Your Guide to Farm-Fresh Foods in the Mount Washington Valley

In Partnership with Mount Washington Valley Eaters and Growers

Words by Lea Smith

Local food offers myriad benefits beyond excellent taste. Enjoy food picked, harvested, and processed at the peak of nutrition (and not subject to the time and environmental harm of transportation), the satisfaction of meeting, knowing, and connecting with the farmer(s) that grew or raised your food, and contributing directly to your local economy by keeping food dollars between you and the producers. The Valley and surrounding areas are home to many farmers, farm stands, farmers’ markets, stores, and restaurants providing residents and visitors with the chance to enjoy seasonal, fresh, and often distinctive agricultural products.

Below is a regional breakdown of how you can access seasonal, locally grown food in the Valley and surrounding areas.

CONWAY & NORTH CONWAY

Farm Stands

Davis Natural Produce: Farm stand open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week, at International Mountain Equipment in North Conway Village from mid-June through the end of December. A wide variety of products, including green beans, cucumbers, sweet corn, field tomatoes, broccolini, greens, cauliflower, root crops, and fall pumpkins. Contact davisnaturalproduce@gmail.com or visit www.davisnaturalproduce.com.

Goshen Corner Farm: Seasonal farm stand open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from May 2 through May 30, specializing in vegetable seedlings grown entirely on site. Contact at goshencornerfarm@gmail.com.

Grand View Farm: Farm stand open May through October.

(Open again in December for Christmas). Products include fruits and vegetables, jams, relishes, hot sauce, cowboy candy, maple syrup, local honey, artisan cheeses, fresh cut flowers, and apothecary products. Contact at grandviewfarm603@gmail.com or visit www.grandviewfarm.store online.

Hatches’ Orchard: Farm stand open Labor Day through Columbus Day. After Columbus Day, call for availability. Offering jam, apples, and apple butter; PYO apples weekends and holidays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., midweek by appointment. Wholesale options available with advance notice. Contact via email at hatchesorchardnh@gmail.com.

Windy River Farm: Farm stand open Fridays 1 to 4 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and by appointment. Offering beef, chicken, cheese, butter, yogurt, eggs, honey, lamb, maple syrup, milk, pork, and turkey. Contact naylen.farms@gmail.com or visit www.naylenfarms.com.

The S.o.L Farm: Farm stand open year-round, seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., featuring pasture-raised eggs, herbs, flowers, pork, and goat. Also offering beef, honey, maple syrup, greens, and seasonal produce through a partnership with local farmers. Contact thespiceoflifefarm@gmail.com or visit www.thespiceoflifefarm.com.

Schartner Farms: Farm stand and PYO strawberries offered June through August, weather dependent.

Sherman Farm: Farm stand open in spring and summer: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily; late fall through spring: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays; closed Wednesday. Selling fresh vegetables, meat, milk, cider, cut flowers, and baked goods. PYO flowers (wholesale also offered). Contact farmer@shermanfarmnh.com or visit www.shermanfarmsnh.com.

100-Acre Wood: Maple syrup produced, bottled, and sold in Intervale, with proceeds supporting the Believe in Books Literacy Foundation. Available year-round at the Believe in Books office. Contact ao@believeinbooks.org or visit www.believeinbooks.org.

CSAs

Community supported agriculture (CSA) offers agricultural products year round, available for pickup at participating farms or set locations. Participants pay for the CSAs early in the season to support the high costs of the early growing season for farmers.

A New Day Farm: 16-week summer CSA, 6-week fall CSA, and late fall and winter bulk CSA shares. Pickup locations at the farm in Conway and in North Conway.

Email jenniemblair@live.com to sign up.

Davis Natural Produce: 12-week CSA. Pickup available at International Mountain Equipment on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and on Fridays at Tuckerman Brewing Co. Email davisnaturalproduce@gmail.com to sign up.

F5 Farm and Transport: Small or large bi-weekly meat CSA. Option to pick up at the farm in Fryeburg, Maine or delivery locally in Conway. Email nancy@f5farmtransport.com for sign up.

Foothill Farm Alliance: Farm cooperative made up of Hosac Farm, Old Wells Farm, Earle Family Farm, and Pork Hill Farm. Bi-weekly winter CSA from November to February. Saturday pick-ups throughout MWV. Sign up at www.thefoothillfarmalliance.com.

Francis Madeleine Farm: Weekly CSA for farm-grown flower bouquets. Pickup available at Mount Washington Valley Farmers’ Market or at the farm in Fryeburg, Maine. Sign up at www.francismadeleinefarm.com.

Grand View Farm: Half or full shares. The farm provides a card that participants can use all season at the farm stand or farmers’ markets. Email grandviewfarm603@gmail.com to sign up.

