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Alder Brook Pig Farm is tucked in the woods in the small town of Athens, Maine.

We specialize in raising Heritage Breed pork. All our pigs are registered pure bred Large Blacks. This breed is best known for its marbled meat which makes it tender, fine-textured and succulent. It is unlike any pork you ever tasted. By raising the pigs on pasture they don't need medication or antibiotics they receive all the vitamins and nutrients they need from mother nature. We are bringing back the old style pork raised on pasture—happy and never confined.

We sell half a pig or whole. If you don't have a freezer big enough or just a small household we do sell from the freezer. Our smoked goods can be smoked with or without nitrates. All our pork is frozen and packaged at a USDA certified facility. We also sell weaned piglets for 4H projects or to raise your own pork. Farm tours are available

Call or email for more information.

Alder Brook Pig Farm, Lori Costa, 429 Brighton Road, Athens ME  04912. (207) 654-3013. E-mail: costahouse@tds.net.

Little Alaska Farm, owned and operated by Roger and Linda Fortin since 1974, is located at 222 Leeds Junction Road in Wales, Maine. We feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to raise our three children on this farm. Little Alaska Farm's 360 acres of rolling green pastures are home to our 100 Black Angus brood cows.

We use New Zealand bloodline Devon sires. Our Devon Angus cross calves are kept on their dams for ten months and then go on to a rotational pasture program. Our pigs are fed out on grass; our chickens, turkeys and laying hens are range fed and their grains are a veggie formula—no animal by-products allowed. We do not use antibiotics or hormones and the cattle are not fed any grain.

We retail our beef, pork and poultry through a fresh meat case, or freezer orders at our retail Little Alaska Farm Market [tel: (207) 933-3300] located right on the farm at 170 Leeds Junction Road in Wales. Our market hours are:

Wednesday–Thursday, 9 AM to 5:30 PM
Friday–9 AM to 6 PM
Saturday–9 AM to 3 PM.

Little Alaska Farm Market, Roger Fortin, 170 Leeds Junction Road, Wales ME  04280. (207) 933-5277.
E-mail: littleafarm@fairpoint.net.

Meadow View Farm is located in Monmouth, Maine. We specialize in raising grass-fed beef. Our beef animals graze on pasture in the summer and are fed hay in the winter.

All beef is packaged and frozen at a USDA certified facility in vacuum sealed wrap. All cuts of grass-fed beef are normally available and shipped year round. Shipping is available in all New England states at this time. The minimum order size is 15 lbs. and a fixed fee for packaging, handling and shipping is charged for each order.

Beef can also be purchased in 1/4, 1/2 or whole animal. Major credit cards are accepted. E-mail or call to order.

Meadow View Farm, Guy L. Bates, 450 Cobbossee Avenue, Monmouth ME 04259  04259. (207) 933-2129.
E-mail: meadowview@gwi.net.
Website: http://www.MeadowViewFarmMaine.com.

At Meadowsweet Farm, we work with our domestic animals and plants and the environment to grow healthy food. We treat all animals with respect and allow them the fullest expression of their natures consistent with good husbandry.

Grassfed and grass finished beef and lamb are available year round at the farm and at the Belfast and Orono Farmer's Markets from May through December. Freezer lambs and sides and quarters of beef are available in the fall by reservation. We also deliver freezer orders to the Boston area at least once in the late fall.

Our cattle, sheep, and chickens are fed a natural diet with no added hormones or chemical fertilizers.

Meadowsweet Farm, Sumner and Paula Roberts, 105 Stevens Road, Swanville ME 04915. (207) 338-1265.
E-mail: meadowsweet@prexar.com

Medicine Hill is a small diversified certified organic farm in the scenic farming area of central Maine. We specialize in grass fed and finished beef. We practice intense rotational grazing. Our animals are treated as we would like to be treated and in return they give us great meat.

Our butcher is at a carefully chosen USDA facility. Our meat is DRY AGED for 21 days. Dry aging concentrates the flavor and tenderizes the meat. It is then custom cut, cryovac sealed and frozen. Our beef is sold by the side or whole animal when ordered in advance. Our freezer beef is available year round.

Pasture raised chicken and pork are grown to order. Orders must be received by May 1st. Fertilized pastured/free range eggs are also available year round. Fresh herbs and vegetables in season. We also offer CSA shares in $50 and $100 blocks. Please sign up by May 1st.

Classes in "Preserving the Harvest" are offered in August and September. We are open year round, but please call ahead.

We are happy to provide farm tours upon request. We are handicapped accessible and have restroom facilities. Call or e-mail for more information.

Medicine Hill, Linda Whitmore-Smithers, 1375 Sandy River Road, Starks ME  04911. (207) 696-4100. E-mail: info@medicinehill.com.
Website: http://www.medicinehill.com.

O'Donnell's Farm is located in Monmouth, Maine in a prime grass grazing area. Our grass-fed beef animals are rotationally grazed in the summer and fed hay and grass silage in the winter. The farm is certified organic.

Freezer beef is currently available at its peak in the fall. The beef is sold in quantities of a quarter animal or more. It is frozen and packaged at a USDA certified plant in plastic cryovac wrap. We are working on a system to produce grass-fed beef on a year-round basis, but until then encourage customers to place their orders ahead for fall delivery.

O'Donnell's Farm, John O'Donnell, 445 South Monmouth Road, Monmouth ME  04259. (207) 933-3052.
E-mail: johno@mainegrassfed.us 
Website: http://www.mainegrassfed.us

Sebago Lake Ranch is located 1 mile from the South shore of Sebago Lake on the Gorham/Standish line. We have been raising beef under a Natural label for over 10 years and recently switched to a no grain, grass only diet.

We have practiced management intensive grazing for about 8 years and worked with the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service for over 10 years on projects to reduce the impact of farming on the environment. As the manager of Sebago Lake Ranch I farm on a professional level. I have a BS from Cornell University in Animal Science and have attended various schools and seminars on Grass-Fed beef. I also have an extensive library on the subject.

Animals are humanely, safely and efficiently handled with a chute system purchased in 2006. We have been certified with the Maine Beef Quality Assurance program. We use a local abattoir that is federally USDA inspected and packages the meat in cryovac plastic. Right now we are limited to a seasonal production model because we want to achieve the maximum levels of Omega-3 and CLA that can be found in an animal finished on green grass.

We also produce/sell Maple Syrup.

Sebago Lake Ranch, Ben and Jenn Hartwell, 443 Sebago Lake Road, Gorham ME  04038. (207) 892-2586.
E-mail: sebagolakeranch@maine.rr.com.
Website: http://www.sebagolakeranch.com

Second Chance Farm, LLC and Longfellow's Creamery offers grass-fed, dry-aged, certified organic beef; whey-fed, pastured Berkshire pork; grass and milk-fed certified organic veal; raw milk and farmstead cheese. Our dairy animals will be certified organic in May 2007, at which time our class A dairy will be licensed.

We sell meat either by the cut, or in quarters or halves; milk by the quart, 1/2 gallon or gallon; and cheese by the pound. We gladly ship overnight in cool-pak boxes, and we sell from the farm gate and at various farmers markets in Maine.

Our animals are humanely raised and we use sustainable farming practices. Our farm's motto is: "Nourishing the body, sustaining the spirit, celebrating community." Call us at the farm and we will be happy to serve your needs!

Second Chance Farm, LLC., Kathy Trodden, 20 Maple Lane/PO Box 431, Avon ME  04966.  (207) 639-2074.  E-mail: kht@adelphia.net.