January 10, 2014 Friends, family, customers! The Local Sprouts Mug Club is accepting renewals and new subscriptions! We offer a beautiful handmade mug with bottomless refills for a mere $25 annual membership. The mugs were lovingly crafted by the talented Maya Lena and the organic coffee is roasted over wood fire by our friends at […]
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Comment on new FDA regulations
November 13, 2013 The FDA is considering some new regulations that would seriously impact our local farms and food producers here in Maine. Check out the links below to learn more and to send in your comments. Conservation Law Foundation, http://www.clf.org/blog/maine/turn-act-tell-fda-crush-local-farms/ MOFGA, http://www.mofga.org/Programs/PublicPolicyInitiatives/SafetyRule/tabid/2650/Default.aspx Maine Farmland Trust, http://www.mainefarmlandtrust.org/action-alert-stop-federal-rules-will-hurt-maines-farmers/ This entry was posted in Blog. Bookmark the […]
Harvest Benefit for Preble Street Nov. 27
November 13, 2013 Join us on November 27th for Harvest Benefit for Preble Street from 5-8pm. We are collecting donations of food and money to support Preble Street and our Community. The benefit will feature music by Sean Mencher, Kris Day, Tom Whitehead and Dave Wakefield. We will be collecting donations all month. https://www.facebook.com/events/1477657385791858/ This […]
Culinary Crew Celebration Dinner Nov. 11
November 8, 2013 Cultivating Community Culinary Crew invites you to our Celebration Dinner. Students from Portland and Deering High School will be cooking the meal and sharing what they’ve learned about healthy foods, cooking and their experience with new foods. Menu: Appetizers Bread Sambusa Entrees Biriyani Falafel Spicy chicken Dessert Baklava Cake African doughnut Price: […]
Holiday Catering with Local Sprouts
November 13, 2013 Share the bounty of Local Sprouts with your guests at a holiday party this year. Local Sprouts Catering has many delicious seasonal menu options that celebrate the holidays with local foods. Check out our holiday menus here. This entry was posted in Catering, What’s New. Bookmark the permalink. Comments are closed, but […]
Culinary Crew
September 10, 2013 Local Sprouts and Cultivating Community are collaborating for the 6th year on the Culinary Crew. Cultivating Community’s Youth Growers learn about growing food in the summer and then in the fall some of them join the Culinary Crew to learn about cooking local foods. This year the Culinary Crew will be […]
Maine celebrates National Co-op Month
October 10, 2012 By DEIRDRE FULTON The Portland Phoenix HAVING THEIR SAY Worker-owners can weigh in at Local Sprouts. It’s the Year of the Dragon (Chinese Zodiac), the Year of the Girl (Girl Scouts of the USA), and, perhaps less well known, the International Year of Cooperatives, according to the United Nations. Citing their capacity […]