Farmers' Market and Community Events
Every Saturday morning
May 7th thru November 26th
9 am - 1 pm
at the
Unity Community Center

Opening for the season May 7, 2005!

Meet the Market Members.   What's Available at Annie's.
Market Day Events.   Want to Join the Market?

www.UnityMarketDay.org

Unity Market Day is an active farmers' market partnered with other events to create a weekly celebration of rural living in our community. The place to be every Saturday from 9 to 1 is at Unity Market Day at the Unity Community Center.

Attending Market Day Members include:

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Gary, CJ & Linda Kersbergen, 185 Pond Road, Burnham, ME 04922, ph. 948-3136, email: kers@uninets.net

Mixed veggies, potatoes, cut flowers, dried flowers, herbs, blueberries.

Judy Stoodley, 878 Waterville Road, Unity, ME 04988, ph. 948-5484, email: jstoodley@unity.edu

Handcrafted goatsmilk soap, cut flowers.

Hanne & Dan Tierney, 74 Dogtown Road, Palmyra, ME 04965, ph. 487-5945, email: hanne@cornerstonefarm.us,   web: www.cornerstonefarm.us

Cornerstone Farm is a small diverse livestock farm. We raise and sell grass fed belted galloway beef, pasture raised pork and free range fertilized eggs. We also sell yarn and mittens made from wool from the family farm. Our animals are not feed antibiotics or artificial growth hormones. We carry a range of steaks, roasts, chops, ribs, sausages, and ground meats, nitrate-free hams and bacon. Please contact us for more information.

Monica Murphy, 215 Depot Street, Unity, Maine 04988,   ph. 207-948-FOOD, email: crosstrax@uninets.net,   web: http://www.crosstrax948food.com

Open Monday thru Saturday from 7am to 10pm across from the railroad station in Unity. For the 2005 season Crosstrax will also be setting up at Unity Market Day with selections from the restaurant and catering service.

Peter & Susan Curra, 80 Curra Road, Knox, ME 04986, ph. 382-6161, email pwcurragh@yahoo.com

Mixed veggies, onions, shalllots, leeks, dried and cut flowers, blueberries, strawberries, jams, preserves, condiments.

Unity Barn Raisers board member Gail Chase will be setting up a Fedco Seeds booth at the market this year for the benefit of both members and shoppers.

Barbara Walch and Charlie Krause, 33 Knox Station Road, Thorndike, ME 04986, ph. 568-3736, email info@barbarawalchpottery.com, website: www.barbarawalchpottery.com

Certified organic. Spring through mid-summer: perennial plants, fresh cut flowers and herbs, occasional vegetables. Late summer through fall: Everlasting dried flowers in bunches, bouquets, and wreaths; pumpkins; dried herbs; fresh cut herbs and flowers; vegetables as the season allows.

Doug & Peg Byrne, 90 North Dixmont Road, Troy, ME 04987, ph. 948-3087.

Mixed vegetables, sweet corn, strawberries, raspberries, vegetable and flower seedlings, hanging baskets, annuals, dried flowers, herbs, eggs, chicken, turkey, pork, wood products.

Cider, apples, potatoes. At market September through November.

Tom Roberts & Lois Labbe, 3645 Snakeroot Road, Pittsfield, ME 04967, ph. 487­5056, email lois@snakeroot.net,   web: http://www.snakeroot.net/farm

Our two acres of MOFGA certified organic gardens provide shoppers with the finest vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs, lupines and other perennials in recycled plant pots. Visit our gardens and greenhouse anytime, or come to our annual farm tour noon to 4pm on Sunday, July 10, 2005. We're at the market all season. Also at the Pittsfield, Winslow, and Orono Farmers' Markets. Ask about our CSA plan.

Robert Van Deventer and John Walsh, 1058 Albion Road, Unity, ME 04988, ph. 948-3913, email bobvnert@uninets.net

The Van Deventer family, 3 brothers and extended families, bought the existing farm in 1997. Today the farm consists of 5 acres of fields for vegetables, 3 acres of apple trees, and 3 greenhouses for flowers, herbs and seedlings. At present Top Notch is one of two greenhouse companies that are growing chestnut trees for the American Chestnut Society. All retail produce is sold at farmers markets, farm stands & supermarkets only. The farm is not open to the public, however, wholesale inquiries are invited.

Sister Bernadette Kasinithan and SisterElizabeth Wagner, 60 Mills Road, Whitefield, ME 04353, email srewagner@uninets.net

Fresh baked breads, pies, quiche, scones, cookies, and other baked goods. Authentic Asian foods such as curry, fried rice, and samosas, either fresh or frozen. Pickles, jams, herbal vinegars, and authentic Asian hot sauce.

Caitlin, Bradley and Fiona Hunter, 780 Gurney Town Road, Appleton, ME 04862. ph. 785­4431. email info@appletoncreamery.com, web site: http://www.appletoncreamery.com

Appleton Creamery is a small-scale family farm, producing award-winning goat cheese and sheep cheese. Several varieties of fresh and aged goat cheese, as well as sheep cheese and yogurt, are handcrafted daily using traditional methods from the milk from our herd of registered Alpine goats and EllsFarm Sheep Dairy. We also offer Fiona's Fabulous goats milk fudge, pet treats, and goats milk soaps. Saturdays all season. Also at the Belfast, Orono, Camden, Damariscotta and Bath Farmers Markets.

Molly Hamel, 252 Village Rd., Jackson, ME 04921,   email: emhamel@prexar.com

Hummus.

High quality organic raw milk.

SPEND $200 AT UMD IN 2005 AND GET
A BEAUTIFUL UNITY MARKET DAY TOTE!

1st Saturday of the Month, May through September

Community Lunch featuring local farm products and health tips from the staff of New Horizon Health Center. Door Prizes.

2nd Saturday of the Month, May through September

Ride your bike to Market and get a free scoop of ice cream.

3rd Saturday of the Month, May through September

Taste the Market table with seasonal products to sample.
Children's Scavenger Hunt with Prizes.

4th Saturday of the Month, May through September

Customer Appreciation Day. Each vendor you purchase from will enter your name in a drawing for free market. products.
Community Yard Sale - Free set-up including tables.

September 24

No Market - Common Ground Fair in Unity.

October 29

Annual Pumpkin Carving Spooktacular 11-1

Every Saturday in November

Children's Craft Table 11am-1pm.

November 26

Annual Holiday Craft Fair.

Want to join the Unity Farmers' Market?

For more info about the market or the market day events, or if you want to sell at the market contact Tess Woods, Program Coordinator, Unity Barn Raisers, PO Box 381, Unity, ME  04988, or call (207) 948-9005 or email ubr@uninets.net. You can download an application to join the market. You will also need to download and read the market rules before printing out and sending in the application.

Unity Barn Raisers
PO Box 381, Unity, ME  04988
Phone: (207) 948-9005         Fax: (207) 948-3415
Email the Unity Barn Raisers

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