013, including Frontier Cafe Gallery in Brunswick; Maine Farmland Trust Art Gallery in Belfast; Savory Maine Dining & Provisions in Damariscotta and the art gallery at Sheepscot General at Uncas Farm in Whitefield, with additional venues to be announced soon. The timing of all the exhibitions is meant in part to help spread awareness about local CSA farms as they begin recruiting new members for 2013.

Maine’s artist and farming communities are vibrant, idealistic groups, both key to our state’s unique sense of place, and the Kennebec Valley Art Association (KVAA) believes that artists can use the power of their artistic voices to effect social change. Our partnering farmers are all operating CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farms in and around central Maine. In joining a CSA, folks make a financial commitment to their farm by investing in a share of the produce at the beginning of the growing season. In return farmers are committed to producing the freshest, most flavorful, high quality food possible for their members (most CSA farms adhere to organic standards as much as possible). Typically each CSA member gets a weekly delivery of produce from early summer through harvest. Community Supported Agriculture is a grassroots response to the growing social and environmental problems of our modern industrial food system, and this local foods movement is transforming relationships between people, food and farms. According to the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association website, Maine’s CSA community includes over 160 farms with more than 6,500 families investing in their local farms through the purchase of shares.

CSA: Community Supporting Arts is a project of the Kennebec Valley Art Association in partnership with the Kennebec Local Food Initiative. The Kennebec Valley Art Association is a 501(c)3 membership based arts organization, which has owned and operated the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell since 1963. The Kennebec Local Food Initiative is an organization based in Gardiner, Maine that strives to strengthen community food security through access, education, information and advocacy. CSA: Community Supporting Arts has been made possible by grant funding from the Maine Community Foundation, the Davis Family Foundation, and from the Maine Arts Commission, and independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The artist-farmer partners participating in CSA: Community Supporting Arts are as follows:
Kate Barnes of Oakland is partnered with Grassland Organic Farm in Skowhegan.
Susan Bickford of Newcastle and Kelsey Kobik of Portland are partnered with Goranson Farm in Dresden, and Dig Deep Farm (in residence at Goranson Farm).
Aleana Chaplin of Gardiner is partnered with Winterberry Farm in Belgrade.
Kim Christensen of Albion and Jamie Ribisi-Braley of Manchester are partnered with Wholesome Holmstead in Winthrop.
Matt Demers of Gardiner is partnered with SNAFU Acres Farm in Monmouth.
Kerstin Engman of Liberty is partnered with Treble Ridge Farm in Whitefield.
Tyler Gulden of Walpole is partnered with Morning Dew Farm in Newcastle.
Christine Higgins of Readfield is partnered with Annabessacook Farm in Winthrop.
Scott Minzy of Pittston is partnered with Long Meadow Farm in West Gardiner.
Maina Handmaker of Brunswick is partnered with Milkweed Farm in Brunswick.
Petrea Noyes of Lincolnville is partnered with Crescent Run Farm in Bremen.
Emily Trenholm of Portland is partnered with Fresh Start Farms in Lisbon.

Harlow Gallery
Kennebec Valley Art Association,
160 Water Street,
Hallowell, ME 04347
207-622-3813, kvaa@harlowgallery.org,
website: www.harlowgallery.org

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Gardiner Winter Farmers Market April 4, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000

THE WINTER MARKET
1st & 3rd Wednesdays
2-6 pm

Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

Balfour Farm
Borealis Breads
Bridge Farm
Dragonfly Cove Farm
Emery Farm
Geroux’s Café Mixes
Longmeadow Farm
Oaklands Farm
Paula C’s
Pretzel Logic
Roseberry Farm
Snafu Acres Farm
Wholesome Holmstead

Scroll Down to To read more about your farmers & producers.

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EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

The Gardiner Farmers’ Market is thrilled to be outfitted with one of the first market-wide EBT machines in the state of Maine. The card is swiped through the machine in exchange for tokens which can be used at any of the vendor tables.

Some of the vendors also accept WIC.

Bring any questions to the information table at Wednesday’s market.

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Every week, vendors pass along unsold products to people who might not otherwise have easy access to fresh and local foods.

We will also gladly accept any food donations you choose to leave.

Just look for the plastic deposit bin. ALL DONATIONS GO TO THE FAITH CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY

THANK YOU!

Vendors

FARMER & PRODUCER PROFILES
(current and former)

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Albee Farming

Albee Farming Everett T. Albee 1628 Alna Road, Alna, ME 04535 Phone: 207-586-5024 Email: tomalbee@tidewater.net

Albee Farm is family owned and operated. Our specialty is offering only the very finest fresh fruit and vegetables. We operate a self-serve Farm Stand daily during the growing season. Our specialties include, but are not limited to, beans, greens, summer & winter squash, cucumbers, lettuce, and high bush blueberries.

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Big Barn Coffee

Dan & Claudia Sortwell 104 Churchill Street PO Box 269 Wiscasset, ME 04578 Phone: 207-882-6374 Email: dan@bigbarncoffee.com Website: www.bigbarncoffee.com

Our goal is to provide coffee made from coffee beans grown in a sustainable way. We buy Fair Trade organic beans where possible and are a member of 1% For the Planet—1% of our gross sales goes to the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association. Our coffee is freshly roasted in our barn and presented in recyclable metal coffee cans. One variety of coffee will be offered per market, both freshly brewed and as roasted beans.

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Borealis Breads

P. O. Box 1800, Wells, Maine 04090 Phone: 207-641-8800 Bakery Locations: 1165 Post Road, Wells, ME 1860 Atlantic Highway, Waldoboro, ME Bistro & Bakery: 182 Ocean Avenue, Portland, ME E-mail: stevec@borealisbreads.com Website: www.borealisbreads.com

Borealis Breads is the only commercially available breads made with local grains. Jim Amaral, President and Owner, is a leader in the development of grain agriculture in Maine. For over ten years, Jim has worked hand in hand with local farmers to create a sustainable economy in healthy local grains – work that continues to this day. Borealis makes a wide variety of artisan bread with only the finest of ingredients – 40-year-old natural sourdough starters, wheat flour, water and sea salt. All our breads are shaped by hand, allowed to slowly proof, and finally baked to perfection in our stone hearth ovens giving them a rich, distinct flavor only worthy of the name ‘Borealis’ – breads that contain no preservatives or artificial ingredients.

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Bridge Farm

Bob Howe, Kathy Coleman 593 Gardiner Rd(Rt. 27), Dresden, Me 207 phone: 737-8083 website: www.bridgefarm.me

Bridge Farm dates back to 1763 on the banks of the Eastern River. Today it is an MOFGA certified organic, diversified farm with flocks of laying hens, whole chicken broilers, turkeys, sheep and lambs, heritage pigs and donkeys to help control predators. All the animals are fed organic feed, graze on grasses.We use no hormones, artificial additives or preservatives but a rotational grazing system to build healthy soils and happy animals. Poultry tractors are moved frequently. Our crops are organic and a heritage garden, developed by Master Gardeners, is available for garden tours with an appointment. An earthen cob oven is on the farm. Bread, bagels and baked goods are made from organic ingredients. A farm store,opened daily, is located on the farm selling farm produce and farm/locally made items. Fiber from our sheep is available at the market, farm stores, Fiber Frolic and the Common Ground Fair. We participate in Maine’s Open Farm Day which is always the last Sunday in July. Come visit the farm, see us at the Gardiner Farm Market or stop in.
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Chatterbox Bakery

Joanne Nichols and Brenda Pinkham 22 Hummingbird Lane, Augusta, Maine 04330-3723 Joanne 207-752-2335 and 603-431-7010 Brenda 207-649-3278 joanne@arborinn.com or bren57@adelphia.net www.arborinnbakery.com, www.chatterboxbakery.com

Chatterbox Bakery sells all natural homemade pies, cakes, scones and assorted pastries and baked goods. The owner Joanne Nichols, is a National and Regional award winner for her original recipes.

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County Fair Farm

Andy and Sue Williamson 423 Augusta Road, Jefferson, ME 04348 Phone: 207-549-3536 Email: countyfair@gwi.net

From peas to pumpkins and almost everything in between! Sweet corn is our specialty…always picked fresh and delicious. We have a wide variety of vegetables as well as Apples and farm-raised meats. We look forward to seeing you at the Gardiner Farmers’ Market. Also, visit our farm stand in Jefferson for great family fun!

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Dancing Cricket Farm

Nicholas Costello, Samantha Manetti, Kevin Santillo, David Santillo, Amy Simonds Box 222 Bowdoinham, ME 04008 207-623-7894 dancingcricket@yahoo.com www.dancingcricket.org

Dancing Cricket Farm, Bowdoinham: growing organic vegetables, herbs and flowers as part of an integrated land management system, a central project at the Center for Ecological and Cultural Living Arts.

