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"Green Drinks Rockport" July 11th 1-4pm
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Please join us for our monthly eco-networking and socialising event.
This month we will be having 2 separate presentations:
1:30pm The Sunrise Guide, Patty Montana will tell us about their mission: a resource for learning about, supporting and living in a healthy and sustainable way.
2:00pm ReVision Energy will lead a focused discussion about solar energy and will bring some real examples of solar equipment for your perusal. Please join us to socialize, network and discuss your thoughts and ideas about the environment and bring along ideas, information, enthusiasm and a smile. Check out the Green Drinks website for more info on this fun new way to connect with like minded people in your neighbourhood!! These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.
We will also be having a solar oven demo, weather permitting. (Rockport, ME)
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"Cow and Calf Day" at Farmers Fare!!
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 Saturday June 12th from 11am to 3pm
In honor of National Dairy Month a Cow and Calf from Leary Farm in Saco will visit Farmers Fare! YEA!!
Please join us at Farmers Fare to meet a Holstein Cow and it's Calf from Leary Farm. Alison Leary and Lucas Patry, from Kate's Butter, will be milking the cow and making butter in an old fashioned churn. Our Cafe will have special items on the menu made with fresh Maine dairy products including Buttermilk Fried Chicken, Lemon Buttermilk Pond Cake, Buttermilk Oatmeal Muffins and Buttermilk Chocolate Coconut Bars (all the baked goods will be available for sample tasting too!!) and there will be tastings of Kate's Butter and Buttermilk. We will also be sample tasting milk from Keene Dairy in Belfast, yogurt from Townhouse Farm and cheese from Sonnental Dairy and Sunset Acres.
Above is a picture of Alison Leary with a calf called Buffalo!
(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare to observe National Doughnut Day!! YEA!!
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Saturday June 5th is National Doughnut Day!!
9am is the ETA!!
In honor of National Doughnut Day Farmers Fare will be serving doughnuts made by Tracey Bakery of Belfast. Good old fashioned handmade doughtnuts!!
Plain Buttermilk Doughnuts
Raised Glazed Doughnuts
Jam Filled Doughtnuts
Cream Filled Doughnuts....YUMMMM!!!!
Plus Anne, our fabulous in-house baker extraordinaire, is making "Doughnut Muffins", thanks Anne!
Be there or risk being without doughnuts on Doughnut Day!
(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare Green Drinks Rockport June 6th 1 to 4pm
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Sunday June 6th from 1pm to 4pm.
Farmers Fare Monthly Eco-networking Get-Together!!
Please join us to socialize, network and discuss your thoughts, ideas, concerns about the environment and bring along ideas, information, enthusiasm and a smile. Check out the Green Drinks website for more info on this fun new way to connect with like minded people in your neighbourhood!! These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.
We will be having a solar oven demo, weather permitting and a...........................................
"Transition Town" presentation at 2pm
Several members of the recent Transition Town Initiative in the Midcoast will be at Green Drinks to offer a short presentation about Transition Towns. Transition Towns, piloted by permaculturist Rob Hopkins, started in the UK as a grassroots response to the twin challenges of peak oil and climate change. In the past 4 years, initiatives all over the globe have sprung up, following the Transition Towns blueprint for local energy descent as a way to create local resilience: "let's create a future we want, rather than wait for it to happen to us." The Midcoast has an inspired, active group of people who will be glad to talk to you about what they are doing and how you can get involved.
Please let your friends know about this event...if you'd like to be in touch before the event send an
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anytime.
Thanks, the Farm Team.
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VENUE CHANGED: NOW AT SNOW BOWL: Dance Party with the Toughcats.
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**CHANGE OF VENUE...NOW AT THE SNOW BOWL!!***
Same time, same day different place:
Friday August 6th from 8pm
Sweet Chariot Music Festival Dance Party at The Snow Bowl... not for the faint of heart. Bring your voice, your moxie and, most importantly, your mojo.
The festivities for this year's Sweet Chariot Music Festival kick off at The Snow Bowl with an Evening of Traditional Dance and Music featuring the Toughcats & the Sweet Chariot String Band with Dance Master, Frederick Park. Sounds like FUN!!!
Tickets are $15 in advance, available at Farmers Fare, and $20 at the door.
"The Sweet Chariot Music Festival is a "secret" gathering of musicians, singers, song writers – performers all, of the highest order – from the far reaches of America and beyond gathering in August each year on Swan's Island in the North Atlantic of coastal Maine.
Joined mostly by those whose lives are touched by the sea, attendees come together in celebration of song, melody, harmony, theater and dance too sometimes in a location that rivals the pristine beauty of coastal "anywhere" North. One day at a time, memories are created that span the course of lives. Recently we've expanded to include performances on the mainland like this fun filled event at The Snow Bowl...yippee!"
(Rockport, ME)
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Russell Libby "Impromptu Open Forum" at Farmers Fare
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Monday May 24th 3pm YOU'RE INVITED!!
**TIME HAS CHANGED TO 3PM**
"Impromptu Open Forum with Russell Libby"
Of especial interest to Restaurateurs and Farmers
Russell Libby, Executive Director of MOFGA, and the team at Farmers Fare invite you to participate in a
brainstorm and educational event that is sure to inspire!!
Russell will be discussing the “gap” that exists between the food industry and the farmers of Maine. He will briefly discuss his vision of the partnership and the importance of restaurants joining together to bridge that gap.
