What’s Local at the
Co-op?
We are proud to carry the finest products from Maine’s farms and businesses. Everything on this list was grown in Maine or made by a Maine company. Many of these products come from our own peninsula (see products marked with *). Enjoy!
If you would like a copy of this list for later reference, please grab this pdf version.
Some of our farmers, artists, craftspeople, and producers of local things we sell at the Co-op are highlighted in a revolving showcase of featured articles. They are presented in a circle or you may work from the master list to find the one you're looking for.
Bulk:
Aurora Mills Grains & Flours, Linneus, ME offering organic raw rolled oats and organic hard white whole wheat flour
August Teas Bulk Tea Mount Desert, ME all organic teas: Blue Hill black tea, fairground green tea, reversing falls red tea, black estate assam tea, red rooibos tea, green rooibos tea, & honeybush tea
*Oakum Bay Sugar Shack Maple Syrup
Strawberry Hill Maple Syrup & Candy Skowhegan, ME, organic maple syrup
Grandy Oats Granola, Brownfield, Maine, organic classic granola, organic mainly maple granola, organic cinnamon apple crisp granola, organic cranberry chew granola, organic classic trail mix, & organic crispy brown rice cereal
Mother Bloom Botanicals Herbs, Blue Hill, ME bulk tinctures including echinacea, St. John’s wort, ginko biloba, eleuthero, acute immune blend, & body tonic blend and these teas: vitamin tea, mint magic tea, herbal throat friends tea, love in the air tea, high immuni-tea, thoughts & theories tea, & summer solstice tea.
Swan's Honey
Scott Richardson's Farm, Sangerville, ME, Jacob’s cattle beans, king of the early beans, kidney beans, black turtle beans, navy beans, pinto beans, yellow eye beans, green split peas & yellow split peas
Iron Bound Island Seaweeds, Winter Harbor, Maine bulk dulse & bulk wakame seaweed
Packaged Grocery:
Maine Maple Candy
Rayes Mustard
Monica’s Chocolates
Little Lads Popcorn
B. Potters Wine Truffles
Maine Root Sodas
Mount Desert Water
Bandana Bill’s Barbeque Sauces
Gladstone’s Under the Sun Snacks
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables
Fiddlers Green Mixes & Granolas, Belfast, all organic flours and grains: whole wheat bread flour, whole wheat pastry flour, whole spelt flour, quinoa flour, rye flour, brown rice flour, corn meal, corn flour, oat flour, oat bran, pancake mix, muesli, hard red wheat berries, soft white wheat berries, rye berries & spelt berries
Bouchard Family Farm Ployes Mix
Spruce Bush Farm Canned Goods
Pastor Chuck's Apple Butter
Half Moon Farm Chutneys
Mothers Mountain Condiments
Swan’s Honey, Albion, ME wildflower honey, beewsax
Hatch Knoll Farm Fruit Spreads, Jonesboro, organic fruit spreads using much less sugar, just fruit.
Highland Blueberry Farm Teas, Stockton Springs, organic whole plant wild Maine blueberry tea.
Black Dinah Chocolatiers, Isle au Haut, chocolates
Dairy (Cheese, Milk, Yogurt):
Longfellows Creamery Cheeses, Avon, artisanal farmstead cheeses
Kate's Butter, Old Orchard Beach, old-fashioned, slow churned butter.
Painted Pepper Farm Chevre & Yogurt
White Orchard Milk
Smith Family Farm Yogurt
Nezinscot Farm Cheese & Butter
Seal Cove Chevres
Smiling Hill Farm Cheeses
Meats, Poultry, Eggs:
*Old Ackley Farm Chicken & Eggs
Caldwell Farm Beef
The Turkey Farm Ground Turkey
*King Hill Farm Eggs
Tide Mill Chicken, Edmunds, ME
*Island Acres Sausage
*Thurston's Brook Farm Eggs
Refrigerated Grocery:
Café Miranda Pasta, Dips & Spreads
Heiwa Tofu
Mainstay Pasta
Morses Pickles & Sauerkraut
Frozen:
Ducktrap Wild Sockeye Salmon, Belfast
Wiseacre Frostea Pops
*Stoneset Farm Blueberries
Pat & Mike's Cranberries
Blue Barrens Farm Blueberries
Pet Products:
*Nutrisea Supplements
Avena Botanicals Tinctures
Peaked Mountain Farm, Dedham, featuring Bite O' Blue dog treats
Produce:
The produce is seasonal.
Local produce suppliers change frequently. We have regular Maine producers and also many fantastic gardeners who bring us products on a one-time basis. Watch for green farm tags attached to the product name tags.
*Blue Sky Farm
*Blue-Zee Farm
*Carding Brook Farm, greens and more
*Clayfield Farms
Coast of Maine , Portland, compost and mulch
Crossroads Farm
Crown of Maine Co-op, Madawaska
*Dan's Flower Farm
Darryl DeJoy Mushrooms
*Five Star Orchard, Brooklin, fruit and cider
*Four Season Farm
Fedco Seeds, Waterville, seeds and garden supplies
*Hackmatack Farm, greens and more
*Horsepower Farm, Penobscot
*King Hill Farm Root Crops, Penobscot
*Lazy C Farm Vegetables
*Morgan Bay Organic Farm
Pat & Mikes Garden Fruit & Veg
Weber Farm
*Wind & Sun Farm Pea Shoots
Wine & Beer:
Shalom Orchards
*Sows Ear Winery
Gritty’s Beer
Shipyard Brewing Company
Health & Beauty:
*Nutrisea Supplements
Avena Botanicals Tinctures
Indian Meadow Herbal Salves
*Island Soaps
Mother Bloom Botanicals Tinctures
Fresh Bread:
Sea Island Bakery
Borealis Breads
*Millbrook Bakery
*Tinder Hearth Breads
Daily Bread
Cards By Local Artists
*Robert Shetterly
*Barbara Joy Hare
Jerry Stelmok
Patricia Arvidson
*Wendy Lewis
Toki
*Rebecca Raye
*Nigel Benson
--Updated November 2008
*= Products from Blue Hill Peninsula
