2008 Franklin, Somerset and Oxford Counties Local Food and Farm Markets Directories
The 2008 Directories are available for Franklin (1.18 MG), Somerset (1.18 MG) and Oxford (1.25 MG)Counties and were made possible through generous donations of time and funding from individuals, organizations and businesses. This year’s key sponsors include:
- Somerset Heart Health
- Healthy Oxford Hills’ Healthy Moms Project
- Healthy Oxford Hills’ Maine Physical Activity and Nutrition Program
- Miles Carpenter Insurance
- Clearwater Veterinary
- Franklin Community Health Network’s Healthy Community Coalition.
Special thanks also go out to Bean and Smith Real Estate, Dave Fuller, Mary Frank, Good Food Store, Jay-Livermore-Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce, Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, Maine’s WIC Program, Oxford County Local Ag Group, No View Farm and Greenhouse, Sackett and Brake Survey, Sebasticook Valley Hospital’s Healthy Communities, Skowhegan Area Chamber of Commerce, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Threshold to Maine RC&D, University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension, University of Maine at Farmington, Western Maine Community Action and RCCM Cleaning in Jay!
Directories are distributed through farmers and our partners or can be downloaded here.
To request a printed copy or inquire about listing a farm in 2009, contact us at 778-3885 or info@westernmountainsalliance.org
Download a Farmer Survey to be included in 2009 directory here.
Word version (.doc 35KB)
Acrobat version (.pdf 21.8KB)
Join us in a collaborative effort to shape a more prosperous future for the western mountains of Maine!
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News and Happenings:
Funds for Fruits and Vegetables in our schools! The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, authorized funds for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) to all States.
The ADVOCATE Newsletter
August 16 - Skowhegan Farmers Market JINGLE CONTEST!
Farm Energy Partners Network
Harvesting Clean Energy:A technical assistance program
Imagine Western Maine - Presentation by Laurie Lachance
of the Maine Development Foundation (pdf 4.92 MG)
Tutorial - Unheated Greenhouses: Their Construction and Year Round Uses (pdf 8.48MG)
Workshops and events around the western Maine region.
Western Mountain Alliance and Mountain Counties Heritage, Inc receive
2007 Noyce Award for Non-Profit Excellence.
Petrea Noyes Art in support of local foods.
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12% of Maine's total population
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12,000 square mile region
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8 million acres of productive forestland
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960 lakes and 650 square miles of inland waters
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575 mountains over 1000 feet in elevation
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