Hosac Farm: 8- or 14-week shares with market-style, free-choice pickup. Pickups in Conway at Earle Family Farm or at Hosac Farm in Cornish, Maine. Sign up at www.hosacfarm.com.

Sherman Farm: CSA in the form of an electronic debit card that participants can purchase and load shares on. The card can be used in-store or online. Sign up at www.shermanfarmnh.com.

Farmers’ Markets

Mount Washington Valley Farmers’ Market: Open June 23 through September 29. Tuesdays 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., rain or shine. Located at the North Conway Community Center. The MWV Farmers Market, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, creates a dynamic community gathering space that supports local food producers, expands local food access and equity for all, and increases, through education and outreach efforts, awareness and support of food and non-food-related community resources and nonprofit organizations. The market offers a diverse offering of local produce, meats, honey, bread, baked goods, wine and spirits, food trucks, and artisan-made products. EBT/SNAP, Granite State Market Match, and MWVEG Food for All participants. Offering a Loyal to Local card that provides a $25 credit to spend at the market after five visits. Email mwvfarmersmarket@gmail.com or visit www.mwvfarmersmarket.com.

Restaurants and Shops

Restaurants and Eateries: Chef’s Bistro, Deacon Street, Flatbread Company, Peach’s Restaurant, The Local Grocer Farm Cafe, Tuckerman Brewing Company, The Station Bistro

Shops & Stores: International Mountain Equipment, The Local Grocer, Old Village Bakery, Sherman Farm Market, Veno’s Specialty Foods & Meats, Vista Bev & Market

GLEN, BARTLETT, JACKSON, GORHAM, & BRETTON WOODS

Farm Stands

No farm stands are currently known in this area.

CSAs

No CSAs are currently known in this area.

Gorham Farmers’ Market: Open June 4 through October 5; Thursdays 3 to 6 p.m. The Gorham Farmers’ Market on the Gorham Common features a varied group of vendors offering local produce, meats, maple, honey, baked goods, prepared foods, craft items, and more. Double SNAP dollars and GSMM programs offered. Contact jstewart@gorhamnh.org.

Restaurants & Shops

Restaurants and Eateries: Red Fox Bar and Grille, White Mountain Cider Co.

Shops & Stores: Alpine Garden Winery, J-Town Deli and Market

FRYEBURG & WESTERN MAINE

Farm Stands

Evergreen Valley Farm: Farm stand open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., March through December, offering vegetables, seedlings, eggs, and raw honey. Grown using non-certified organic practices. Contact evergreenvalleyfarmme@gmail.com.

Fly Away Farm: Farm stand open Saturdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; plant stand open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., May 18 through mid-July. Open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from mid-June to October. Selling seedlings, fruits, vegetables, maple syrup, meats, eggs, wood-fired sourdough bread, baked goods, and crafts. Contact flyawayfarmmaine@gmail.com or visit www.fly-away-farm.square.site online.

Fossil Flower Farm: Farm stand open daily starting in late spring, summer, and fall; check social media for hours. Offering a variety of vegetables, herbs and fresh-cut flowers, as well as seedlings in the spring and eggs in the late summer. Bulk flowers available for events, as well as dried flowers, cold-process soap, lip balm, salves, and soy wax candles. Contact on Instagram @fossilflowerfarm, and Facebook at Fossil Flower Farm.

Honey and Stem Farm: Farm stand open 24/7 with beef, pork, and lamb, cut flowers, and fresh produce. Non-certified organic, pasture raised. Contact hannahplowden@gmail.com or visit www.honeyandstemfarm.com.

Patch Farm: Farm stand on site open daily, sunup to sundown, selling certified-organic eggs, vegetables and herbs, non-GMO forest-raised pork, pasture-raised chicken, and other farm-raised goods. Contact patchfarm.me@gmail.com or visit www.patchfarm.me.

Weston’s Farm: Farm stand open (see website for hours). Over 1,000 acres of diversified vegetable crops, maple sugar orchards, Christmas trees, forage hay, timber, Nordic skiing and two farm markets. Visit www.westonsfarm.com.

CSAs

Hosac Farm: 8- or 14-week shares with market-style, free-choice pickup. Pickups in Conway at Earle Family Farm or at Hosac Farm in Cornish, Maine. Sign up at www.hosacfarm.com.

Honey and Stem Farm: Multiple CSAs and meat shares available. Visit www.honeyandstemfarm.com for more information on current offerings.

Patch Farm: 16-week CSA starting in late June. Pickup is at Patch Farm in Denmark, Maine.

Sign up at www.patchfarm.me/csa.

Weston’s Farm provides CSA available as store credit to purchase anything at their market, giving an additional $5 for every $100 spent. Visit www.westonsfarm.com.