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Dragonfly Cove Farm/Thyme for Goat

Joe Murray & Marge Kilkelly 5 McCobb Road, Dresden, Maine 04342 Phone: 207-737-8737 Website: www.dragonflycovefarm.com

Dragonfly Cove Farm is a small, diverse homestead farm located at the confluence of the Eastern and Kennebec rivers in mid-coast Maine. Joe Murray and Marge Kilkelly raise and sell Boer cross meat goats, goat meat, make maple syrup, and spend the summer canning and preserving the bountiful wealth of our kitchen gardens, vineyard and fruit trees. Goat meat is available at our farm year round. Goat milk soap and fiber products from Go-tees Farm fill out a vibrant market basket, right here in Dresden Farmlands! Do visit! Also available: goat meat products through Thyme for Goat, a partnership of farms.

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Emery Farm

Trent Emery 137 Besse Road, Wayne, ME 04284 Phone: 207-615-4488 Email: emeryfarm@gmail.com Website: emeryfarm.org

We offer mixed vegetables, potatoes and herbs and are committed to providing food of the freshest quality that is wholesome and safe to eat. We care about the health and wellbeing of our family, friends and the community as well as our environment. We provide food and nutrition that supports a healthier lifestyle and a more sustainable way to live.

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The Fudge Lady

Rosemary Machowski 3 Marie Circle, Sabattus, ME 04280 Phone: 207-786-0272 Email: fudgelady@roadrunner.com

Offering 21 different kinds of fresh homemade fudge. My recipes are unique in that all the berries are picked right here in Maine gardens. Taste your favorite Peanut Butter or think outside the box with my Penuche Surprise, Cotton Candy, Banana, Pumpkin, Green Mint, and so many more. Always fresh and available.

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Geroux’s Café Mixes

Sharon Geroux 35 Spring Street, Gardiner, ME 04345 Phone: 207-582-7708 Email: geroux6@msn.com Website: www.gerouxsgifts.com

We support our local economy by buying our jars from a local retailer and purchasing our ingredients from local farms and stores. We do not support big box stores. We choose to use real canning jars to help save our environment as they can be recycled, keeping them out of landfills. We produce jams, relish, pickles, baking mixes, dips and offer fresh baked cookies and bread.

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Laughing Stock Farm

Lawrence Morse 0162 Prescott Road, Manchester, ME 04351 Phone: 207-626-0541 Email: L666555@gwi.net website:www.laughingstockfarm.org

Enjoy our early start with rhubarb and Siberian iris. We’ll be bringing peonies, delphiniums, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, sour cherries and, with luck, peaches. We’ll also have raspberry and blueberry bushes and our own honey and maple syrup. In the fall, we will have fresh cider from the old fashioned apples like Golden Russets and Cox Orange Pippins. If you prefer to pick-your-own blueberries and raspberries, check our website for details.

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Long Meadow Farm

Denis Thoet and Michele Roy 29 Long Meadow Drive, W. Gardiner, ME 04345 Phone: 207-582-4817 Email: longmeadowfarm@roadrunner.com Website: www.longmeadowfarmmaine.com

We offer mixed vegetables throughout the season, all organically certified: lettuce mix, spinach, Swiss chard, beet greens, seedlings, tomatoes, basil, cilantro, chives, pesto, bread, pickled beets, zucchini relish, calendula and plantain salve, fresh salsa, dilly beans, relishes, medicinal herbs, cut flowers, pickles, jams, free range eggs, and shearling pelts.

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Oaklands Farm

Logan Johnston & Phyllis Gardiner Gardiner, ME 04345 Phone: 207 582 2136 Email: farm@oaklands-farm.com

Home grown beef. Raised eating only 100% certified organic pasture grasses, dry hay, baleage and grain, all of which is grown on the farm.

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Popp Farm

David Popp 151 Popp Road, Dresden, ME 04342 Phone: 207-737-4351

We are pleased to offer mixed vegetables, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, strawberries, raspberries, cut flowers and more.

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Port Clyde Fresh Catch

PO BOX 223, Port Clyde, ME 04855 Phone: 207-372-8065 Email: info@midcoastfishermen.org Website: www.portclydefreshcatch.com

Our seafood is harvested by the Midcoast Fisherman’s Cooperative of Port Clyde, Maine. They use environmentally sustainable seafood harvesting methods to preserve the fishery and their historic fishing community. Prices: $3-$18/lb.

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R & L Berry Farm

Richard and Leane Reed 22 Berry Road, Readfield, ME 04355 Phone: 207-685-4709 Email: rlberry@prexar.com Website: rlberryfarm.com

We are a 2.5-acre pick-your-own raspberry farm. In addition, we offer high bush blueberries, mixed vegetables, honey, rhubarb, baked goods, maple syrup products, honey butters, raspberry vinaigrettes, raspberry shrub (concentrated syrup) and cut flowers. We also have handmade soaps, hand creams and homemade jewelry.

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RIGHT HERE!

Marsha Dawson Email: marsha_dawson@yahoo.com

Marsha Dawson creates bread and humous. It’s a substantial bread made from organic Maine-grown wheat (when obtainable) and organic sesame, flax and sunflower seeds. The label advises that the bread be toasted. The humous is traditional only in its ingredients. There’s a lot of garlic and cilantro in the mix. It doesn’t get “lost” in a wrap with other things like cheese and lettuce, etc.

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Roseberry Farm

Virginia R. Roseberry 670 Beetle Road, Richmond, ME 04357 Phone: 207-737-4989

We are a certified organic farm selling dairy, vegetables, herbs, plants, eggs, seedlings and cut flowers. We have a farm stand and our Farmhouse Kitchen offers baked goods, chocolates, jams, pickles, and cold homemade drinks. In addition we sell photo greeting cards.

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Small Wonder Organics

Pete Engler and Sarah Trask 431A Brown’s Point Rd Bowdoinham, ME 04008 Pete: 737-9142 Sarah: 837-7425 smallwonderorganics@gmail.comsmallwonderorganics.blogspot.com

Small Wonder is a small, diversified farm growing certified organic vegetables in Bowdoinham. We help make healthful, sustainably-produced and delicious food accessible within our community. CSA shares available winter 2010/2011.

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Snafu Acres Dairy Farm

R. Ivan Smith 259 Tillson Road, Monmouth, ME 04259 Phone: 207-933-2707 Email: snafuacres@myfairpoint.net Website: www.monmouthgrows.com

All our animals are fed grains free of antibiotics, animal by-products and hormones. We offer maple products, eggs, chicken, turkey, beef and pork.

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Sparrow Farm

Karen and Ted Sparrow 253 Whitefield Road, Pittston, ME 04345 Phone: 207-512-2234 Email: sparrowfrm@gmail.com

We are a small family farm in Pittston, Maine, growing organic vegetables, cranberries and eggs. We strive to produce the best quality produce for your family and friends.

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Stonecipher Farm

Ian and Tabitha Jerolmack 1190 River Road Bowdoinham, ME 04008 Phone: 207-737-4124 Email: stonecipherfarm@gmail.com

Stonecipher Farm offers certified organic vegetables and flowers from our recently acquired 65 acre farm in Bowdoinham. Look forward to all your salad favorites from a range of fresh cut loose leaf greens to a wide array of cherry and slicing tomatoes, plus onions, squashes and more.

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Stone Fox Farm Creamery

Kathy & Bruce Chamberlain 77 Bartlett Hill Rd. Monroe, ME 04951 Email: stonefoxfarm@mainelywired.netand Facebook under Mobilecone.

We make homemade ice cream in our small plant in Monroe. We use milk,cream and sugar (no high fructose corn syrup). Our flavorings and extracts are all natural. We use Maine fruit and maple syrup whenever possible.

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Webb Family Farm

277 Webb Road, Pittston, ME 04345 Phone: 207-582-7160

Webb Family Farm proudly offers our MOFGA Certified organic whole grains—wheat, spelt, oats, and corn—in the whole berry form, as fresh ground flour, and rolled cereal. Our pancake mix, cornbread mix, granola and baked goods are local and fresh, grown in Pittston, and processed in our on-farm grain mill.

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Wholesome Holmstead

the Trenholm family, Stanley Rd.
Winthrop Me 04364 Phone: 207 395 4784 Email: wholesomeholmstead@gmail.com

We are a small diversified family farm. We offer our own West Wind Angus beef, milk fed pork and veal, Mar Mik Golden Guernsey dairy, also poultry, produce and flowers.

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Wickedlicious

Terri Lynn Pulley 73 Central Street, Gardiner, ME 04345 Phone: (207) 624-2506 Website: www.tlswickedlicious.com

Wickedlicious is an organic gourmet food emporium located on the Un-Acred Farm in Gardiner, ME. We specialize in scrumptious goodies made from organic ingredients acquired from our local farmers.

