Maine Universities Surpass 20% Local Food Purchase Goal Ahead of Schedule

23% of food purchased By Maine’s

Public Universities in the 2017 Fall Semester were locally sourced

$770,000 in local

purchases through November 2017 puts Universities on pace for nearly $1.5 million in fiscal year purchases from local food producers

134 different Maine

food producers are working with the Universities

75 different Maine

communities are growing employment in the Maine food economy by selling to the Universities

University Food Producers

January 2018

Caribou Rockland Portland Fort Kent Bridgewater Blaine Hiram Rockport Greene Portland Belfast Corinth Hancock Lisbon Skowhegan Marshfield Windham Easton Waldoboro Newport Westbrook Belfast Augusta Eastport Biddeford Westbrook Blue Hill Albion Bangor Freeport Milbridge

Archer Angus Buckspork Central Maine Meats

Chesterville Chesterville Gardiner

Bakery Meat

Groceries

Aroostook Honey Bixby Blue Mango Bouchard's Bradbury Maple farm Fox Family Potato Chip Grandy Oats Heiwa Soy Beanery Hurricane's Kamasouptra Kountry Kettle Little Lad's Luigi Del Conte Mac's Gourmet Popcorn Maine Grains Maine Sea Salt Co Maine Tex McCain Morse's Sauerkraut Oats Any Time Papou's Kitchen Penobscot McCrum PFG Northcenter Raye's Mustard Robin's Schlotterbeck & Foss Sister Salsa Swan's Honey Todd's Salsa Vintage Maine Kitchen Wyman's

Beverage

Bangor Skowhegan Arundel Turner Portland Sanford Westbrook Skowhegan Rangley

Produce

Dairy

Garelick Farm Gifford's Kate's Homemade Moark Farm Oakhurst Shains Smiling Hill Strawberry Hill Sunrise Farms

Dairy

Portland Bar Harbor Lewiston Orono Bethel Kingfield Portland Kennebunk Bangor Brunswick Portland Portland Portland Winterport Portland Portland Portland Topsham Winterport Unity

Groceries Seafood

Beverage

Allagash Brewing Co. Atlantic Brewin Baxter Black Bear Brewery Black Bear Energy Carrabassett Coffee Coffee By Design Downeast Wines Geaghan's Brewery Green Bee Soda Gritty's Maine Mead Works Maine Root Penobscot Bay Brewery Pugsley Brewing Co. Sebago Shipyard Brewing Wicked Joe's Winterport Winery Younity Winery

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Community Scarborough Westbrook Portland Bangor Levant Freeport Scarborough Portland Lyman Old Town Unity Skowhegan Sanford

Bakery

Vendor Adjacent Bakery Amatos Anania's Brick Oven Bakery Daily Bread Isamax Snacks, Inc It'll Be Pizza Izzys Cheesecake Jarva Cakes LaBree's Songbird Farm Steve's Snacks Take 2 Dough Productions

Swan's Honey Albion Todd's Salsa Bangor Vintage Maine Kitchen Freeport Wyman's Milbridge Vendor Community Adjacent Bakery Scarborough Archer Angus Chesterville Amatos Westbrook Buckspork Chesterville Anania's Portland Central Maine Meats Gardiner Brick OvenWealth BakeryPoultry Company Bangor Common Gardiner Daily Bread Levant Maine Family Farms Portland Isamax Snacks, Inc Freeport North Star Sheep Farm Windham It'll Be & Pizza Scarborough Town Country Greene Izzys Cheesecake Portland W A Bean & Sons Bangor Jarva Cakes Lyman LaBree's Old Town After the Fall Farm Montville Songbird Farm Unity Apple Acres Farm S Hiram Steve's Snacks Skowhegan Apple Farm Fairfield Take 2 Dough Sanford Backyard FarmProductions Madison Carlin Family Farm Windham Allagash Brewing Co. Portland Chase Streem Belfast Atlantic Brewin Bar Harbor Circle B Farm Caribou Baxter Lewiston Community Harvest Unity Black Bear Orono County FairBrewery Farm Jefferson Black Bear Energy Bethel Creative Works Westbrook Carrabassett Coffee Kingfield Crown O' Maine North Vassalboro Coffee By Design Portland Edgcolmb Downeast Kennebunk Farmer KevWines Org West Gardiner Geaghan's Brewery Bangor Fishbowl Farms Bowdoinham Green Bee Soda Brunswick Freedom Beanery Freedom Gritty's Portland Green Thumb Farms Fryeburg Maine Mead Works Portland Guerrette Caribou Maine Portland HarvestRoot Tide Bowdoinham Penobscot Bay Brewery Winterport Ironwood Farm Albion Pugsley Brewing Co. Portland Jordan Farm Cape Elizabeth Sebago Portland Katadhin Garden Patten Shipyard Portland Lakeside Brewing Farm Newport Wicked Topsham LakesideJoe's Orchards Manchester Winterport Winery Winterport Maine Coast Sea Vegetables Hancock Younity Winery Exchange Unity Maine Farmers Presque Isle Maple Springs Farm Harrison Garelick Bangor Mousam Farm Valley Mushrooms Springvale Gifford's Skowhegan Native Maine Produce Westbrook Kate's Homemade Arundel North Branch Farm Monore Moark Farm Mushroom Turner North Spore Westbrook Oakhurst Portland Northern Girl, LLC Limestone Shains Sanford Ocean Approved Portland Smiling Westbrook OceansHill Balance INC Cape Elizabeth Strawberry Hill Skowhegan Olivia's Garden New Gloucester Sunrise Rangley Palmer Farms Hill Thorndike Pineland Farm Mars Hill Aroostook Honey Caribou Ricker Hill Farms Turner Bixby Rockland Roaring Brook Sabattus Blue Mango Portland Sandy Meadows Farm Unity Bouchard's Fort Kent Six River Farm Bowdoinham Bradbury Maple farm Bridgewater Skonieczny Caribou Fox Family Blaine Spear FarmPotato Chip Waldoboro Grandy Oats Hiram Still Roving Farm Unity Heiwa SoyFarm Beanery Rockport Terranian Troy Hurricane's Greene Tourmaline Hill Farm Greenwood Kamasouptra Portland Tri Winner Presque Isle Kountry Kettle Belfast White Oak Farms Warren Little Lad's Corinth Luigi Conte Inc Hancock BristolDel Seafood, Portland Mac's Lisbon BrowneGourmet Trading Popcorn Co Portland Maine Grains Skowhegan Cozy Harbor Portland Maine SeaRiver Salt Co Marshfield Ducktrap Belfast Maine Tex Windham Shellfish Ellsworth McCain Easton True North Machias Morse's Sauerkraut Waldoboro Oats Any Time Newport Papou's Kitchen Westbrook The University has McCrum expanded the number Belfast of food Penobscot Northcenter Augusta vendors itPFG works with to include 134 different Maine food Raye's Mustard Eastport in 75 producers, helping to sustain local employment Biddeford different Robin's communities across the state and contributing to Schlotterbeck & Foss Westbrook the growth of the Maine food economy. Sister Salsa Blue Hill Swan's Honey Albion Todd's Salsa Bangor Maine food products are shipped to the campuses Vintage Maine Kitchen directly by producers or are delivered by Freeport food distributors. Wyman's Milbridge Archer Angus Buckspork Central Maine Meats

Chesterville Chesterville Gardiner