Summer Farmers’ Markets may be ending soon, but there are 2 Brunswick markets and 1 Bath market that run through the winter! Check out this Farmers’ Market list for details.
Here are the area farms we know of that are offering CSA sign ups right now! If you are a farm and would like us to add your information to this list, please contact us.
For general information on the DACF’s Senior Farm Share Program please scroll to the bottom of the page. Farms accepting SNAP/WIC/Maine Harvest Bucks are indicated.
Apple Creek Farm (Bowdoinham)
Market Share CSA - The program is modeled after a traditional CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program where the farmers receive payment upfront in return for a share of the harvest throughout the season. Designed to share the risks of farming with our local community, your purchase of a share helps to offset the up front costs of raising the healthy, organic animals destined to feed you and your family. It’s easy to join and to start using your CSA to purchase farm products. Apple Creek offers grass-fed and organic beef, chicken, eggs, goat and lamb.
Dandelion Spring Farm (Bowdoinham)
Dandelion Debit Card - Have us create a debit card for you! We'll hold it on file and you are welcome to use it any time at the farmers' market or wherever we've popped up! Purchase in increments of $100 (simply order multiple of this item to get to the value that works for your family.). Card is good for all future purchases (it is available starting the week following purchase). Card is good for all farm products offered at our farm stands. Card does not expire. Available Year-Round. Non-refundable. ** For every $100 you purchase, we'll donate $10 to MOFGA **
Winter CSA, Greens & Roots & Herbs - This winter of 2021-2022 we are focusing our vegetables on direct sale to you. Shares might include: Carrots, Lettuce heads, Bunch of greens, Garlic, Turnips or Rutabaga or Beets, Baby kale or spinach or arugula, and other items like fresh herbs, radicchio, Hakurei turnips, radishes...This winter the boxes might have some of our soaps, teas, elixirs, and other herbal products. Cost: $325 (Share will run for 12 weeks) // $300 for pick-up in Bowdoinham. $175 to reserve your spot sign up, $150 balance due by January 18th. Available Dec - Feb. Pick up options: Bowdoinham - Wednesdays, 4-6pm, or Thursdays 7-9am (your choice). Portland - Wednesdays, 5-7 pm at Leeward restaurant (85 Free St.). Rockland - Thursdays -10-11:30 at Main St. Market.
Food Donation - One of the most rewarding and challenging parts of raising food is sharing it with those who need more vegetables. There are a lot of people in our community who need nutritional support. Please help us by adding value (which we translate into more vegetables) to our donations. We are currently donating to Preble St, The Locker Project and also the Merrymeeting Gleaners that gives food to over 30 locations in the Merrymeeting Bay area. Available Year-Round.
Emily’s Oysters (Bath)
Buy a farm share and participate in Emily's Oysters' fun and unique "community supported aquaculture" (CSA) program! Enjoy the freshest local oysters year round, available delivered right to your home or fresh from any of our local farmer's market locations, and support Emily and her farm in a more impactful way. Learn about the CSA options: Family-Size Oyster Farm Share (8 dozen) or a Small-Size Oyster Farm Share (4 dozen) or just buy some oysters for home delivery, pick-up in Bath or pre-order for the Farmers’ Market.
Goranson Farm (Dresden)
Winter Share: For 20 successful years we have offered a separate Winter Share Option. From December* through April, winter storage vegetables (potatoes, beets, carrots, leeks, garlic, onions, parsnips, celeriac, herbs, squash, cabbage, rutabagas and turnips) and fall greens are packed for pick-up once a month, either at the farm or at a location in Boothbay or Portland markets. We feature different potato and squash varieties each month. Also included each month are recipes, storage tips, and a letter from Jan about what’s happening on the farm. *Total share is $300 and runs Nov-Apr. Pricing is prorated for late joiners.
Growing to Give (Brunswick)
Charitable CSA: Growing to Give is a nonprofit organic grow-for-donation farming operation that uses climate-friendly farming practices to help address the issues of both climate change and food insecurity. These shares work much like they do in community-supported agriculture, but instead of the veggies going to you as a paying customer in weekly portions, they’re distributed to people struggling with food insecurity through local food pantries and other access sites.
Harvest Tide Organics (Bowdoinham)
Currently Servicing the Following Towns: contact us for delivery to your workplace or community space along our route! Auburn, Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, Cumberland, Falmouth, Freeport, Lewiston, North Yarmouth, Portland, South Portland, Topsham, and Westbrook.
