Seacoast Eat Local

Fresh, organic chicken is available for pick-up from Chick Farm until the end of the day, Tuesday, February 16th. Located in Wells, Maine, Chick Farm plans to continue to have fresh chicken available periodically throughout the winter.

Certified Organic Chicken: Our chickens are raised with tender loving care, in accordance with USDA organic standards and certified by the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association. These birds are young, tender, and very meaty — excellent for roasting, grilling, or frying. They are fresh-frozen, vacuum-packed, and average 4-6 lbs each. Our organic broilers are $3.99/lb, sold as whole birds here at the farm. We generally have frozen chicken on hand all the time and fresh chicken available once or twice a month.

Please contact Chick Farm ahead of time before visiting the farm. If you would like to order chicken or request to be put on their email notification list, they can be reached at info@chickfarm.com.

Found via an email from the National Farmers’ Union comes a new tool from the USDA, putting all their statistical data goodness in one map. It’ll take me a bit of playing to become adept at using it, but there is so much to be fascinated by and pour over and delve into. For example, we can look at the number of vegetable acres harvested by county, and the sales of such directly to the public per county, and the at-home consumption of fruits and vegetables per county, and the number of farmers’ markets per capita, and and and! Health, exercise, SNAP program participation, access to food stores .. it doesn’t end! I’ll be excited to see how we can all make use of this data to address some of the concerns it raises -

Food Environment Atlas