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FULL TIME GARDENER wanted for famed Southern Maine Restaurant

James Beard Award winning Chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier of Arrows Restaurant and MC Perkins Cove in Ogunquit, Maine are searching for a full time gardener for their high production restaurant garden in Southern Maine. 

Salary is commensurate with experience.  Please send resumes to dinner@arrowsrestaurant.com,  Attn: garden position.

According to the Daily Green.com, “Chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier are stalwart forerunners of the sustainable movement”.  In 1992, long before “green” was a hot topic, the Arrows garden was founded.  Today it provides up to 90% of Arrows produce needs.  Its three full time gardeners, under the direction of Master Gardener Rae Avery, tend this highly cultivated organic farm.

The York County Farmers’ Network is hosting a Maine CSA Fair, a statewide event happening Sunday, February 27th. This is another chance to meet local farmers, many of whom are also participating in CSA Day at the Winter Farmers’ Market in Rollinsford on Saturday, February 26th:

Don’t forget to visit the CSA Fair at the Anderson Learning Center in Springvale (21 Bradeen St., basement level) on Sunday afternoon anytime from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. You’ll be able to sign up for your fellow farmers’ shares of the 2011 harvest. What a variety of fresh produce:

 

Organic and other veggies of all kinds (greens, sweet corn, potatoes, you-name-it), apples, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, flowers, herbs, eggs, pork, and more!

 

Here are the farms participating (and we may add one or two):

 

• Black Kettle Farm, Lyman

• Moondance Gardens, So. Berwick

• Riverside Farmstand and Greenhouse, No. Berwick

• Spiller Farm, Wells

• Tibbetts Family Farm, Lyman

• Two Toad Farm, Lebanon

• Wolf Pine Farm, Alfred

 

Please check out our York County Farmers’ Network website, ycfn.org, for more detailed information on products, directions, and links to websites or contact info for the farms. The CSA Fair will be held, snow or shine – giving you great opportunities for savings on the upcoming local harvest….and refreshments, too!