1) 2021 Autumn Vegetable Share From week of October 3rd - November 20th. A bi-weekly customizable box of seasonal, local, certified organic vegetables grown on our farm in Bowdoinham Maine. Autumn Shares available in one size and typically include late summer veggies, as well as lots of greens and fall root crops. 4 deliveries total. Optional add-on shares include local eggs, yogurt, coffee, pasta or cheese!
Qualified Seniors receive $50 free vegetables (Maine Senior Farm Share Program)!
Little Ridge Farm (Lisbon Falls)
Summer, Thanksgiving, December and Winter Shares available. Learn more. This list will provide an idea of when and what items are available. Recipes and preservation tips are provided each week via the Happy Farmer Farm Blog and Facebook. Qualified Seniors receive $50 free vegetables (Maine Senior Farm Share Program)!
Scratch Farm (Bowdoin)
Full Plates Farm Boxes - Different every month, August through February. Eat delicious and healthy food, support a local family farm, reduce your carbon footprint
We offer a different Full Plate Farm Box every month from August through February. Each has it’s own name (e.g. the Summer Picnic Box). They are jam-packed full of fresh organic produce, eggs, whole wheat pita bread and an assortment of pickles, jam, sauerkraut, hot sauce, applesauce, frozen vegetables, cornmeal, tea mixes and much more!
We prepare everything from scratch and we grow the majority of the food. All of our veggies, herbs and fruit are certified organic. We also offer à la carte options for those who want less, or more, than a full farm box. Click here for pickup and delivery options. Check out our online store for the current farm box. Click here to check out past farm boxes.
We accept SNAP/EBT. Thanks to Maine Harvest Bucks, you get half off your order (as long as it is at least half produce) when paying with SNAP/EBT/P-EBT, including half off our Full Plate Farm Boxes. Feel free to be in touch with questions.
Stonecipher Farm (Bowdoinham)
Full or Half Share CSA: You receive a carefully curated medley of what is in season; and get it at a 20% (or greater) discount over retail prices. We are accepting CSA members for this autumn’s season. When you join a CSA, you are fully supporting local organic agriculture. You are also putting your money to it's highest and best use, per pound of food purchased. We offer Full Share and Half Share options, depending on the size of your family and how many veggies you need in a week. Please click on a location below to find out more and to sign up! Pickup sites in Bowdoinham, Portland and Rockport.
Two Coves Farm (Harpswell)
A meat CSA includes pasture raised beef, lamb, pork and poultry. Animals are sold by the whole, half, quarter as well as various assortment packages. We have an ordering page on our website. Customers place a deposit on the meat they would like us to produce for them in the season. In the fall we process orders, get cut instructions from customers, and then offer delivery or pick up when the order is complete. At that point we figure and collect a final balance.
Whatley Farm (Topsham)
1) Market-Debit CSA - A flexible CSA program which you can customize to suit your needs. Sign up any time, get a bonus based on the dollar amount you sign up for, use your CSA account until you run out of money, and then sign up again. Everything that we sell is eligible for purchase with your CSA balance, and you can check your balance at any time in our ledger at market.
2) SNAP CSA - An option for customers who want to use their SNAP benefits to shop with us. We sell certified organic vegetables, duck eggs, and pork. DOUBLE YOUR DOLLARS with Maine Harvest Bucks in our flexible CSA program! It’s really simple: sign up by visiting us at any of our farmers markets, or emailing. Each time you shop with us at market using SNAP/EBT, you will only be charged half of the cost of your fruits and vegetables from our stand. The other half is covered by grant funding from the Maine Harvest Bucks program. You can sign up by sending us your name and phone number, or come to any of our markets.
Qualified Seniors receive $50 free vegetables (Maine Senior Farm Share Program)!
Please email us for a sign-up form!
Maine Senior Farm Share Program (Statewide)
The Maine Senior Farm Share Program is designed to increase access to local food for low-income seniors. It is a $50 CSA share, the details of how the CSA works vary by participating farm. Sign-up is done with the farm, the 2021 list will be available on April 1. CSA sign-ups begin in April.
Eligibility
Be a Maine resident
Be 60 years old or older (55 years old or older for Native Americans)
Meet the 2021 Income Guidelines:
Maximum of $23,606/per year for a one-person household; or
Maximum of $31,894/per year for a two-person household
