Shop Local
It Keeps Money in the Community
Shopping local means that your money isn’t going to line the bank accounts of far-off corporations. It’s going to your neighbors, who in turn spend those dollars at other local businesses and organizations. Their tax dollars can then contribute to our community’s schools and infrastructure.
Local Means Small Carbon Footprint
Rather than being grown far away and shipped to our shelves, local products travel far fewer miles, cutting down on transportation emissions.
It's Healthier
So, eating local foods is helping communities and the planet, but did you know that locally grown produce may actually be healthier for your body as well? Food shipped from farther distances often spends days or weeks in transit. Shorter travel time from closer farms means that local produce retains more of its nutrients.
It Tastes Better
When fruits and vegetables are harvested far away from where they are sold, they’re often picked before becoming fully ripe, so they won’t spoil by the time they reach the shelf. Therefore, local food can have more flavor too.
Our Local Vendors
Aquaculture
Atlantic Holdfast Seaweed Company – Deer Isle
Atlantic Sea Farms – Saco
Ironbound Island Seaweed – Winter Harbor
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables – Ellsworth
Ocean’s Balance – Biddeford
Artists
Au Natural Greeting Cards – Harborside
Elizabeth Sawyer – Blue Hill
Naomi Champlin – Surry
Tara Mason Cards – Brooklin
Bakeries
Back 40 Bakehouse – Montville
Borealis Bread – Wells
Brazen Baking – Camden
Milkweed and Monarch Baking Co. – Deer Isle
Mill Cove Baking Co. – Portland
The Good Loaf – Stockton Springs
Tinder Hearth Bakery – Brooksville
When Pig Fly Breads – York
Berries
Beverages
Farm House Coffee Roaster – Winterport
Graze – Northport
Green Bee – Brunswick
Maine Craft Distilling – Portland
Maine Root – Berwick
Mount Desert Spring Water – Southwest Harbor
Summit Spring Water – Harrison
Wild Maine Hard Seltzer – Orono
Breakfast Foods
Lucy’s Granola – Blue Hill
Sweet Monkey Business – Belfast
Breweries
Airline Brewing Company – Ellsworth
Allagash Brewing Company – Portland
Apres – Portland
Austen Street Brewery – Portland
Banded Brewing Co. – Biddeford
Barreled Souls Brewing – Saco
Battery Steele Brewing – Portland
Baxter Brewing Company – Lewiston
Bissell Brothers Brewing – Portland
Blaze Brewing Co. – Biddeford
Boothbay Craft Brewery – Boothbay
Cushnoc Brewing Company – Augusta
Fogtown Brewing Company – Ellsworth
Foulmouthed Brewing – South Portland
Foundation Brewing Company – Portland
Funky Bow Brewery and Beer Company – Lyman
Geary Brewing Company – Portland
Island Dog Brewing – South Portland
Lone Pine Brewing – Portland
Liquid Riot Bottling Co. – Portland
Lucky Pigeon Brewing Co. – Biddeford
Mast Landing Brewing – Westbrook
Maine Beer Company – Freeport
Marshall Wharf Brewing – Belfast
Mason Brewing Company – Brewer
Nu Brewery – New Gloucester
Orono Brewing – Orono
Oxbow Brewing Company – Newcastle
Peak Organic Brewing Company – Portland
Rising Tide Brewing – Portland
Rock Harbor Brewing – Rockland
Saco River Brewing – Fryeburg
Sasanoa Brewing – Westport Island
Sebago Brewing Co. – Gorham
Some Brewing Company – York
Strong Brewing Company – Sedgwick
Tumbledown Brewing – Farmington
Woodland Farms Brewery – Kittery
Candies
Bixby – Rockland
Monica’s Chocolates – Lubec
CBD
Anoids – Portland
Gerrick Alternatives, Inc – Hallowell
Hempera – Walpole
Hemp Perfecta
Maine Down East – Blue Hill
Merrymeeting Bay – Bowdoinham
SilverChild – Portland
Wild Folk Farm – Benton
Cheesemakers
Balfour Farm – Pittsfield
Kennebec Cheesery – Sidney
