Kennebec Valley
Maine Grains is an independent grocery & food business based in Kennebec Valley. Founded 2012 by Amber Lambke in a repurposed Victorian-era Somerset County jailhouse, this Skowhegan gristmill stone-mills 100,000+ pounds of organic and heritage grains monthly, including flours, oats, wheat berries, rye, cornmeal, and crop rotation beans.
Midcoast
Maine Gravy is an independent grocery & food business based in Midcoast Maine. Dick Chase's Damariscotta-based hot sauce company crafts small-batch sauces—Pemaquid Piquant, MidCoast Mayhem, and Damariscotta Damnation—using peppers and produce sourced from Maine farms.
Greater Portland
Maine Homestead Market is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The online shop curates Maine-made foods, home goods, and gift boxes from independent makers across the state.
Southern Maine Coast
Maine Lobster Now is an independent grocery & food business based in Southern Maine Coast. They ship live and prepared Maine lobster, oysters, scallops, and other Atlantic seafood directly to your door.
Kennebec Valley
Maine Maple Products is an independent grocery & food business based in Kennebec Valley. The Madison sugarhouse produces pure and organic Maine maple syrup, maple candy, sugar, cream, and Maine Wild Blueberry Jam, with award-winning quality used by chefs across the state.
Greater Portland
Maine Mead Works is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The Portland meadery makes HoneyMaker mead from Maine wildflower honey and ships bottles and gift sets nationwide.
Midcoast
Maine Needham Company is an independent grocery & food business based in Midcoast Maine. They produce the iconic Maine Needham—a 19th-century regional confection of mashed potato, coconut, and dark chocolate—including Seavey's Needhams, distributed across the state.
Downeast
Maine Sea Salt Company is an independent grocery & food business based Downeast. The Marshfield producer hand-harvests Atlantic seawater into pure and infused finishing salts shipped nationwide.
Southern Maine Coast
Maine & Vine is an independent grocery & food business based in the Southern Maine Coast. The Kennebunkport wine and specialty foods shop on Ocean Avenue is owned by Kennebunkport local Lani Dietz, offering a thoughtful curation of wines, gourmet provisions, and gift baskets.
Greater Portland
Mama Mo’s makes locally sourced, hand crafted comfort foods and soups to go.
Midcoast
Monhegan Coffee Roasters began in 2017 when a desire for fresh roasted quality coffee led co-owners Carley and Mott to open up shop and roast coffee for the Monhegan Island community.
Downeast
Monica's Chocolates is an independent grocery & food business based Downeast. The Lubec shop, just minutes from West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, handcrafts gourmet chocolates including hand-decorated orca-shaped pieces, fruit-filled truffles, and sugar-free options shipped nationwide.
Greater Portland
Mother's Mountain is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Since 1982, Carol Tanner and Dennis Proctor have hand-crafted over 30 all-natural, gluten-free, salt-free mustards, jams, jellies, and sauces from their Falmouth home kitchen.
Greater Portland
MUA Lobster is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The direct-to-consumer shipper sources live Maine lobster and fresh seafood directly from Maine boats and ships overnight nationwide with transparent, market-based pricing.
Downeast
An idyllic Deer Isle cottage industry making fifteen flavors of handcrafted jam, marmalade, and chutney since 1984, set among an outdoor sculpture village by Peter Beerits.
Lakes & Mountains
Nezinscot Farm has always had a passion for good food and sustainability, and today features a Gourmet Food Shop, Cafe & Bakery, Fromagerie, Charcuterie, and Fiber Studio .
Lakes & Mountains
Old Crow Ranch is a family owned, pasture-based livestock farm in beautiful Durham, Maine. We operate on a modified Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) system and offer stellar wholesale meat to our customers.
Midcoast
Our focus is on providing Mid-coast Maine with premium wood-fired pizza made from the best ingredients available to us.
Greater Portland
Pemberton's Gourmet Foods is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Family-owned since 2002, the Gray, Maine specialty food maker handcrafts small-batch pasta sauces, jams, jellies, mustards, hot sauces, marinades, and signature creations like Death by Chocolate, sold direct online and through TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, and Hannaford.
Southern Maine Coast
Perkins Cove Candies is an independent grocery & food business based in Southern Maine Coast. The family-owned Ogunquit confectioner has handcrafted small-batch chocolates, fudge, salt water taffy, and Maine Needhams since 1981 from their Perkins Cove cottage.
Greater Portland
Pineland Farms is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The 5,000-acre working farm in New Gloucester ships its own cheese, beef, potatoes, and curated Maine gift boxes.
Greater Portland
Ragged Coast Chocolates is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Founded by Kate Shaffer (formerly Black Dinah Chocolatiers), the Westbrook chocolatier crafts Good Food Award–winning truffles and sea salt caramels with single-origin chocolate and fresh Maine cream.
Downeast
Raye's Mustard is an independent grocery & food business based Downeast. Founded in 1900 by J. Wesley Raye, the historic Eastport mill is North America's last remaining traditional stone-ground mustard mill—a working museum where four generations of the Raye family have crafted award-winning mustards.
Greater Portland
Rising Tide Brewing Company is an independent, family-owned brewery that anchors Portland, Maine’s vibrant East Bayside neighborhood.
