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Farmers Fare helps support Maine Coast TV community television!
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 EVERY Friday is "Friday? Pieday!" at Farmers Fare.
Join us at Farmers Fare for YUMMY “Friday? Pieday!” to benefit Maine Coast TV.
Starting April 23 and continuing on each Friday, Farmers Fare will be hosting "Friday? Pieday!" as a benefit for Maine Coast TV, Community Television for Knox County.
The pies are yummy, made fresh in the kitchen of Farmers Fare from some of the best local ingredients available. They're only $2 per slice, with half of that amount going to help support Maine Coast TV, Community Television.
Farmers Fare is all about supporting our community. According to Teri Thompson-Christie, owner of Farmers Fare. “We believe in bringing people together to share food, stories, knowledge and information. Farmers Fare believes in supporting our local farmers and keeping our farmers on their farms, with over 200 local farms and local vendors represented in our marketplace and in our restaurant. And Farmers Fare believes in supporting local schools, artisans, artists and musicians, and such community organizations as Maine Coast TV.”
And Maine Coast TV is also about community and sharing stories, knowledge and information. “With its dedication to community in more ways than you can imagine, Farmers Fare is the perfect partner for Maine Coast TV. We’re Channel 7, going to Knox County Time-Warner homes in Camden, Rockport, Rockland, Thomaston, South Thomaston, St. George, Warren, and Owls Head. Our programming consists of shows you won’t see on commercial stations…shows about our community, our environment, and our world, produced by volunteers in our community and from community stations around the world.”, says Craig Mathieson, Program Director of Maine Coast TV.
Come on over and get your delicious pie this first "Friday? Pieday!" If you can't make it this Friday then come on another Friday...see you there the Farm Team!!
For more information on Maine Coast TV click HERE(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare Well Water Update!
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Look at our faboo new in-house 'well'
Next time you are over at Farmers Fare cafe treat yourself to the delicious, crisp taste of our wonderful well-water dispensed from our very own stylish and joyful new water cooler, actually this machine provides not only cooled but also room temperature and hot water too!!
The well from which this water is drawn is only tens of yards away from the Farmers Fare building in the middle of an organic meadow. The water has been extensively tested and is proven to be of the highest quality and purity.
We even encourage you to bring your own vessels to tote home some of this truly WHOLE-Y water for use at home, in your car, on your bicycle....wherever! There is a hand pump outside if you are interested in getting water after hours or for larger containers.
CHEERS, the Farm Team!
(Rockport, ME)
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Earth Day Events - Community Announcement
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 Earth Day Events in the Midcoast
Earth Day at the Belfast Co-op
& area events for Earth Day
Thursday, April 22nd
Earth Day, a day to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment, celebrates it's 40th anniversary on Thursday, April 22nd 2010 and the Belfast Co-op will be donating 1% of total sales that day to the Troy Howard Middle School Garden Project.
To learn more about the Garden Project click here.
Also in celebration of Earth Day everyone is eligible for a 10% discount on grocery department items at the Belfast Coop with the word 'Earth', 'Planet' and 'Terra' in their product name. You will find Earth's Best Baby Products, Terra Chips, Planet Detergent and more.
Community Events in April for Earth Day
Earth Day Work Day at MOFGA
April 17th at MOFGA's Common Ground Education Center in Unity join MOFGA's landscaping committee as we prepare the gardens, grounds and orchards for the growing season. Activities start at 9 a.m. and projects include garden clean up, tree care and small carpentry projects. This is a great opportunity to meet other MOFGA supporters, to learn about organic landscape maintenance, and to get fresh air in your lungs and dirt under your nails! We'll provide a local, seasonal lunch and an organic cotton t-shirt for volunteers. For more information about Earth Day Work Day or about MOFGA's landscaping activities in general, please contact C.J. Walke, MOFGA's Landscape Coordinator, at
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or 207-568-4142.
The 16th Annual HOPE Festival & Green Expo is Saturday, April 24 from 11am-4pm in the gorgeous and 'green' new Fitness Center at University of Maine at Orono. Click here for more information.
Along with speakers there will be Workshops & Demos:
* “Cool Begins with You” * Reducing Your Carbon Footprint * Reducing Home Energy Costs * Newspaper Seed Pot Planting
* Plastic Bag Recycling Crafts * Recycled Clothing Fashion Show * Bike Clinic * Bee Workshop
Farmers Fare thanks the Belfast Coop for helping spread the word about our monthly Green Drinks gatherings!! Cheers!!
(Rockport, ME)
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After school arts program helps Farmers Fare!
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Dyeing eggs for the First Farmers Fare Golden EGG stravaganza.
Students in Camden Rockport Middle School's After School Art Club are getting down to business and decorating 100 eggs as a "giving back to the community" workshop. Students had a blast discovering new egg decorating techniques from each other. For example- masking tape makes eggs look tye-dyed and rubber bands block dye to create cool designs.
After School Art is run by CRMS art teacher, Kristen Andersen. Students from grades 5-8 meet throughout the school year creating art and exploring new techniques and materials.