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City of Gardiner Offers Composters/Other Items for Sale as Part of Earth Day 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:40:00 +0000

Gardiner Recycling Advisory Group Urges You to Do Your Part for Earth Day 2012:

Compost Your Yard and Food Waste! Orders may be placed by returning the attached order form or visiting our online store www.gardinermaine.com.

Earth Machine Backyard Compost Bin $45.00

Converts grass, leaves and table scraps into an abundant supply of rich garden soil.
Large 80 gallon capacity. Easy, snap together assembly.
10 year warranty & Instruction Booklet. Made of recycled plastic.
Assembled dimensions – 33”x35”
(Photo shown for reference purposes only)

KITCHEN SCRAP PAIL $8.00

Attractive, easy to use, Hinged lid snaps securely to pail, 2 gallon capacity accommodates plates for “mess free” scraping!

THE WINGDIGGER $17.00

Use this handy tool to turn your compost periodically.

The Rain Barrel $58.50

55gal capacity, Great rain water collection for gardening

The REOTEMP $18.50

Thermometer with a 20″stem to monitor interior temperatures in compost bins

Order online: www.gardinermaine.com, in person at City Hall or by mail:

Gardiner Recycling Committee, 6 Church Street, Gardiner, Maine 04345

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Invasive Forest Insect Spreads; Time for Landowners to Be Aware of Bug Movement

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000

See poster below for more information

This past winter was a good one for an invasive forest insect threatening Maine’s hemlocks, and this spring is a good time for home and land owners, particularly those along Maine’s coast, to be aware of the potential for spreading it.

The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) has been moving inland and north along Maine’s coastline. In addition to the recently reported infestations found in Alfred and Mount Desert Island, the invasive insect now has been found in Arundel, Biddeford and Kennebunk, according officials with the Maine Forest Service, under the Maine Department of Conservation.

“The sites are all York County, all coastal and where we expected to find it,” MFS Forest Entomologist Allison Kanoti said.

Kanoti said MFS staff had visited the reported sites previously as part of the MFS annual and ongoing survey and had found nothing. The HWA, discovered in February, now “has reached a detectable level of population over this winter,” she said.

On Mount Desert Island, MFS crews have been wrapping up their surveys, though Acadia National Park still has to be surveyed, Kanoti said. After checking more than three dozen sites on the island, including a number of private estates for which the crews received permission to survey, HWA has been found only in one additional tree, quite close to a reported site of infested, planted hemlocks. So far, it has not been found on any forest hemlocks, the forest entomologist said.

Hemlock woolly adelgid is a small, aphid-like insect that is covered with white, waxy wool-like material. This wool-like covering makes the insect resemble miniature cotton balls. It is most visible from late-October through July, with woolly masses located on the undersides of the twigs at the bases of the needles. The insect begins its egg-laying in March.

The insect, which came from Japan in the 1950s, causes infested trees to have off-color needles, often with a grayish cast, premature needle drop and twig dieback, and eventually, mortality.

HWA has been found in at least 19 states. In Maine, it was first discovered in the forest in Kittery in 2003 and has spread up the coast. The invasive insect has been found at three state parks, Ferry Beach State Park in Saco in 2008, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport in 2010, and Vaughan Woods State Park in South Berwick, also in 2010. Infested hemlocks in forested settings have been found in 35 towns in York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties.

This winter was a good one for HWA survival, Kanoti said, because there was no long stretch of very cold weather, which can reduce the insect population. “They will have survived quite well, and what that means is that people are likely to see them in new places,” she said.

Kanoti said that this was both a good and bad time to be on the look-out for HWA. The bug’s signature woolly masses are “about as big as they’re going to get” for the season and are easy to see, she said. For landowners, if they have hemlocks that they think are uninfested, it’s a good time to check for the insect, but not after they’ve been near known infestations.

The danger is that HWA eggs underneath the woolly covering are now starting to hatch, and crawlers are starting to emerge. These eggs and crawlers are “no larger than a speck of pepper,” Kanoti said, and can easily be transported on clothing, pets and cars.

“If you’re out searching in an infested area,” she said, “and you travel into a clean area, you can then carry the pest with you to a new location. If you’ve been down amongst hemlocks on the coast, you don’t want to then go look at hemlocks in an uninfested area.”

In addition to being careful about searching for HWA, Kanoti recommended that homeowners consider removing bird feeders as birds can carry the insect or to move feeders away from hemlocks.

“When we’re working in hemlocks, we work from ‘clean’ to ‘dirty,’ especially this time of year,” said Kanoti. “What that means is we start our work away from known infested areas and work towards them. If we encounter adelgid, that is the end of our work in hemlocks for the day.”

The Maine Forest Service encourages others who work or recreate in hemlocks in the lower third of the state to follow similar practices and to be aware that they can be agents of spread this time of year.

If there is a choice, people should plan harvests and tree care in hemlocks, especially within 30 miles of the coast, for the period when eggs and crawlers are absent, roughly August through February. “It would be a sad irony to bring this destructive insect to your trees when your intentions were to support their health,” Kanoti said.

Anyone who thinks they have found HWA should contact MFS Forest Entomologist Allison Kanoti at (207) 287-3147 or email: allison.m.kanoti@maine.gov

More information about hemlock woolly adelgid, including a list of professional pesticide applicators, can be found on line at: http://www.maineforestservice.gov/HemlockWoollyAdelgid.htm

For more information about the Maine Forest Service, go to: http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/index.shtml

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Gardiner Farmers Market Schedule for March 21, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Gardiner Farmers Market is Held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month.

2 PM until 6 pm
Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

Balfour Farm
Borealis Breads
Bridge Farm
Dragonfly Cove Farm
Emery Farm
Geroux’s Café Mixes
Longmeadow Farm
Oaklands Farm
Paula C’s
Pretzel Logic
Roseberry Farm
Snafu Acres Farm
Wholesome Holmstead

(To read more about your farmers & producers, click on the VENDORS page)
Website: http://gardinerfarmersmarket.org/

_______________________________________________

EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

Some of the vendors also accept WIC.

Bring any questions to the information table at Wednesday’s market.

____________________________________________

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Every week, vendors pass along unsold products to people who might not otherwise have easy access to fresh and local foods.

We will also gladly accept any food donations you choose to leave.

Just look for the plastic deposit bin. ALL DONATIONS GO TO THE FAITH CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY

THANK YOU!

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3rd Annual “Flaws for a Cause” to Benefit Cultivating Community’s Sustainable Agriculture Project 4/15 to 4/30/12

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0000

3^rd Annual “Flaws for a Cause” to Benefit Cultivating Community’s New American Sustainable Agriculture Project

Maine Potters Market, a co-operative gallery featuring fine pottery, handmade in Maine, will host their third annual “Flaws for a Cause” sale benefitting local agriculture organization, Cultivating Community, on April 15^th, 2012 – April 30^th, 2012 at 376 Fore Street, Portland, Maine.

Inspired by the story of a porter who cherished her cracked pot for its ability to water the flowers along the path as she trod from her local well, Maine Potters Market is thrilled to help Cultivating Community’s New American Sustainable Agriculture Project (NASAP) with their third annual “Flaws for a Cause” sale. Cultivating Community is an organization that is dedicated to supporting and strengthening communities by growing food in school gardens, community plots, and by partnering with local farms. In an effort to reconnect people to the land, and to prepare youth leaders and new farmers, Cultivating Community’s NASAP will use the proceeds raised by Maine Potters Market to draw upon the experience and knowledge of immigrant and refugee farmers and fund them; helping feed their families and start their own farm-based business. NASAP strengthens the local food system of Maine by selling the produce to restaurants and grocers, at farmers markets, and through CSA shares. Additionally, NASAP recently received a federal grant which allows farmers to accept food stamp debit card payments for CSA shares and at farmer’s markets. It is in this spirit of cooperative support and buying local at the most basic level that Maine Potters Market has again chosen Cultivating Community as the beneficiary of their “Flaws for a Cause” sale.

Beginning on April 15^th, Maine Potters Market will be chock full with unique, functional (slightly flawed) pieces. These items are perfectly usable, but less than perfect. Apart from these two weeks, Maine Potters Market sells only first quality pieces. This sale is a fantastic time to find beautiful pottery at great prices! Test pieces and discounted styles will also be made available for this annual sale. It is advised to shop early for best selection. Store hours are Sunday through Thursday: 10 to 6; Friday & Saturday: 10-8.

For additional information, please contact Maine Potters Market at 207-774-1633 or info@mainepottersmarket.com.

