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Updated: May 31, 2024

Friday Food Insider: Woodfords Corner Farmers' Market returns for second season

People walking around a farmers' market. Photo / Courtesy, Woodfords Corner Farmers’ Market The Woodfords Corner Farmers’ Market is located at 202 Woodford St. in Portland.
By Alexis Wells

It's officially farmers' market season and the Woodfords Corner Farmers' Market, a neighborhood nonprofit that launched in 2023, opened for its second season on May 30 in Portland. 

The market will feature over a dozen vendors, providing a range of items and services — produce, meat, baked goods, ice cream and even onsite knife sharpening. 

“How local can you get," said Teresa Valliere, president of Friends of Woodfords Corner. “As a neighborhood market, not only do we complement the bigger farmers' markets by working with newer farms, we also give more people another walkable option to access locally grown food.”

The market will operate on Thursdays, 3:30-6:30 p.m., until Oct. 24, at 202 Woodford St. The market accepts Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) electronic benefits transfer cards, Maine Harvest Bucks and Bumper Crop certificates are all accepted.

Various vegetables at one of the stands.
Photo / Courtesy Woodfords Corner Farmers’ Market
The farmers' market will have vendors from all over the state.

What vendors you can expect to see

  • New Spoke Farm
  • Fair Share Farm
  • Avalon Acres
  • Fric & Frac’s Farm
  • ChiGoBee
  • Midcoast Vegan
  • Woodhaus Meats

Vendors you’ll see every other week:

  • Maine Maple Creemee Co
  • Little Easy Snoballs
  • XO Bakery
  • Whole Almond
  • Big Sky Bakery
  • Overland Apiaries
  • Wicked Sharp
  • Gogo Refill
  • Goen Fermented Foods

What else is going on in the food world?

Angoor Wine Bar, a self-pour wine bar, officially opened its doors on May 30 at 100 Fore St. in Portland. Guests are issued a wine card, which then allows them to pick wines from wine dispensaries. The machines allow a 2-ounce, 4-ounce or 6-ounce pour. The personal ID digitally keeps track to assemble the final bill. Angoor’s hours are Wednesday through Thursday from 3-9 p.m., Friday from 3-10 p.m., Saturday from noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 7 p.m.

Anjon’s Ristorante, a longtime Italian staple located on U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough, adjacent to the marsh, announced via social media that it will be returning. Owner John DiSanto said in the post that he hopes to reopen on June 15. They closed the business in 2019 after 65 years.

College of the Atlantic Beech Hill Farm opened for the season on May 28. The farmstand will be stocked with fresh, local, organic vegetables, flowers, baked goods, meat, dairy and more. It also sells a wide array of vegetable, herb and flower seedlings, just in time for summer planting season. The farm is located at 171 Beech Hill Road in Mount Desert. The farmstand is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., through the fall. 

What is your favorite farmers' market stand? The Mainebiz Food Insider wants to know! Contact Alexis Wells at awells@mainebiz.biz.

Find markets near you

For more information and maps of markets in your area check out the Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets.

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