Lakin’s Gorges Cheese – Waldoboro
Pineland Farms – Bangor
Seal Cove Chèvre – Lamoine
Silvery Moon Creamery – Westbrook
Sonnental Dairy – Smyrna
Springdale Farm – Waldo
Sunset Acres Farm – Brooksville
Swallowtail Farm – Whitefield
York Hill Farm – Sharon
Cider Houses
After Harvest Cider – Acton
Cornish Cider Company – Cornish
Deer Isle Cider Company – Deer Isle
Rocky Ground Cider – Newburgh
Whaleback Farm Cider – Lincolnville
Coffee and Teas
44 North Coffee – Deer Isle
Bucklyn Coffee – Brooklin
Carrabassett Coffee Company – Kingsfield
Chaga Mountain – Jackman
Chai Wallahs of Maine – Brooksville
Kavka Coffee – Camden
Precipice Coffee – Ellsworth
Condiments
Harvest Maine – Brunswick
Highland Foods – Rockland
OMG Salsa – Ellsworth
Pemberton’s Gourmet Foods – Lewiston
Raye’s Mustard – Eastport
Serendib – Ellsworth
Sisters Salsa – Blue Hill
Stonewall Kitchen – York
Creameries
Casco Bay Butter Company, LLC – Portland
Kate’s Creamery – Arundel
The Milkhouse – Monmouth
White Orchard Farm – Frankfort
Distributors
Bianco Provisions Inc. – Brooklin
Central Distributors – Lewiston
Community Harvest – Unity
Craft Beer Guild of Maine – Westbrook
Crown O’ Maine – Vassalboro
Crush Distributors – Yarmouth
Dennis Paper & Food Services – Hampden
Maine Distributors – Bangor
Nova Foods, Inc. – Ellsworth
Peak Season Maine – Freedom
Pine State Beverage Company – Gardiner
South Portland Wine Company – Portland
Stonington Seafood Express, Inc. – Stonington
Farms
A Wee Bit Farm – Orland
Backstage Farm – Blue Hill
Backyard Farms – Madison
Bagaduce Farm – Brooksville
Barefoot Farms – Hancock
Barrel O’ Bounty – Houlton
Blue-Zee Farm – Penobscot
Caldwell Family Farm – Turner
Calyx Farm – Morrill
Crossroad Farm – Jonesport
Dandelion Spring Farm – Bowdoinham
Flying Pond Farm – Vienna
Fountain Farm – Hancock Island
Four Season Farm – Harborside
Gabrielle Wellman – East Blue Hill
Hall Brook Farm – Thorndike
Happytown Farm – Orland
Harmony Hill Farm – Unity
Harmony Meadows – Smyrna
Hidden Hill Farm – Hodgdon
Horsepower Farm – Penobscot
Ironwood Farm – Albion
Killdeer Croft – Unity
Kingdom Road Farm – Blue Hill
King Hill Farm – Penobscot
Kulp Family Farm – Unity
Lalibela Farm – Bowdoinham
Mil’s Farm – Brooksville
Misty Brook Farm – Albion
Moon Hill Farm – Washington County
Mousam Valley Farm – Springvale
Mulberry Farm – Raymond
Nature’s Circle Farm – New Limerick
Northern Bay Organics – Penobscot
North Branch Farm – Monroe
Old Ackley Farm – Blue Hill
Old County Farm – Brooklin
Palmer Hill Farms – Thorndike
Phat Farm – Unity
Pine Tree Poultry – New Sharon
Poland Family Farm – Blue Hill
Quill’s End Farm – Penobscot
Rainbow Farm – Orland
Real Family Farm – Windsor
Ridge View Farm – Unity
Root Power Farm – Ellsworth
Run Water Farm – Sullivan
Sheepscot Valley Farm – Whitefield
Smiling Hill Farm – Westbrook
South Paw Farm – Freedom
Songbird Farm – Unity
Sparrow Farm – Pittston
Springworks Farm – Lisbon
Spruce Bush Farm – Jefferson
Stonecipher Farm – Bowdoinham
Thirty Acre Farm – Alna
Tide Mill Organic Farm – Edmonds Township
Tilth & Timber – Castine
Toddy Pond Farm – Monroe
Triple Chick Farm – Bar Harbor
Villageside Farm – Freedom
Weir Love Farm – Brooksville
White’s Farm – Winterport
Windy Hill Farm – Surry
Wintergreen Farm – Harborside
Yellow Birch Farm – Deer Isle
Fermented & Pickled
Go-en Fermented Foods – Whitefield
Gracie’s Garden – Standish
Morse’s Sauerkraut, Inc. – Waldoboro
Red Kettle Foods – Rockland
Turtle Rock Farm – Brunswick
Urban Farm Fermentory – Portland
Flower Growers
Barbara Damrosch – Harborside
Clayfield Farm – East Blue Hill
Dan’s Flower Farm – Brooklin
Eden Street Flower – Bar Harbor
Little Red Flower Truck – Ellsworth