ABOUT MAINE POTTERS MARKET – Founded in 1978 by a group of potters who envisioned a cooperative market in which to educate and sell their wares to the public, Maine Potters Market currently consists of thirteen potters in residence. The rich variation amongst their creations is the strength and character which has helped Maine Potters Market delight serious and whimsical pottery shoppers alike.

Gardiner Farmers Market to be Held on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Gardiner Farmers Market is Held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month.

2 PM until 6 pm
Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

Balfour Farm

Borealis Breads

Bridge Farm

Dragonfly Cove Farm

Emery Farm

Geroux’s Café Mixes

Longmeadow Farm

Oaklands Farm

Paula C’s

Pretzel Logic

Roseberry Farm

Snafu Acres Farm

Wholesome Holmstead

(To read more about your farmers & producers, click on the VENDORS page)
Website: http://gardinerfarmersmarket.org/

_______________________________________________

EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

Some of the vendors also accept WIC.

Bring any questions to the information table at Wednesday’s market.

____________________________________________

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Every week, vendors pass along unsold products to people who might not otherwise have easy access to fresh and local foods.

We will also gladly accept any food donations you choose to leave.

Just look for the plastic deposit bin. ALL DONATIONS GO TO THE FAITH CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY

THANK YOU!

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Sneak Preview of Maine’s First YardScaping Garden at the Portland Flower Show 3/8 to 3/11 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Portland's newly completed YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove will be featured in an exhibit at the Portland Flower Show, March 8-11

PORTLAND-What gardener has not admired a beautiful landscape and thought, “I wish someone would show me how to do that in my garden!” The Maine YardScaping Partnership has done just that for ecologically minded gardeners with its YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove in Portland. And, before the spring flowers bloom, an exhibit at this year’s Portland Flower Show will offer a sneak preview of these newly completed gardens from March 8 to 11.

Over the past five years, visitors to the trails around Back Cove have witnessed a transformation of a two-and-a-half-acre unused field, made available by the City of Portland, into a demonstration landscape planted with more than 2,000 specially selected trees, shrubs, and perennials. The goal of YardScaping is to inspire Maine people to create and maintain healthy landscapes that minimize reliance on water, fertilizer, and pesticides. The project has been made possible by grants from government and nonprofit sources, and generous donations from local businesses and garden clubs, plus the efforts of many local volunteers, including Master Gardeners and dedicated members of the more than 30 YardScaping partners.

“Mainers now have a garden that features trees, shrubs, perennials, and wildflower and grass mixes that can be planted around the state to make gardens more sustainable and reduce the millions of pounds of fertilizer and pesticides that are applied to Maine lawns and gardens each year,” says Gary Fish, YardScaping Coordinator and Manager of Pesticides Programs for the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, one of the YardScaping Partners. Fish will help staff the Flower Show booth, along with many of the others who helped create the gardens, and provide visitors with details and handouts on how they can create beautiful and sustainable gardens of their own.

The YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove are located along the footpath that borders Portland’s Back Cove, adjacent to the Preble Street soccer fields. The Portland Flower Show will be at the Portland Company Marine Complex on the Portland Waterfront. Visit the YardScaping booth (#33) on the ground floor.

For more information about the YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove and YardScaping, go to http://www.yardscaping.org.

Related story to be posted by The Valley Voice on March 1st

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E-Newsletter from The Cornucopia Institute for February 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the Cornucopia Institute’s Emailing List! Here is our latest e-newsletter.

Largest Corporate Dairy, Biotech Firm and USDA Accused of
Conspiring to Corrupt Rulemaking and Pollute Organics

The Cornucopia Institute has formally requested that the USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigate corruption at its National Organic Program resulting in the use of illegal synthetics in organic food and then allowing powerful corporations to “game the system” for approval “after the fact.”

The controversy surrounds synthetic products—genetically modified soil fungus and algae—developed by Martek Biosciences Corporation (part of a $12 billion Dutch-based conglomerate) as nutritional supplements in organic food including milk, infant formula, and other foods. Martek’s formulated oils are processed with synthetic petrochemical solvents in a blend containing a myriad of other synthetic chemicals. Supplements derived from these oils, commonly marketed as DHA and ARA, are being added to milk, infant formula and other organic foods by such companies as Dean Foods (Horizon), Abbott Laboratories (Similac) and Nurture, Inc. (Happy Baby).

Cornucopia’s research has linked Martek’s supplements to serious illness in some infants. To view the full news release, click here.

Monsanto Seeks to Squelch Patent Lawsuit

Image creator Grant Cochrane

Monsanto has moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its patent rights on genetically modified seeds. The Cornucopia Institute is among the 83 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations represented by the Public Patent Foundation in the lawsuit. The matter will be heard in a Manhattan courtroom in New York City on Tuesday, January 31.

“We are putting Monsanto on notice,” said Jim Gerritsen, a Maine family farmer and President of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association. “Americans have the right to choice in the marketplace – to decide what kind of food they will feed their families – and we are taking this action on their behalf to protect that right to choose.”

Monsanto contends the lawsuit is a trivial publicity stunt. Supporters of the lawsuit are urged to attend the hearing to make a positive impression on presiding judge Naomi Buchwald concerning the seriousness of the matter. If you can travel to and attend this important hearing, in NYC, (farmers are especially encouraged) and would like more details, pleasecontact us.

“Family-scale farmers desperately need the judiciary branch of our government to balance the power Monsanto wields in the marketplace and through their legislative lobbyists,” notes Cornucopia’s Mark Kastel. “Farmers have saved seeds since the beginning of agriculture. It is outrageous that one corporate entity, through the trespass of what they refer to as their ‘technology,’ can intimidate and run roughshod over family farmers in this country.”

Office of Inspector General Investigating Management of
National Organic Dairy Program

The internal legal arm of the USDA is investigating the management and oversight of the nation’s organic dairy program by the National Organic Program (NOP). The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is expected to release a report early in 2012 regarding its preliminary investigation.

This report, according to Miles McEvoy, the director of the NOP, is the first stage of the organic dairy investigation. For the rest of 2012, the OIG expects to dig further into the matter, including site visits to organic dairies around the U.S.

Cornucopia welcomes this long needed investigation. Our research and onsite visits have documented numerous suspect management practices at factory-scale dairies with thousands of cows. The NOP has been slow to investigate the formal complaints filed by Cornucopia. Ethical family-scale farmers have been economically injured by factory farm scofflaws and consumers fooled by pretty images on cartons containing their faux organic milk. Cornucopia’s organic dairy scorecard provides guidance on brands sourcing milk from farmers with the best organic practices.

Say No to Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Soy
Send Your Comment to the USDA

By deregulating one GMO after another (Round Up Ready alfalfa, “drought-resistant corn, etc.), President Obama and Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack have made it clear to the American public that they do not care about our concerns with genetically engineered food and its questionable safety, adverse environmental impacts, and detrimental effects on farmers, especially organic farmers.

We must keep the pressure on! Let’s continue to flood the USDA with public comments opposing their misguided and dangerous policy of indiscriminately releasing GMOs into America’s farm fields and food supply. Cornucopia already urged farmers and consumers to commenton Dow Agrosciences’ petition to deregulate corn that is resistant to the herbicide 2,4-D. Please also send comments opposing the petition by Monsanto for its soybeans that are high in stearidonic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid that does not naturally occur in soybeans.

While an omega-3-rich soybean may appear beneficial to public health, the truth is that genetically engineering a ubiquitous monoculture crop to contain higher levels of just one particular nutrient will not solve our public health crisis, and might even exacerbate it. A healthy diet is about much more than simply increasing the levels of one particular omega-3 fatty acid. “Monsanto’s stearidonic acid soybeans is another band-aid solution that will do little to address the root of the problem with our nation’s ‘nutrition’ problem, which is people eating too many processed foods containing corn and soybean derivatives, and not eating a varied diet of nutrient-rich wholesome foods,” said Charlotte Vallaeys, Cornucopia’s Director of Farm and Food Policy.

Citizens can comment on the proposed approval of Monsanto’s stearidonic acid soybeans until February 27, 2012.

Enforcement Hammer Falls on Shamrock Dairy

Shamrock organic cows in feedlot

An industrial-scale organic dairy, located south of Phoenix in the desert Southwest, is poised to lose its USDA organic certification. The enforcement action at Shamrock Farms follows a USDA investigation into the dairy triggered by a formal legal complaint in 2008 from The Cornucopia Institute.

Shamrock operates a massive dairy that was milking approximately 16,000 cows at the time of Cornucopia’s visit. Between 700 and 1,100 of the cows at the split operation were in the organic milk herd; the remainder were part of a conventional dairy operated at the same sprawling complex.

“We found inadequate, overgrazed pasture adjacent to their milking facility, and we were told by Shamrock employees that the confined cows had not been out in weeks,” said Mark A. Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst for Cornucopia.