Bring your thoughts and concerns – and willingness to interact and network throughout the event.
Teri Thompson-Christie, owner Farmers Fare, and Russell Libby, Executive Director of MOFGA on the deck of Farmers Fare
Please R.S.V.P. to:
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With Joy…the Farm Team
(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare is beefing up the locavore economy one school at a time!
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Newsflash! Epic paradigm shift in feeding the children in our schools – starts, and continues, right here in Maine!
The latest update from Farmers Fare on our locavore extraordinaire project providing local beef to local schools continues to grow one school at a time. Originally Camden Rockport Elementary School piloted this program and now we are proud to announce that Lincolnville Central School is joining suit, helping push forward a greener, leaner and more local economy for Midcoast Maine. This will help support the growing national trend of promoting and eating the food whose origin can be quickly and easily traced
back to its source.
The burgers, made from the meat of select local farms and turned into hamburger patties by the on-site butchers at Farmers Fare, will be served regularly at both schools.
Quoted from the Lincolnville School Newsletter “Where’s the Beef? Concerns with the quality of beef we have received lately from the
government commodities program have caused us to change our supplier for the school lunch program. With some help from our friends at Farmers Fare in Rockport we are now using locally grown organic beef in the cafeteria. We are very happy with the change.”
If these two pilot projects are as successful as Farmers Fare suspects they will be other schools in the area are slated to quickly follow suit and help push forward a greener, leaner and more local economy for Midcoast Maine.
Farmers Fare is hoping to promote more local programs like this which will encourage all the citizens of Maine to eat more locally produced foods, with the hope that it will help spread the locavore message nationwide. Russell Libby, executive director of MOFGA, estimates that if every family in Maine spent only $10 a week on locally sourced food the economy of Maine would benefit by over $270 million dollars per year!
The time is here for us to support our local farmers whilst at the same time feeding our children healthy, sustainable food which advances the growth of the local economy!!!
This is the epitome of a locavore economy and it’s all about starting with the BEEF!" Yea from the Farm Team!!
(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare house made yogurt and granola!
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Adam's recent kitchen alchemy!
Adam Bishop, our ever creative Chef at Farmers Fare, recently realized we had an abundance of delicious local milk and decided in his most sensible and frugal manner to change some of this milk to fresh house made yogurt - see picutre left, draining the whey away! THEN to add to this delight Adam made granola worthy of the Gods...this should be called "Ambrosia"...toasted nuts and grains, ginger, raisins and more! The combination of the two is sublime and now it is a staple on our daily breakfast menu.
Bravo Adam!! who is now figuring a 'way' to use the 'whey' in other recipes...full of protein it is good in breads and as an addition to soup stocks. Go Adam GO!!
(Rockport, ME)
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Vermicomposting Class at Farmers Fare
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CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES - will be rescheduled to the Fall, please check back for the date. Our apologies, the Farm Team.
Learn about Vermicomposting from Mark Follansbee at Farmers Fare Friday June 18th at 10:30am $10 fee
Register online, pay on the day! Click
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to register
Give your garden a boost and reduce your trash?! Composting builds soil and conserves resources. Do you compost in the summer and want to continue during the cold Maine winters, which to say the least can be a challenge, then why not consider indoor composting with worms… a practice known as vermicomposting. Indoor composting with worms is a great solution. Are you new to composting and want to give vermicomposting a try? Learn how to build a worm bin for less than $15 and keep your worm bin trouble-free.
We’ll discuss feeding and monitoring your bin; harvesting and using vermicompost as a soil amendment; and making vermicompost tea. There will be time to answer questions and address rumors and myths about vermicomposting.
Mark Follansbee is a PhD toxicologist and environmental scientist. He has been vermicomposting since 2000 and has been teaching others to vermicompost successfully since 2005 as WormMainea.
Fee for the talk is $10 pre-pay PLEASE REGISTER by either calling 236 3273 or e-mailing
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so we know how many people to expect, thanks.
You can pre-order a vermicomposting starter kit (Bin plus 1lb of worms) for $35 or 1lb of worms for $20 prior to the class and Mark will bring the items to the class with him. Please pre-pay so Mark knows how many to bring with him. Call 236 3273 to pre-order.
(Rockport, ME)
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Cooking Class with Chef Michael Salmon at Farmers Fare
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RESCHEDULED UNTIL THE FALL...please check back for details.
An evening cooking class with Chef Michael Salmon of the Hartstone Inn, Camden
Farmers Fare will be hosting a cooking class by our friend and excellent Chef, Michael Salmon of the Hartstone Inn in downtown Camden.
Michael has been working in professional kitchens for over 25 years. He was named "Caribbean Chef of the Year" for 1996—1997, while working for the Sonesta Beach Resort Hotel and Casino on the island of Aruba. Michael also was featured in a special section of the USA Today on November 8, 1996. Michael is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and also has a bachelor's degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Resort Management. Michael has been a Chef at many four- and five-star hotels and resorts, including eight years with Hyatt Resort Hotels (Orlando, Palm Springs, Lake Tahoe and Greenwich), Caesar's Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City and three years in Aruba as Executive Chef for the two Sonesta Resort Hotels.
In May of 1998, Michael and his wife Mary Jo (a former Food & Beverage director at the same resorts) purchased the Hartstone Inn and realized their long desired dream of owning and operating their own Inn.
The class will be informative, fun and filled with delicious, local food sourced directly from Farmers Fare.
(Rockport, ME)
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