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Farmers ’ Markets
Bright colorful signs advertise the freshest corn you’ve ever had, an apple that bites
back, brilliantly hued pumpkins of a thousand shapes and sizes. This is the story of
roadside agriculture and farmers’ markets in Maine.
The list below shows you’d be hard-pressed to miss a farmers’ market across our
region. Each has its own flair and appeal. All offer the finest and the freshest from
hardworking farmers throughout Maine’s Kennebec Valley.
When you are out on the road, keep your eyes peeled — you may just come across
a pile of heirloom tomatoes stacked high and priced to sell on the honor system. Or
perhaps you might stop in and meet the hens that just hatched tomorrow’s omelette.
Augusta Farmers’ Market Pittsfield Farmers’ Market
Mid-May to Mid-October May to Halloween
Farmers’ Market at Mill Park (Augusta) Skowhegan Farmers’ Market
Mid-May to Mid-November Mid-May to Halloween
Viles Arboretum Farmers’ Market Downtown Waterville
Farmers’ Market
May to November
Belgrade Lakes Farmers’ Market May to Mid-November
Mid-May to Mid-October Town of Wayne Farmers’ Market
Canaan Farmers’ Market June to Halloween
May to October Winthrop Farmers’ Market
East Vassalboro Farmers’ Market
May to October
Gardiner Summer Farmers’ Market
May to October
Gardiner Winter Farmers’ Market
May to October
Thanks to the Get Real, Get Maine website —
GetRealMaine.com — for the content in
this listing. We encourage you to check there
or call ahead for specific dates and times.
November to April
To learn more about Farmers’ Markets, visit KennebecValley.org.
There is only one other gathering
like the Kneading Conference —
held annually in Skowhegan —
in the U.S., and that is held in what
is arguably the West Coast food
capital, San Francisco. With
exclusive company like that,
there must be something really
special happening here.
This tasty conference, driven
by the locavore movement (eating
locally produced and grown foods)
brings together some of the world’s
most talented professional and
novice bakers, farmers and millers.
They participate in a collection of
lectures and demonstrations centered
on the art of (and new ideas)
surrounding making and baking
bread in wood-fired ovens. They
even bring in the guys who design
and make the equipment.
July 24–26
Skowhegan Fairgrounds
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