“At a time when conventional and organic dairy producers are all being squeezed by extraordinarily high feed prices, there is no doubt that large corporate-owned, vertically-integrated operations like Shamrock put downward pressure on farm gate prices,” said Will Fantle, Cornucopia’s Research Director. “If this dairy was indeed violating the law, they have taken profits out of the pockets of hard-working ethical family farmers.”

Support The Cornucopia Institute

The Cornucopia Institute is a non-profit group based in Wisconsin and working on food and farm policy issues concerning sustainable and organic agriculture. We depend upon our members and readers like you for support. Please visit our website at http://www.cornucopia.org/for more details about our activities and how you can become involved or email us at cultivate@cornucopia.org.

P.O. Box 126 Cornucopia, WI 54827 608-625-2042 2011

Gardiner Farmers Market at Johnson Hall on February 15, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Gardiner Farmers Market is Held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month.

2 PM until 6 pm

Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

Balfour Farm

Borealis Breads

Bridge Farm

Dragonfly Cove Farm

Emery Farm

Geroux’s Café Mixes

Longmeadow Farm

Oaklands Farm

Paula C’s

Pretzel Logic

Roseberry Farm

Snafu Acres Farm

Wholesome Holmstead

(To read more about your farmers & producers, click on the VENDORS page)
Website: http://gardinerfarmersmarket.org/

_______________________________________________

EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

Some of the vendors also accept WIC.

Bring any questions to the information table at Wednesday’s market.

____________________________________________

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Every week, vendors pass along unsold products to people who might not otherwise have easy access to fresh and local foods.

We will also gladly accept any food donations you choose to leave.

Just look for the plastic deposit bin. ALL DONATIONS GO TO THE FAITH CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY

THANK YOU!

Gardiner Farmers Market at Johnson Hall on Feb. 1, 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

2 PM until 6 pm

Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

Balfour Farm
Borealis Breads
Bridge Farm
Dragonfly Cove Farm
Emery Farm
Geroux’s Café Mixes
Longmeadow Farm
Oaklands Farm
Paula C’s
Pretzel Logic
Roseberry Farm
Snafu Acres Farm
Wholesome Holmstead

(To read more about your farmers & producers, click on the VENDORS page)
Website: http://gardinerfarmersmarket.org/

_______________________________________________

EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

Some of the vendors also accept WIC.

Bring any questions to the information table at Wednesday’s market.

____________________________________________

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Every week, vendors pass along unsold products to people who might not otherwise have easy access to fresh and local foods.

We will also gladly accept any food donations you choose to leave.

Just look for the plastic deposit bin. ALL DONATIONS GO TO THE FAITH CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY

THANK YOU!

Teacher Eric Wade Receives Maine Agriculture in the Classroom 2012 Teacher of the Year Award

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

(left to right): Hope Elementary School teacher, Eric Wade, receives the 2012 Maine Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from Maine Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb, on January 11, at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show.*

AUGUSTA-Erik Wade, Hope Elementary School science and mathematics teacher, has been named the 2012 Maine Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) Teacher of the Year. The award was presented to Wade by Maine Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb, on January 11 at the 71st Annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta.

Wade, a firm believer in learning through doing, received the award for his work with students in developing a school-wide composting program and integrating a garden and greenhouse into the school curriculum. As part of the garden project, his students designed a greenhouse and raised beds, and then planted a variety of vegetables and flowers. In conjunction with this project, the entire school studied various aspects of agriculture, including pollination, plant systems, botany, and the water cycle. Parents were also involved, to provide support for the program.

In June, Wade will be honored at the National AITC Conference in Loveland, Colorado, with award-winners from other states. For more information on Wade, the award, and MAITC go to http://www.maineagintheclassroom.org/.

*Maine Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC), located in the Maine Department of Agriculture, is a grassroots program coordinated by the US Department of Agriculture. MAITC’s mission is to promote the understanding of agriculture and natural resources among students, educators, and the general public.*

The Hope School Garden Committee working at the Hope Elementary School greenhouse and community garden.

Cornucopia Newsletter for January 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Largest Corporate Dairy, Biotech Firm and USDA Accused of
Conspiring to Corrupt Rulemaking and Pollute Organics

Cornucopia’s research has linked Martek’s supplements to serious illness in some infants. To view the full news release, click here.

Monsanto Seeks to Squelch Patent Lawsuit

Image creator Grant Cochrane

Office of Inspector General Investigating Management of
National Organic Dairy Program

Say No to Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Soy
Send Your Comment to the USDA

Citizens can comment on the proposed approval of Monsanto’s stearidonic acid soybeans until February 27, 2012.

Enforcement Hammer Falls on Shamrock Dairy

Shamrock organic cows in feedlot

An industrial-scale organic dairy, located south of Phoenix in the desert Southwest, is poised to lose its USDA organic certification. The enforcement action at Shamrock Farmsfollows a USDA investigation into the dairy triggered by aformal legal complaint in 2008 from The Cornucopia Institute.

Support The Cornucopia Institute

cultivate@cornucopia.org P.O. Box 126 Cornucopia, WI 54827 608-625-2042 2011

Waterville Farmers Market Scheduled for January 19th

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000

Located in the Concourse along Appleton & Main Streets.

Summer Market
First Thursday in May until
Thursday before Thanksgiving
Every Thursday ~ 2–6 pm
All Season ~ Rain or Shine

Winter Market
December to April
Every Third Thursday
Open 2–4 pm

For more information, or to join the market, emailShannon Haines or
call her at 680-2055.

The DWFM is a 100% producer-only market; shopping at the market means you’re buying directly from the producer.

2011 Membership Directory
New members for this year are noted in RED.
Updated for each year in mid April. Click on photos to enlarge.

2011 Steering Committee

Chairperson: Hanne Tierney
Secretary: Izzy McKay
Treasurer: Jean Koons
Assistant Treasurer: Karl Rau
New Member Coordinator: Raini Perry
Market Manager: Clayton Carter
Winter Manager: Sarah Smith
At Large #1: Bill Neville
At Large #2: Richard Reed
At Large #3: Fred Nassar

A Page-N-Thyme Farm, Garden & Soap Company

Joanne & David Gorey, 495 West Mills Road, Anson 04911, ph. 696-4949, info@apagenthymesoap.com,www.apagenthymesoap.com
We are a small farm & we raise dairy goats (Nubians) and meat goats (Boers). Also we have non-caged laying hens and in the summer we raise meat chickens, pigs and turkeys. We have 8½ acres with 1 acre across the street where our organic garden is.
We raise lots of garlic and herbs along with some fruits and veggies. Our dairy goats produce so much milk that we decided to start a soap business and make handcrafted goat milk soap right in our farm kitchen. It’s a wonderful product and we are very proud of it!
We will be at market all season long, and at the winter markets.

The Apple Farm Joined the market in 2009.

Steven & Marilyn Meyerhans, 104 Back Road, Fairfield, ME 04937, ph. 453-7656, email:steven@applefarm.us, website: www.LakesideOrchards.com
Apples and other tree fruits, cider, blueberries.
We will be at market from early August to late October.

Cornerstone Farm

Hanne Tierney, 74 Dogtown Road, Palmyra 04965, ph. 487-5945, cell: 416-2676, email:hanne@cornerstonefarm.us, website:www.cornerstonefarm.us
Cornerstone Farm is a small family farm. We raise and sell pastured pork and free-range chicken eggs. Our animals are not fed antibiotics or artificial growth hormones. We have designed our farm to allow our animals to live a life that is specific to their species. Cornerstone Farm uses a deep bedding farrowing system to allow the sows (mother pigs) to express their instincts in caring for their young. We then raise our pigs on forages which we have grown for them. Cornerstone Farm has been awarded a SARE grant for 2009 to do feeding trails on feeding our hogs our forage mix. We will keep everyone up to date on how it turns out. At our tent you will find a full range of steaks, roasts, chops, ribs, 6 types of sausage and ground pork as well as nitrate free bacon. We also sell our fresh roasted coffee, always roasted on our farm less than 24 hours before market and we always use fair-trade and organic beans. During the summer you might catch our 6 year old daughter selling her veggies that she has planted, transplanted, cared for, harvested, and prepared for market almost entirely by herself! We can’t wait to see you there.
We will be at market all year long at both the summer and winter markets.
You can also find us at the Orono, Bath, and Portland summer farmers markets as well as the Orono, Bath, and Brunswick winter farmers’ markets.

Eagle View Gardens and Haunted Trail Pumpkins

Fred Nassar and Family, 882 Garland Road, Winslow 04901, ph. 873-0214, cell 660-5179,frednas@gmail.com
We sell a variety of vegetables and herbs. All grown naturally and picked fresh daily. Bulk orders for beans, cukes, beets, tomatoes, etc., are welcomed. Order early. Visit our place in the fall for pumpkins, corn stalks, and all your decorating needs. We have the only local u-pick pumpkin patch. The patch features a haunted trail! Groups are welcomed. Call for details. Finally, we have a limited supply of free range eggs.
We will be at market all season from early May to mid November.

