{"id":99527,"date":"2026-06-12T06:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99527"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:10:56","slug":"farmers-markets-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99527","title":{"rendered":"Farmers’ Markets in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reprinted from an e-newsletter by Maine Senator Stacey Guerin, District 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In any given week, there are more than a hundred farmers\u2019 markets across the state offering fresh fruits, vegetables and meats directly from the farm. The Maine Federation of Farmers\u2019 Markets (MFFM) is a statewide organization that helps sustain Maine farms, connects farmers to markets and widens access to locally grown food for Maine residents and tourists alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry took initial steps to organize a farmers\u2019 market association beginning in the late 1980s. In the spring of 1991, farmers\u2019 market members from a number of key markets pulled together and officially organized MFFM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the organization keeps a listing of these fresh and nutritious happenings on their website. Some of the larger markets opened in May, but all will be operating in earnest next month as early crops begin to mature. Some of the markets on MFFM\u2019s site also accept SNAP and WIC benefits. To see the complete list of farmers\u2019 markets across the state as well as those that accept SNAP and WIC, visit the Federation\u2019s website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In any given week, there are more than a hundred farmers\u2019 markets across the state offering fresh fruits, vegetables and meats directly from the farm. The Maine Federation of Farmers\u2019 Markets (MFFM) is a statewide organization that helps sustain Maine farms, connects farmers to markets and widens access to locally grown food for Maine residents … Continue reading “Farmers’ Markets in Maine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,218],"tags":[206,588],"post_folder":[696],"class_list":["post-99527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-resources-for-granges-and-grangers","tag-grange-advocacy","tag-maine-farmers-markets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In any given week, there are more than a hundred farmers\u2019 markets across the state offering fresh fruits, vegetables and meats directly from the farm. The Maine Federation of Farmers\u2019 Markets (MFFM) is a statewide organization that helps sustain Maine farms, connects farmers to markets and widens access to locally grown food for Maine residents…","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-pTh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99528,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99527\/revisions\/99528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99527"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=99527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}