Thanks so much from the Farm Team!!
(Rockport, ME)
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Community Announcement for Penobscot School
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Join the Penobscot School in Montreal for their next French immersion programme:
April 22nd to 25th
Accès Cinéma Africain consists of a French immersion program for adults in Montréal, combining French language with Francophone African film and video. We offer French immersion study during the first weekend of the Vues d’Afrique Film Festival. The workshop is highly interactive and informative.
For more details and to register click HERE(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare 2nd 'Green Drinks Rockport'
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.jpg) Sunday April 11th Noon to 3pm
Our first Green Drinks was fun and encouraging. Please join us for our second and bring your thoughts, information, ideas and a smile. We will have a solar oven demo on the deck, weather permitting.
FYI if you are new to the concept of Green Drinks:
No this isn't about green beer and St. Patty's, it's about meeting your like minded neighbors to socialize, discuss, network, express concern or delight about the environment and it's related issues.
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. It's a force for the good and we'd like to help it spread to other cities. We at Farmers Fare are now the official GREEN DRINKS Rockport, the next nearest 'node' is in Portland.
For more info on Green Drinks worldwide click HEREFor more info on this event contact
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Easter Bunny goes on shopping spree!!!
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Farmers Fare welcomes Wabbits to the store!!
The Easter Bunny was so tempted by the great local goods available at Farmers Fare that he/she went on a shopping spree after the 'gig' there earlier today, one of the comments heard from Wabbit was "WOW, they have fantastic local carrots here, I bought a BUNCH for my Easter Feastival tomorrow"
Happy Munching Wabbit and thanks for your hard work today!!!
The Farm Team!!
(Rockport, ME)
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Look who's coming to Farmers Fare....
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...and look what he's bringing!!
Saturday April 3rd the festivities begin at 10:30am.....the Easter Bunny, Easter Egg Hunts for different ages, Easter cookie decorating...bring your children along to join in the fun!!
Love from the Easter Wabbit!!!
(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare First Golden EGG-stravaganza!!
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Easter Saturday April 3rd 10:30am to 12:30pm
Come along and bring the children to join in the fun of our first Golden EGG-stravaganza. We will be holding three separate Easter Egg hunts for different age ranges:
10:30am 2 to 4 year olds
11:15am 5 to 7 year olds
11:45am 8 to 10 year olds.
The eggs used for the race will have been decorated by residents of Quarry Hill, Windward Gardens, Woodland Assisted Living, and also by the Camden Rockport Middle School after school art club. Each age category will be looking for a Gold-Leafed Egg and the child who finds the one for their category will receive a wonderful, unique Farmers Fare treat!!
The Easter Bunny will be present greeting the children as they arrive and will enjoy having his/her picture taken with them, as will a real bunny from the Knox Humane Society who will be available for adoption. A table will be set up for children to decorate Farmer Fare Easter Cookies and will have a “Pay it forward” bunny for donations towards the baking costs, children can also enjoy a free ice cream.
Children…please wear appropriate footwear for possible muddy conditions and bear in mind the Easter Egg Hunt will be dependent upon the weather, the cookie decorating will happen rain or shine. If the weather is bad please check back here or on our Facebook fan page.
(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare collaboration....more local to local!!
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Farmers Fare and One Woman Studio make "Trash" bags!!!
If it wasn't for the vigilence of Julia Ventresco THE woman in One Woman Studio of Ellsworth, Maine these feed/seed/dogfoog bags would literally end up in the waste stream and truly be trash...but NO Julia rescues them from their ignominious fate and makes them into durable and adorable shoulder bags. Farmers Fare LOVED the bags and the concept and wanted to take it one step further by customizing the bags with their own cool graphic brand by printing each bag with stylish Farmers Fare type and thus the "trash" bag was born. Now available on the floor of Farmers Fare with a number of different phrasings for your consideration... and soon to be so through our e-commerce page (doesn't exist yet but it will be up soon), each bag is truly unique. Our thanks to Julia for a job well done and a brilliant idea!!
(Rockport, ME)
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Farmers Fare gets Sappy March 27th
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Maple, maple and more maple!!
Come celebrate this year's maple season by sampling an array of maple flavored delights this Saturday March 27th from noon to 2:30pm.
Rob of the Moonlight Maple Company in Mount Vernon will be serving samples of his maple products. Along with Rob's delicious treats there will be Maple BBQ Pulled Pork and Maple Pecan Upsidedown Cake, Maple Crumb Muffins, Maple Custard Pie and Maple Bread Pudding to be sampled and sold in the cafe. To improve an already fabulous day Gelato Fiasco will also be sampling some gelati made with maple syrup as a key ingredient and Great Salt Bay Seasonings will be joining us again to sample their wonderful Smoked Maple Seasoning. Samples of Swallowtail Farms Maple Kefir and Yoghourt and Tropical Maine's sauce will also be available...YUM!!!!!!! How much more SAPPY can you get??
The next day, March 28th, is Maine Maple Sunday when you can visit sugar houses around the state to see how maple syrup is made.
(Rockport, ME)
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