Fire Flour Bakery and
Fail Better Farm

Kendra Michaud and Clayton Carter, 582 Old County Road, Etna ME 04434, ph. 951-5953,
Bakery: Kendra@kendramichaud.com,
Farm: foodfood@failbetterfarm.com,www.failbetterfarm.com
facebook.com/failbetterfarm
Fail Better Farm is a MOFGA certified organic family farm producing over 30 different vegetable crops. As 9th generation family farmers, we strive to produce the most beautiful and impeccably clean organic vegetables available in the state of Maine. We invite you to bring our organic produce home to your family, adding color, taste, and good health to your table. To learn more about our farm visit our website www.failbetterfarm.com, or check us out on Facebook at facebook.com/failbetterfarm.
We’ll be at market from May into December. We’re also at the Orono Farmers’ Market.

Grassland Farm

Sarah & Garin Smith, 41 Grassland Lane, Skowhegan, ME 04976, ph. 474-6864, email:grasslandfarm@hotmail.com
website: www.GrasslandOrganicFarm.com
We are honored to preserve two hundred eighty-nine acres of beautiful farm land seated majestically atop a hill overlooking Weserrunsett Stream in Skowhegan. We milk a mixed herd of 40 cows including Linebacks, Jerseys, Holsteins, and Brown Swiss. We offer delicious, organic raw milk in half gallon, quart and pint returnable glass bottles. We are happy to offer for the first time this year pints of certified organic cream and half gallons of reduced fat milk in glass. We also raise certified organic beef on grass at our own farm. Our beef is USDA inspected and each cut is individually frozen, labeled and vacuum sealed. Bulk orders for beef quarters and sides are accepted for the fall with only a limited quantity available.
We will be at market all season long from early May to mid November, and at all the winter markets.
We also attend farmers’ markets in Orono, Skowhegan, and at Mill Park in Augusta.

Half Moon Gardens, Inc.
Joined the market in 2008.

Izzy McKay, 54 Greenhouse Lane, Thorndike 04986, ph. 568-3738, info@halfmoongarden.com,www.halfmoongarden.com
Mixed vegetables, vegetable & flower seedlings, hanging baskets, annuals, perennials, herbs, houseplants, everlastings.
We will be at market from April to late October, and at the winter markets when I have extra greens.

Heald Farm LLC

Mark J. Rollins, 1227 Bangor Road, Troy 04987, ph. 948-2111, mrollins@uninets.net Facebook page
Heald Farm LLC specializes in the production of bi-color sweet corn. We have corn as early as nature allows, usually the last week of July. We provide sugar enhanced varieties, picked fresh daily through October. Fresh native sweet corn is our specialty. We take pride in providing the highest quality sweet corn for the longest possible season.
We will be at market from late July to late September. We also attend the Brewer Farmers’ Market and the Fairfield Farmers’ Market.

humble forge blacksmithing

Roger Collins, 17 Rosedale St., Waterville 04901, ph. 877-5963
email: roger@humbleforgeblacksmithing.com
website: www.humbleforgeblacksmithing.com
Hand made wrought iron products.
One of a kind pieces for your home and garden.
Custom made to your design.
We will be at market from early June to December.

100 Acre Farm

Ernie Ames, 10 Ten Lots Road, Oakland 04963, ph. 465-3094, 100acrefarm@gmail.com
We are a certified naturally grown farm. We raise a variety of mixed veggies like tomatoes, salad greens, summer squash, zucchini, eggplant, etc. We also have free range eggs, lamb, and tree-ripened peaches.
We will be at market all season long and at the winter markets.

Just-a-Cookin’ Joined the market in 2011.

Donna & Michael Bishop, 601 Lakewood Road, Madison 04950, ph. 474-5251, mdbish@beeline-online.net
We are a small unique bakery specializing in gluten free baked goods, such as bread (croutons, crumbs and crisps), cakes, cookies, muffins, pies and whoopie pies. We also make special occasion items to order, such as birthday and holiday cakes and pies. To better serve you we are contantly adding new home cooked items. We look forward to helping you with your gluten free challenges.
We will be at market all season long and maybe at the winter markets. We also attend the Augusta Mill Park Farmers’ Market and the Skowhegan Farmers’ Market

Kennerson Farm

Donald and Catherine Kennerson, 1266 South Solon Road, Solon, 04979, ph. 643-2008, fax 643-5008, cell 431-3322, kenerson1@gmail.com
Kennerson farm has 116 acres and was established in 1998. We raise American Buffalo (Bison). Our products are naturally raised without the use of hormones, chemical or antibiotics. Our Buffalo eat high quality hay and are on pasture in the summer, with plenty of room to roam. We invite you to purchase some of our delicious buffalo burgers, steaks, ribs, roasts or sausages … American Buffalo, healthy never tasted so good!
We will be at market all season long, and at all the winter markets.

Kennebec Cheesery Joined the market in 2008.

Jean Koons, 795 Pond Road, Sidney 04330, ph. 547-4171, kennebeccheesery@gmail.com,www.KennebecCheesery.com
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We hand-craft small batches of cheese and yoghurt using milk from our Alpine goats. Our goats are pasture fed when pasture is available, otherwise they eat hay made on the property and GMO-free grain. Goat cheeses include chevre cobbles rolled in herbs, or in oil with seasonings, feta, and a brie type called Snow Pond Farmhouse. From a neighbours organic Jersey cows’ milk we produce full cream and low-cream yoghurt (in refundable glass jars) and a mini-brie type called Messalonskee. Other aged varieties are in the design phase and should be available this year.
We will be at market from early May to mid November. We also attend the Skowhegan Farmers’ Market and the Augusta Farmers’ Market at Mill Park.

Peacemeal Farm

Mark Guzzi & Marcia Ferry, 25 Peacemeal Lane, Dixmont 04932. ph. 257-4103,peacemeal@midmaine.com
We grow a wide variety of MOFGA-certified organic veggies including peas, beans, tomatoes, melons, squash, garlic, onions, carrots, potatoes and much more. We will have seedlings in the spring for your garden and produce for winter storage in the fall. Now accepting Food Stamps and WIC checks.
We will be at market from early May into November. We also attend the Camden, Oronoand Belfast Farmers’ Markets.

Proud Peasant Farm Joined the market in 2010.

Holli Cedarholm & Brian St. Laurent, 284 Crosby Brook Road, Unity ME 04988, ph. 568-5669,proudpeasants@gmail.com
Proud Peasant Farm is in its second season at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center in Unity. Here we cultivate 2 acres of certified organic, diversified vegetables and culinary herbs with a focus on traditional and heirloom vegetables from open-pollinated seed. We also hand-craft tempeh, a traditional Indonesian fermented soybean product, with our own unique recipe.
We will be at market from early May to mid November and possibly at the Winter Markets. We also attend the Ellsworth and Acadia Farmers’ Markets.

Good Breads @ R. Family Farm
Joined the market in 2008.

Karl and Laurie Rau & Family, 215 Palmer Rd., Newport ME 04953, ph. 368-4788, cell 416-4788,info@good-bread.com, www.Good-Bread.com
We have a small bakeshop and homestead farm on twenty acres where we bake delicious and hearty breads, raise a variety of livestock, as well as raspberries and fruits with the help of our seven children. We offer tasty yeast and sourdough breads all made with natural and organic ingredients. Some of the items you can expect to see are Foccacias, Bauernbrot, Bavarian Pretzels, DreikornBrot, Wheat, Cinnamon and Oatmeal bread. We also offer some wonderful cookies and granolas all made with freshest most delicious ingredients we can find.
We look forward to seeing you each Thursday throughout the market season and at all the winter markets. We also attend the European Market in Bangor, and the Skowhegan Farmers’ Market.

Raini Ridge Farm

Raini Perry, 1445 Turner Ridge Road, Palermo, 04354, ph.& fax: 993-2025, cell 313-9925
pacas4u@hotmail.com
Vegetable and flower seedlings, maple products, chicken and duck eggs, alpaca yarn and yarn products. We are an alpaca farm and will be bringing the animals to the market.
We will be at market in May and June, and again in late September, late October and early November and in December.

Smith Farm Joined the market in 2009.

