farmers
poultry/duck
Hudson Valley Farms
Ferndale, NY
Located in Ferndale, New York, on 200 lush acres in the Catskill Mountains, Hudson Valley Farms is a certified Regenerative Farm that prides itself on animal welfare. All of their poultry are antibiotic free, free range and are all third party certified humanely raised and processed.
beef/lamb
New England Meat Company
New England Meat Company works closely with local farms and source only the highest quality livestock direct from farms throughout New England. Their USDA inspected facility is also Halal and HACCP certified. As a family owned and operated business, Matt and his crew pride themselves on their devotion to high quality, hands-on butchery that is truly an art form.
lamb
Straw’s Farm
Newcastle, ME
Lee Straw shepherds two separate groups of sheep and processes about 200 lambs a year. Each May 100 ewes, which Straw tends for another family, lamb on an island in Penobscot Bay. The “island flock” of North Country Cheviot-type sheep date back over 200 years and have been continually selected on the island. Aside from docking, castrating, shearing and introducing breeding rams, Straw leaves the sheep alone – to eat seaweed and grass and to bed down in a grove of spruce trees.
pork
Winter Hill Farm
Freeport, ME
Located in Freeport, Winter Hill is run by Steve and his wife Sarah who took over in 2011. The farm is permanently protected with an agricultural easement thanks to the Freeport Conservation trust. Along with heritage Berkshire pigs, they maintain a heard of Jersey and Randall cows who’s milk is used to produce their ACS Award winning cheese that we also feature in the shop. The spent whey (and cheese that doesn’t quite meet up to their standards) is fed to the pig’s which makes their fat a gorgeous, creamy white with a sweetness that is unlike any other.
Breezy Hill Farm
South Berwick, ME
Tom and Betsey Hasty own and operate this small, South Berwick farm and specialize in natural raised pork and beef. They do not use synthetic chemicals, routine antibiotics or added hormones. Their pigs are grass fed with grain supplement (grain and milk curd).
dairy
Misty Brook Farm
Albion, ME
Misty Brook Farm is a 400 acre certified organic farm in Albion, Maine. Their focus is producing high quality staple foods that satisfy all the requirements of a healthy, balanced diet. We carry their certified organic, 100% grass-fed raw Jersey cow’s milk and cream year round and offer their produce when in season.
produce
Ironwood Farm
Albion, ME
Ironwood Farm sits on 100 acres in the hills of Albion. With the help of their trusty draft horses, Nell, Justin & crew maintain and grow 10 acres of MOFGA Certified Organic Vegetables and have been providing produce to Maine Meat since day one.