Southern Maine Coast
Robin's Confections is an independent grocery & food business based in Southern Maine Coast. The family-owned Biddeford candy maker specializes in handmade Maine Needhams—the iconic potato-coconut-chocolate confection—plus sweet potato Needhams, peanut butter balls, and cashew clusters.
Lakes & Mountains
Shaw Farms is an independent grocery & food business based in the Lakes & Mountains region. The South Paris family farm raises 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef, pasture-raised pork, pastured chicken, and fresh eggs from pastured hens—available as retail packages or freezer shares (quarter, half, or whole).
Greater Portland
Sissle & Daughters is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Mary Chapman and Will Sissle's Portland cheesemonger and grocer offers cheeses, charcuterie, wine, beer, pasta, preserves, and other delectable provisions, with an original Washington Ave shop and a second cafe-and-market location on Forest Ave.
Kennebec Valley
A Hallowell institution for nearly 50 years on the Kennebec River, offering creative seasonal cuisine, a famous Sunday brunch, and an adjacent bakery making homemade breads and pastries.
Greater Portland
A 12th-generation Knight family farm in Westbrook operating since 1720, producing fresh dairy in glass bottles, artisan cheeses through their Silvery Moon Creamery, and ice cream.
Greater Portland
SoPo Seafood is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. They source fish from Maine's working waterfront and ship fresh fillets, oysters, smoked seafood, and curated gift boxes nationwide.
Greater Portland
Speckled Ax Wood Roasted Coffee is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The Congress Street roaster fires its vintage Petroncini with Maine-grown hardwood, shipping single-origin and blended beans nationwide.
Greater Portland
Portland's beloved artisanal bakery on Commercial Street since 1995, hand-crafting traditional French baguettes, pain au chocolat, and pastries using locally sourced organic ingredients.
Midcoast
Sweetgrass Farm Winery & Distillery is an independent grocery & food business based in Midcoast Maine. The family-run Union estate makes fruit wines, gins, and Back River craft spirits using Maine fruit.
Greater Portland
In our cafe, we offer a simple, traditional menu of seasonal espresso and drip coffees, tea & pastries, and retail bags of coffee to enjoy at home.
Greater Portland
Teafarers is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. Formerly Dobra Tea Maine, the Portland tea company sources unique single-origin teas, signature blends, and tea ware from small farmers worldwide in partnership with Dobra US/Prague.
Kennebec Valley
Tea Maineia is an independent grocery & food business based in Kennebec Valley. After 11 years of running a Winterport storefront, this family-owned mom & pop shop now sells single-origin teas from around the world plus their signature Maine Wild Blueberry blend online.
Downeast
Tempest in a Teapot is an independent grocery & food business based Downeast. Sisters Tammy Blake and Rebecca Emerson hand-blend gourmet loose-leaf teas with Maine-grown blueberries, cranberries, mint, and apples at their Stonington and Cushing blending houses.
Midcoast
Thirty Acres Farm grows more than 100,000 pounds of the crops that become the sauerkraut, ruby kraut, kimchi, gingered carrots, hot sauces and sour dill pickles produced each year.
Greater Portland
Three of Strong Spirits is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The Portland distillery makes small-batch rum and craft spirits with online merchandise and ready-to-drink cocktails.
Southern Maine Coast
At Time & Tide Coffee, we believe that everyone deserves to drink the best. We are passionate about sourcing the best coffee and thoughtfully roasting it to bring out its flavor.
Midcoast
Our mission is to create a farming system in which all parts complement each other and to connect people with food that nourishes the body and soul while being grown and raised in the most humane and sustainable way that we know how.
Highlands
A family-owned working farm near Bangor since 1983 offering pick-your-own apples, berries, and pumpkins, plus an ice cream shop, petting zoo, and Maine's longest-running corn maze.
Lakes & Mountains
Tumbledown Brewing is a small craft brewery located in Farmington, ME. We brew beer in small batches, but give it taste as big as the mountains that inspire us; enjoy one today!
Downeast
Vacationland Coffee Roasters is an independent grocery & food business with locations in Downeast Maine and Midcoast. Owner Chris Romero roasts 100% Arabica coffees and runs three coffee-pub locations—Southwest Harbor (Apple Lane), Bar Harbor (Rodick Street), and Camden (The Wharf at Lyman-Morse)—serving signature drinks, breakfast tacos, and canned nitro lattes alongside whole-bean retail and online orders.
Midcoast
Vinolio is a purveyor of ultra-premium extra-virgin olive oil from around the world and balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy.
Southern Maine Coast
Wallingford Farm is an independent grocery & food business based in Southern Maine Coast. The Kennebunk farm market sells produce, prepared foods, and curated Maine gift baskets year-round.
Midcoast
Wicked Joe Coffee is an independent grocery & food business based in Midcoast Maine. Roasting on the Androscoggin River since 2004, this organic specialty roaster supplies cafés across New England and ships beans nationwide.
Greater Portland
Wilbur's of Maine Chocolate Confections is an independent grocery & food business based in Greater Portland. The Freeport chocolatier handcrafts truffles, blueberry-coated chocolates, and Maine-themed gift baskets shipped nationwide.
Midcoast
Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe started with a focus on environmental and social responsibility and a desire to provide clean, all-natural and from-scratch products.
Greater Portland
A 600-acre nonprofit working farm and education center on Casco Bay in Freeport with a seasonal farm store offering organic produce, pasture-raised meats, and Maine-made goods.