Rachael Katz & Sam Hazlehurst, 105 Troy Center Road, Troy 04987, ph. 323-8653,rae9rae@yahoo.com
On the Smith Farm, we use our two teams of Percheron draft horses to raise mixed vegetables, grass-fed beef, free range chickens & eggs, herbs, sauerkraut, kim chi, and apples. It’s a grand old farm, first settled around 1830, and still a major work in progress. We just recently settled here, and feel honored to take the reins. We employ organic practices, and strive to enrich the land.
Rachel’s an accomplished knitter and spinner; Sam does a variety of woodworking and horse logging. Some of the fruits of these winter labors will be for sale at market.
We will be at market from early June to November, and maybe in December.

Snakeroot Organic Farm

Tom Roberts & Lois Labbe
27 Organic Farm Road, Pittsfield 04967
ph. 487-5056
Tom@snakeroot.net, Lois@snakeroot.net
www.snakeroot.net/farm
Our 5 acres of MOFGA certified organic gardens provide shoppers with the finest vegetables and culinary herbs, as well as offering blooming lupines & other perennials in recycled plant pots. We offer many unusual items including garden seeds, grapes, fiddleheads, gobo, celeriac, and dried herbs and tomatoes. Visit our gardens and greenhouse anytime, or come to our annual guided farm tour on the second Sunday in July, noon to 4pm.
Ask about our CSA plan and about bulk purchases of tomatoes, basil, parsley, carrots, garlic, onions, winter squash, etc.
At market all season, at the April winter market. Also at the Pittsfield, Orono, Unity, andNewport Farmers’ Markets.

Stone Fox Farm Creamery Joined the market in 2010.

Kathy & Bruce Chamberlain, 77 Bartlett Hill Road, Monroe 04951, ph. 323-2850
stonefoxfarm@mainelywired.net
www.stonefoxfarmcreamery.com
Facebook: Stone Fox Creamery
We produce ice cream in our small plant in Monroe, Maine. We use all natural milk, cream and sugar (no high fructose corn syrup). We use all natural flavorings and extracts, Maine fruit and maple syrup whenever possible. Our Carpigiani batch freezer was made in Bologna, Italy and makes about 2.5 gallons of ice cream in 10 minutes. Our blast freezer quickly chills the ice cream down to -20°F so ice crystals don’t form. Our overrun is small (the amount of air whipped into the mix) resulting in a rich and creamy ice cream treat. We also offer hot cocoa and brewed coffee in cold weather. Our ice cream can be purchased at Barrels Community Market and at Uncle Deans Good Groceries.
We will be at market from early May to late October. We also attend the Rockland andGardiner Farmers’ Markets and Augusta’s Farmers’ Market at Mill Park.

Tangled Oak Farm

Michelle & Bill Neville, 1187 Back Brooks Road, Monroe 04951, ph. 525-3018, email:tangledoakfarm@yahoo.com
Facebook: Tangled Oak Farm
We are a small diversified family farm offering pasture-raised pork, grass fed beef, eggs and MOFGA certified organic produce.
We will be at market from early May to mid November. We also attend the Orono and UnityFarmers’ Markets.

Trees to Please LLC

Todd Murphy, 416 Mercer Rd., Rome 04963
ph. 522-0545
todd@trees-to-please.com
www.Trees-To-Please.com
Our farm is located at 111 Smithfield Rd Norridgewock. We bring strawberries, jam, honey, creamed honey, beeswax products, maple syrup, maple products, fall mums, strawberry, blueberry plants and small live evergreen trees in 1 gallon pots to market. The farm and gift shop are open the third weekend in September for our annual mum sale and from the end of November until Christmas for choose and cut, live and pre-cutChristmas trees, wreaths, kissing balls, outdoor baskets, fresh balsam fir centerpieces and gifts.
We plan to be at market from mid June through early July, then late August through October.

Winterberry Farm

Mary Perry, 538 Augusta Road, Belgrade 04917, ph 495-2593, mylifeinmaine@aol.com
Winterberry Farm is a 40 acre diversified farm with seven acres of vegetable gardens including a hoop house for early tomatoes. We are homesteaders as well. This is a commercial farm and our family’s 180 year old farm. Home of the Blueberry Pie Lady! Our farm is horse powered, and I grow cut flowers and sell cottage flower bouquets at the market. You will find homemade breads using old fashioned recipes and fruit pies with natural ingredients and organic fruits, and really delicious crusts. We have a 40 member CSA, and our farmstand open 7 days a week at the farm in Belgrade.
We will be at market from late May to late October. We also have a stand on Route 27 in Belgrade.

Woolity Farm Joined the market in 2011.

Jean & Bill Fink, 178 Clark Road, Unity 04988, ph. 568-1005overtwisted@yahoo.com, www.baabaamoo.etsy.com
We shear, wash, card & dye the wool from our small flock of Finn and Bluefaced Leicester sheep. We sell handspun, hand-dyed yarns, carded ready-to-spin wool, Waldorf dolls, “Wee Woollies” sheep, and a variety of woollen items for the home and family. On our Unity farm we utilize intelligent farming practices that show concern and compassion for the habitat, animals and plants in our charge.
We will be at market in May and June, and in late August to early October, and again in November and December.

Worcester’s Wild Blueberries

Everett & Lee Worcester, 356 Lyford Road, Orneville ME 04463, 943-8804, 943-5501,RE503@aol.com, www.WildblueBerryProducts.com
Our blueberry farm and roadside stand are located in Orneville just south of the Milo town line on Rt. 11. We produce fresh, clean berries in quart & pint boxes as well as in freezer ready 5 qt. boxes. As a by-product of the pollination process we sell delicious blueberry honey. We produce a number of value added products including blueberry jam, jelly, syrup, pie filling, and a blueberry juice drink. We also produce sugar free blueberry jam and syrup and bake and sell blueberry pies and muffins. We offer our blueberry products both wholesale and retail.
Our fresh market season runs from lateJuly through early September, and at the winter markets from January to March.

Lewiston Farmers Market Schedule for January 19th 2012

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

The Lewiston Farmers’ Market provides fresh, healthy, local food to residents in and around Lewiston, Maine. The market is organized by the Great Falls Farmers’ & Artisans’ Market Association and sponsored by St. Mary’s Health System.

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This Month’s News From The Market

Ringing In The New Year Right! Join Us January 19th
Help Us Create A 2012 “Top 10 List”
This Month’s Menu For The Winter Market Cafe
Share Our Facebook Event With Your Friends
Music At The Market – Denise Dill!
Revelation Massage Strikes Again!
What’s At Stake For The Northeast With The Next Farm Bill?

Join Us For The First Farmers Market of 2012!
(Mark your calendars now for Thursday, January 19th)

2012 is here! The New Year often brings hope, possibility, and a list of resolutions. If one of your resolutions this year is to eat even healthier, we can help you. The addition of local, pastured meats, free range farm eggs, local fresh dairy products, whole grains, and locally grown fruits and veggies can do wonders for your health. Learn more about the health implications of local food here, from our friends at the Tacoma Farmers Market.

When: Thursday, January 19th
Time: 5:00pm – 7:30pm
Where: St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, 208 Bates Street
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All of your favorite vendors will be there offering Maine grown/produced in season fruits and veggies, pastured meats, milk and dairy products, seafood, bread and baked goods, prepared meals, herbs and herbal products, handcrafted soaps, fiber arts, art, pottery, and more. Don’t forget to bring your appetite and enjoy hot soup, bread, and salad combos from the Winter Market Cafe.

Our winter market is scheduled every 3rd Thursday of the month, November through April. Please use the side door (left side of building when viewed from Bates Street.) Credit/Debit/EBT (foodstamps) accepted.

**Additional parking is available in the Community Concepts parking lot at St. Patrick’s church.

How Do You Incorporate Healthy Eating Into Your Life?
We are working on a “Top 10 Easy Ways To Eat Healthy in 2012″ list that we will have available at this month’s market. If you have any tricks or tips, please send them to us at lewistonfarmersmarket@gmail.com or just fill out our on-line healthy eating tip form. Let us know if we can credit you on the flyer. We like to give credit where credit is due!

Bring Your Appetite & Enjoy The Winter Market Cafe!
The Winter Market Cafe will be featured all season long at this year’s market. Enjoy cafe style dining in our beautiful commercial kitchen with affordable soup, bread, and salad combos. Proceeds from the cafe will benefit the Nutrition Center’s Lots To Gardens program.
This Month’s Menu:
Soups:

Tortilla Soup with Chicken & Avocado (with a side of black bean & corn cakes) -vegetarian version also available sans chicken.
Roasted Cauliflower & Mushroom Soup
Winter Greens Soup With White Beans & Pasta
Salad: Red Cabbage, Carrot, Apple & Pecan Salad with Walnut Dijon Dressing
Served with featured breads from Bread & More Bakery
P.S. We are still searching for a great deal on about a dozen bar stools we can use at the counter for our Winter Market Cafe. If you have any leads, please let us know.

