(Rockport, ME)

Recently featured with Lady Gaga on American Idol, Haitian-American Daniel Bernard Roumain (aka DBR) will perform with members of the Odeon Strings Program and guests as part of his concert: "DBR and the New Clef Coalition" presented by Bay Chamber Concerts at the Rockport Opera House on Sunday,  Described as the "hip-hop Mozart" and "Beethoven meets Lenny Kravitz," DBR is a composer, violinist and bandleader who seamlessly blends funk, rock, hip-hop and classical music into an innovative musical experience.  Many local student musicians will be performing live with DBR.

Many thanks go to the Camden Harbour Inn and Natalie's for sponsoring this concert which is also the culmination of our fundraising efforts for Wish for Haiti.

Here's some information about that:
The House of the Children of the Lack orphanage, is among the many buildings in Port-au-Prince destroyed by the disastrous earthquake on January 12, 2010. Bay Chamber Concerts and Wish for Haiti need your help in the relief and rebuilding efforts for this small, struggling orphanage. Bay Chamber Concerts is accepting donations on behalf of Wish for Haiti.  Audience members will have the opportunity to make donations to Wish for Haiti. At the end of the concert Bay Chamber Concerts will announce total money raised for the orphanage. 100% of funds raised will go directly to the orphanage.
 

To buy tickets call (207) 236-2823 or go online at www.baychamberconcerts.org. Most tickets are $25. Prime tickets $45. Youth tickets $8 (for ages 18 and under)."

 

(Rockport, ME)

Due to the overwhelming success of our first Indian Cooking Class at Farmers Fare we are scheduling another on Saturday April 3rd 2010 from 4 to 6pm.

The class will be taught by cooking instructor and restaurateur Gunjan Gilbert of “Tandoor Downeast”. This workshop will walk you through how to make some common recipes in an Indian “Thali”. In Hindi “Thali”
means plate, usually a large steel or copper plate with flat bread, basmati rice, vegetarian or non-vegetarian curries, and sauces.

The menu for the cooking class will be:
Parathas-Flat breads
Chutney
Daal Sambhar-Vegetarian curry
Lamb curry

 

Gunjan, a native of Pune, India, attended college and graduate school in Michigan before moving to Maine. Here, she met and eventually married Christian Gilbert. In 2005, the Gilberts started on a two-person mission to introduce Indian culture and cuisine to Downeast Maine. Through more than a dozen educational programs, Gunjan has brought the healthy, interesting, and unique aspects of India to Maine and the people from all over the world who vacation along the coast. Gunjan and Christian also provide prepared Indian meals at farmers markets in Blue Hill, Ellsworth, and Winter Harbor.
 

"When I teach people about Indian culture and cuisine," Gunjan says, "people also become more accepting and understanding of all the cultures of this world."
 

For more information about Tandoor Downeast click HERE
 

Cost of the class is $50 per person including ingredients. We have space for only 12-15 participants, so please make you reservations early by calling Farmers Fare at (207) 236 3273 or e-mailing at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   Payment is due with your reservation. The Farm Team looks forward to seeing you there!!

 

(Rockport, ME)

Teri, Peter and the ever photogenic Cortney are pictured here with the Community Development Block Grant of $100,000 recieved today from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.

What JOY, excitement and appreciation is felt by all the members of the Farmers Fare Farm Team!!

 

(Rockport, ME)

 

Chris and Craig, the ever charming in-house butchers of Farmers Fare, make Scrapple also known as Pon Haus, Lumberjack's Pate and variously known as White Pudding in Ireland. Choice trimmings of pork from the butchering process are made into scrapple to avoid wasting any part of the locally raised animal. Broth and breadcrumbs or oatmeal bind the ground meat into blocks which are easily cut into slices ready to be pan fried. Scrapple is best known as a regional American food of the Mid-Atlantic States (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland). Scrapple is commonly considered an ethnic food of the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Mennonite and Amish.

Paired with some delicious locally produced eggs from PRIMO Restaurant in Rockland a hearty breakfast can be had by all in the comfort of your own home. Aren't the labels lovely on the egg carton....cannily made from recycled menus!!
 

(Rockport, ME)

A sensibly behatted and begloved Rhys chose the recipient of the first Farmers Fare "Pay-it-forward" donation of $500 accrued from the generosity of all those who "fed the cow" since Farmers Fare opened just a few short months ago. 

Yea for the community spirit and generosity which covered the cost of the mini gelato portions and left $500 over to be donated to a worthy local cause!

Here is a link to the Coastal Children's Museum

...and here is a link to the "Pay-it-forward" story recently featured in the Portland Press Herald

 

(Rockport, ME)

All the delicious chocolates you see pictured here are made locally in Maine by the following:

Black Dinah, Isle au Haut

Power Chocolates, Belfast

Safe Harbor Confections, Waldoboro

Sun Hollow Farms, rural Maine

 

 

(Rockport, ME)