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The Lewiston Farmers' Market will be opening in Kennedy Park on June 7! We will be at market every Monday afternoon from 2-6pm through November 1st. We are currently looking for more vendors to help round out the market, especially those who may be able to offer Red Meats, Poultry, Seafood, Cheeses, Milk, Craft Items, Seeds & Seedlings, and especially we would like to find a CSA farm to join us. Please contact Sean Gambrel at 882-7552 ext. 185 or scg@ceimaine.org for more information. You may download a copy of the application, rules and by-laws in Microsoft Word format here.
South Portland: John Bliss (207-799-7225) of Turkey Hill Farm says, "We may join the South Portland Market at the Mall, but we would much rather see a Market in downtown South Portland. If there are any other farmers interested in this, or any community members that can lend support to this end, we would like to begin talking about it."
Waterville. Hello Farmers - This message is being sent to farmers in Kennebec, Somerset, Franklin and Lincoln counties to get an idea of who might have an interest in a downtown Waterville farmers' market. This is VERY preliminary - there is no plan - but there is community initiated interest in the possibility of starting a farmers' market either this season or next. Waterville Main Street is coordinating the initial research to assess interest and get the ball rolling (if it wants to roll).
If you have an interest (or not), please respond to this very quick survey by return e-mail. I will pass the information on to the folks in Waterville so they can get a rough idea of whether and how many farms even want to be in on the discussion.
Please feel free to add any comments in addition to answering the questions.
Thank you and best wishes.
- Deanne Herman
PS - Shannon Haines (Executive Director of Waterville Main Street) can be reached directly by e-mail at: shannon@watervillemainstreet.org or by calling 207-680-2055.
Deanne Herman, Marketing Manager, Maine Department of Agriculture, 207-287-7561 deanne.herman@maine.gov www.getrealmaine.com
1. Do you have any interest in participating in a new Waterville farmers' market? very interested somewhat interested not interested 2. If you are at all interested, what products might you want to sell? vegetables fruit meat dairy products fiber products plants other value-added foods farm crafts other (specify) 3. Do you currently sell or have you ever sold at a farmers' market? 4. If you might be interested, what day(s) of the week would you prefer? 5. If you might be interested, what hours would you prefer? Morning or afternoon/early evening? 6. If there seems to be momentum building, would you like to be notified of organizational meetings? Deanne Herman Marketing Manager Maine Department of Agriculture 207-287-7561 deanne.herman@maine.gov www.getrealmaine.com
The Fairfield Farmers' Market is looking for new members. In particular we need producers of sweet corn, berries, dairy, eggs, and meats for Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings. Additionally there is a need for Wednesday afternoon baked goods and Saturday morning seedlings. Folks wanting to join the Fairfield Market can contact Leah O'Donnell at 474-0476 or fiberlee@midmaine.com.
The Woolwich Farmers' Market will be opening for its second year, June 4th, on Rte 1 in Woolwich. We will be setting up beside the Historical Society's Museum, and are highly visible from Rte 1. We would like to invite artists, musicians, photographers, potters etc. to join us, and have openings for new members. We will be open Fridays from 8:30 to 12. FMI: Kelly Corbett (207) 442-7298 thewoolwitch@yahoo.com.
Bath Farmers' Market looking for new members. For more information contact Jim & Linda at info@bathfarmersmarket.com or visit their website at www.bathfarmersmarket.com
The Winslow Farmers' Market is looking for more members. The market meets Thurdays from mid May to Mid October at the Johnny's Selected Seeds warehouse parking lot on the Benton Road in Winslow. For more information contact Ben Wilcox.
Norway Farmers' Market looking for new members
(Received 7-Dec-03)
The market season was a great success in Norway, the location move and time change, increased
foot traffic dramatically and sales for most vendors doubled or more. We still have room to
grow in membership, farms interested in joining can get in contact at
verrill@exploremaine.com.
At the present time the Norway Farmers' Market is trying to improve in several areas.
We have just elected to hold our Farmers' Market on Thursdays from 2-6 pm, we have
approved a new location that will provide for more vendors and provide for eaiser
customer access and parking in L.M. Longley's parking lot on Deering Street.
We are currently looking for new members, we have a forty-five mile limit for
accepting applications, other than that rule we are open to growers of all agriculture
products and value added items.
If you would please list us on your web-site, it would be appreciatated.
Just want to let you know I use the MFFM web site alot for needed help & information,
"thank you" for providing it.
Contact me if you need more information. Sincerely, Pat Verrill, verrill@exploremaine.com
For 2004 the Orono Farmers' Market is initiating an email newsletter for market customers. Over the winter market members pooled their customer email addresses by sending them to the newsletter coordinator, who will also be writing and sending out the newsletters, the first ow which will ba announcing the market's opening date. Anyone can sign up for the newsletter at the market's website. Market members will also be included in the mailings.
The New Hampshire Farmers' Market Association hosted two November 2003 workshops on "Growing Your Market." The workshops are designed to assist the agriculture community in developing and expanding their market base. These workshops will stress keeping farmers' markets lively and vibrant. These workshops are open to farmers' market growers, vendors and managers in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont.
The dates and locations were:
Saturday, November 1, 2003, Stonewall Farm, Keene,
NH
Saturday, November 8, 2003, Alton Bay Community Center, Alton, NH.
For more info, visit nhfma.org.
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