RSVP through Facebook and help us spread the word!
We have created an event on our facebook page for this month’s market. You can help us spread the word byclicking here to go to the event page, then after you RSVP that you’re attending, you can click on the link under the event photo to invite your friends. Or if you prefer, feel free to simply share the event on your facebook wall.
Check out our daily facebook page updates for more information and updates on special items our vendors will have available this Thursday.

Music by Denise Dill

Denise Dill is back by popular demand, and will perform at our January 19th market. Enjoy her earthy, authentic music while you shop or have your meal from the Winter Market Cafe. We are working on convincing her to have her CDs available for sale as well so that you can bring her music home with you. You can also visit her website to find out about the latest releases and performances.

Our friends from Revelation Massage
will be joining us as well!

If you haven’t yet experienced the soothing hands of Revelation Massage, you are in for a treat! They will have free chair massages and be on hand to answer your questions. Please do visit theirfacebook page or website for more information as well.

Farm News: From American Farmland Trust
What’s At Stake For The Northeast In The Next Farm Bill?

“U.S. Reps. Jim McGovern and Chellie Pingree spoke about prospects for farm bill programs important to the Northeast in a two-webinar series we hosted with Wholesome Wave, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and New England Farmers Union. One webinar looked at conservation programs, including potential changes and funding cuts to the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and the future of the regional equity provision.
The other covered prospects for helping to rebuild local and regional food systems. Speakers also included senior staff to Senator Patrick Leahy along with New Hampshire Agriculture Commissioner of Agriculture Lorraine Merrill and Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture Scott Soares. Recordings of the webinars, along with more information about the farm bill, are available at farmbillfacts.org. ”

We’ll see you Thursday!

Not sure where you’re going? No problem!
Click here for a map:
St. Mary’s Nutrition Center

Lewiston Farmers’ Market
PO Box 7291
Lewiston, Maine 04210

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New Farmer Workshop Series Announced Beginning Jan. 31st

George L. Tibbetts Jr. — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

LEWISTON—In response to the educational needs of new farmers, a group of agencies have joined forces to develop a comprehensive workshop series to be held every Tuesday beginning January 31 and ending March 13, 2012. In case of a storm event requiring a cancellation, the workshop will be held the next day at the same time. A new farmer is considered as one in the farming business less than 10 years or hasn’t started yet. Partial funding for this endeavor has been provided from the Conservation Technical Assistance funding pool by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

There will be 7 (seven) workshops. Registering for all seven will cost $50 with a maximum of 2 per farm allowed to attend for this fee. The cost is $15 per person for those interested in attending a full day workshop. The cost is $10 per person for those interested in attending an evening workshop. The New Farmer Workshop Flyer and registration form are available at http://www.androscogginswcd.net/. On the home page, under the pictures, click on the link to New Famer Workshop Series.

Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation is partnering with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Department of Agriculture and Maine Department of Conservation. All partners are equal opportunity employers and program providers. In addition to resource specialists from government agencies, local farmers, organizations and business representatives will participate in the workshops. Special benefits for workshop attendees will include credits or a certification exam offered where possible, coffee break refreshments, lunch at two of the full day workshops, on-site full day workshop at a local farm will be held on the last day, a resource notebook for those registering for all seven workshops, question and answer sessions and opportunities to network.

It is important to secure your seat and resource information by registering as early as possible. Registrations must be received by January 10, 2012. Pre-registration is required. If you have any special needs in order to attend please contact Jane Heikkinen at 207-753-9400, ext 400, jane.heikkinen@me.nacdnet.net.

Contact for more information: Jane Heikkinen, 207-753-9400, ext 400, jane.heikkinen@me.nacdnet.net.

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Cookbook Author, Lisa Turner, Closes Sustainable Series at Lithgow Library on May 31, 2012

Gardiner Farmer’s Market Every Wednesday from 2PM to 6PM

THE SUMMER MARKET 2012 EVERY WEDNESDAY ON THE COMMON 2 – 6 PM rain or shine

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EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

FOOD DONATIONS

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Join Us For Our Annual "Spring into Summer" Farmers’ Market in Lewiston May 17, 2012

Not sure where you’re going? No problem! Click here for a map: St. Mary’s Nutrition Center

Pelleto Announces Development of High Energy Pellet Fuel

CSA: Community Supporting Arts Project Blog Launched By The Harlow Gallery

Gardiner Winter Farmers Market April 4, 2012

THE WINTER MARKET 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 2-6 pm

Johnson Hall (downtown on Water Street)

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

Balfour Farm Borealis Breads Bridge Farm Dragonfly Cove Farm Emery Farm Geroux’s Café Mixes Longmeadow Farm Oaklands Farm Paula C’s Pretzel Logic Roseberry Farm Snafu Acres Farm Wholesome Holmstead

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EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Vendors

FARMER & PRODUCER PROFILES (current and former)

Albee Farming

Big Barn Coffee

Borealis Breads

Bridge Farm

Chatterbox Bakery

County Fair Farm

Dancing Cricket Farm

Dragonfly Cove Farm/Thyme for Goat

Emery Farm

The Fudge Lady

Geroux’s Café Mixes

Laughing Stock Farm

Long Meadow Farm

Oaklands Farm

Popp Farm

Port Clyde Fresh Catch

R & L Berry Farm

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Roseberry Farm

Small Wonder Organics

Snafu Acres Dairy Farm

Sparrow Farm

Stonecipher Farm

Stone Fox Farm Creamery

Webb Family Farm

Wholesome Holmstead

Wickedlicious

City of Gardiner Offers Composters/Other Items for Sale as Part of Earth Day 2012

Gardiner Recycling Advisory Group Urges You to Do Your Part for Earth Day 2012:

Invasive Forest Insect Spreads; Time for Landowners to Be Aware of Bug Movement

See poster below for more information

This past winter was a good one for an invasive forest insect threatening Maine’s hemlocks, and this spring is a good time for home and land owners, particularly those along Maine’s coast, to be aware of the potential for spreading it.

Gardiner Farmers Market Schedule for March 21, 2012

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

Balfour Farm Borealis Breads Bridge Farm Dragonfly Cove Farm Emery Farm Geroux’s Café Mixes Longmeadow Farm Oaklands Farm Paula C’s Pretzel Logic Roseberry Farm Snafu Acres Farm Wholesome Holmstead

EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

3rd Annual “Flaws for a Cause” to Benefit Cultivating Community’s Sustainable Agriculture Project 4/15 to 4/30/12

Gardiner Farmers Market to be Held on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Sneak Preview of Maine’s First YardScaping Garden at the Portland Flower Show 3/8 to 3/11 2012

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E-Newsletter from The Cornucopia Institute for February 2012

Gardiner Farmers Market at Johnson Hall on February 15, 2012

Gardiner Farmers Market is Held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month.

2 PM until 6 pm

Johnson Hall (downtown on Water Street)

PARTICIPATING FARMERS & PRODUCERS

EBT CARDS & WIC ACCEPTED

FOOD DONATIONS

BRING CANNED GOODS FROM HOME or BUY A LITTLE EXTRA AT THE MARKET & PASS IT ALONG

Gardiner Farmers Market at Johnson Hall on Feb. 1, 2012

2 PM until 6 pm

THE SUMMER MARKET 2012
EVERY WEDNESDAY
ON THE COMMON
2 – 6 PM
rain or shine

Not sure where you’re going? No problem!
Click here for a map:
St. Mary’s Nutrition Center

THE WINTER MARKET
1st & 3rd Wednesdays
2-6 pm

Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

Balfour Farm
Borealis Breads
Bridge Farm
Dragonfly Cove Farm
Emery Farm
Geroux’s Café Mixes
Longmeadow Farm
Oaklands Farm
Paula C’s
Pretzel Logic
Roseberry Farm
Snafu Acres Farm
Wholesome Holmstead

FARMER & PRODUCER PROFILES
(current and former)

Balfour Farm
Borealis Breads
Bridge Farm
Dragonfly Cove Farm
Emery Farm
Geroux’s Café Mixes
Longmeadow Farm
Oaklands Farm
Paula C’s
Pretzel Logic
Roseberry Farm
Snafu Acres Farm
Wholesome Holmstead

Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

Johnson Hall
(downtown on Water Street)

Balfour Farm
Borealis Breads
Bridge Farm
Dragonfly Cove Farm
Emery Farm
Geroux’s Café Mixes
Longmeadow Farm
Oaklands Farm
Paula C’s
Pretzel Logic
Roseberry Farm
Snafu Acres Farm
Wholesome Holmstead

2011 Membership Directory
New members for this year are noted in RED.
Updated for each year in mid April. Click on photos to enlarge.

Fire Flour Bakery and
Fail Better Farm

Half Moon Gardens, Inc.
Joined the market in 2008.

Good Breads @ R. Family Farm
Joined the market in 2008.