Half Hitch Flowers – Morrill
Milkweed Garden – Sedgwick
Pat & Mike’s Garden – Ellsworth
Foodstuffs
Bar Harbor Foods – Whiting
Black Bear Sunflower Oil – Blaine
Chow Maine – Trenton
Heiwa Tofu – Rockport
Maine Sea Salt Company – Marshfield
Mother’s Mountain – Falmouth
Smithereen Farm – Pembroke
Swan’s Honey – Albion
Tortilleria Pachanga – Portland
Tootie’s Tempeh – Biddeford
Whole Almond – Portland
Frozen Desserts
Gelato Fiasco – Brunswick
Stone Fox Farm – Monroe
The Ice Cream Lady – Brooklin
Wicked Maine Pops – Greenville
Frozen Foods
The Good Crust – Canaan
Maine Pie Company – Biddeford
Portland Pie Company – Portland
Otto Pizza – Portland
Robinhood Meetinghouse – Bath
Slab Sicilian Street Food – Portland
Gifts
Anne Walker Bags – Blue Hill
Betsy Grossman Bags – Orland
Borealis Press – Blue Hill
Danica Design Candles – Rockport
Down to Earth Pottery – Blue Hill
LooHoo – Camden
Mad Scroller
River Wind Woolies – Brooksville
Scamperlily Designs – Brooklin
Sterling Threads – Blue Hill
Wooden Way Creation – Princeton
Woodland Studios – Ellsworth
Health
Atlantis Moon Botanicals – Stonington
Avena Botanicals – Rockport
Coastside Bio Resources – Deer Isle
Crow Point – Boothbay Harbor
Ecovita – Deer Isle
Flick the Tick – Kent Hills
Indian Meadow Herbals – Eastbrook
Maine Made Relief – Ellsworth
Maine Medicinals – Dresden
Meristem Herb Co. – Blue Hill
Nature Connection Medicinals
Spirit Fire – Surry
Wild Roots – Augusta
Household & Pets
Gracefully Clean – Belfast
Maple Farms
Jackman Maple Syrup, LLC – Jackman
Maine Maple Products, Inc. – Madison
Nubic Ranch, LLC – Sangerville
Strawberry Hill Farms, LLC – Skowhegan
Mills
Mushrooms
Daryl DeJoy – Penobscot
Jolly’s Mushroom Farm – Manchester
Moorit Hill Farm – Troy
North Spore – Westbrook
Wild Fruiting – Augusta
Orchards
5 Star Nursery & Orchard – Brooklin
The Apple Farm – Fairfield
MOFGA – Unity
Sewall Orchard – Lincolnville
Shalom Orchard – Franklin
Wulf Orchard – Unity
Organizations
Cobscook Bay Resource Center – Eastport
Cobscook Kitchen and Marketplace – Eastport
Pasta & Sauces
Louis DelConte – Hancock
Mount Desert Island Pasta Girl – Bar Harbor
Preserved Meats & Sausages
Abraham’s Goat Farm – Newport
ASmallGood – Rockport
Brown Family Farm – Bar Harbor
Colvard & Company – Southwest Harbor
Herring Brothers Meats – Guilford
Old Bay Sausage – Southwest Harbor
Publications
Bangor Daily News – Bangor
Down East Magazine – Camden
The Ellsworth American – Ellsworth
Penobscot Bay Press – Stonington
Woodenboat Publications – Brooklin
Seafood
Bristol Seafood – Portland
Buxton’s Day Boat Fresh – Stonington
Ducktrap River of Maine – Belfast
Grindstone Neck – Winter Harbor
Maine Shellfish Company, Inc. – Ellsworth
mongr.net Seafood – Machias
Port Clyde Fresh Catch – Tenants Harbor
Seeds
Fedco Seeds – Clinton
Seed & Soil – Monroe
Snacks
Fox Family – Mapleton
GrandyOats – Hiram
Joyful Spirit – Portland
Kountry Kettle – Smyrna
Little Lad’s – Corinth
Maine Crisp Company – Winslow
Mom’s Organic Munchies – Freeport
Shovel and Spoon – Lewiston
Vintage Maine Kitchen – Freeport
Soaps & Bodycare
Ancestral French Soaps – Monroe
Borestone Soap Co. – Bucksport
Buggleblue – Blue Hill
Dental Lace – Cape Elizabeth
The Essencers – Searsport
Gina Rose Organics
HobaCare – Washington
Holly Farms – Orono
Maine Island Soap – Ellsworth
Mossy Heart Apothecary & More – Verona Island
Trillium Soap – Rockland
Wandering Goat – Union
Winery
Breakwater Vineyards – Owl’s Head
Devenish Wines – Portland
Eighteen Twenty Wines – Portland
The Fat Friar’s Meadery – Newcastle
Oyster River Winegrowers – Warren
Sow’s Ear Winery – Brooksville
Wicked Wines – Bangor