Farmers’ Markets

Bridgton Farmers’ Market: May through October. Saturdays

8 a.m. to noon, rain or shine at the Bridgton Community Center (just behind Renys). Offering locally grown produce, farm-raised meats, plants, baked goods, and high-quality handcrafted items. Winter market runs November through April on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon at Oriental Lodge #13 (166 Harrison Road, Bridgton, ME). Maine Harvest Bucks program, EBT, and double SNAP benefits are offered with some vendors accepting credit cards and WIC. Contact via email at bridgtonfarmersmarket.me@gmail.com.

Fryeburg Farmers’ Market: June 21 to September 6. Sundays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fairview Campground, 1154 Main Street. Fresh produce, seedlings, eggs, baked goods, fresh pasta, cut flowers, handmade items and more; along with live music, a food truck, a nonprofit information table. Accepts SNAP/EBT, Bumper Crop, Food for All, some vendors accepting WIC, and the market is a participant in Maine Harvest Bucks. Contact via email at fryeburgfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Restaurants and Shops

Restaurants and Eateries: Oxford House Inn & Restaurant, Bar Kosho, Krista’s Restaurant, Severance Lodge Club, The Lodge at Pleasant Point, The Old Saco Inn and Bistro

Shops and Stores: Center Lovell Market, Cricket Country Store, Spice & Grain: the Fryeburg Co-op, Thrift Way Supermarket

EATON, TAMWORTH, FREEDOM, MADISON, SANDWICH & OSSIPEE

Farm Stands

Hollow Hill Farm: Farm stand and PYO with a variety of apples, hand-pressed unpasteurized cider, fresh-cut flowers, handmade sugar ‘n spice bakery cider donuts, pumpkins, gourds, homemade jam, and Mooney Hill maple syrup. Open September through October, weekends and holidays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (call for midweek). Senior and veteran discounts available. Contact info@hollowhillapples.com or visit www.hollowhillapples.com.

Pine River Orchards: PYO blueberries mid-July, call for Saturday/Sunday appointment. September through October PYO apples, pears, plums, and peaches. Farm-pressed unpasteurized apple cider, farm-baked apple cider donuts, jams, jellies, relishes, and apple syrup. Farm stand and PYO available weekends from September through October. Contact cad143nh@yahoo.com.

Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm: Farm store open Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Selling all-natural beef, lamb, and goat. Visit www.remickmuseum.org.

Spider Web Gardens: Farm stand open daily, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except holidays), showcasing fresh vegetables, annuals, perennials and shrubs, as well as seeds and growing supplies, quality tools, and house plants. Contact www.spiderwebgardens.com.

Sumner Brook Fish Farm: Live trout for pond stocking and fishing by appointment. Visit the farm shop for handcrafted herbal teas and locally made goods. Wholesale available. Contact sumnerbrookfishfarm@gmail.com or visit www.jessherbs.com.

The Farmstand: Farm stand with seasonal vegetables, fresh-pressed apple cider (fall), maple syrup, and trees. Open late May to early November, 9 a.m. to late. Contact thefarmstand@pm.me or visit www.thefarmstand.net.

Walker Hill Farm: Farm stand on site offering duck and chicken eggs, fresh herbs, garlic, vegetables, cut flowers, and grapevine wreaths. Balsam fir wreaths available to order in November. Contact on Facebook at Walker Hill Farm.

White Gates Farm: Self-serve farmstand open all day, year round. Offering frozen beef, pork, chicken, value-added garlic products, some seasonal vegetables, honey, eggs, and occasional surprises. Contact www.whitegates-farm.com.

CSAs

Mountain Heartbeet: 16-week vegetable CSA with market-style pickup offering 6–10 items per distribution. Pickup available at the farm in Tamworth. Subsidized shares available. Sign up at mountainheartbeet.com or email mountainheartbeet@gmail.com.

Pork Hill Farm: Summer and fall CSA shares featuring certified organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Pickup available at the farm in Ossipee. Sign up at www.porkhillfarm.com.

Waxing Moon Gardens: 18-week CSA with weekly pickups and customizable shares. Pickup available at the farm and local farmers’ markets. Sign up at waxingmoongardens.com or email waxingmoongardens@gmail.com.

Farmers’ Markets

Tamworth Farmers’ Market: Summer market, May 16 through October 10. Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slope parking lot in Tamworth Village hosts a large group of diverse vendors selling vegetables, fruits, breads, baked goods, raw dairy, maple syrup, honey, plants, flowers, mushrooms, meat, jams, jellies, kombucha, fresh-caught seafood, goat cheese, ice cream, dog treats, artisan chocolate, crafts, iced tea, chai, wool, yarn, and more. Listen to live music while you shop or take a peek in the UUsed Thrift Shop. Winter hours 10 a.m. – noon Saturdays, November 2 through March 29 (behind the Tamworth Town Office at 84 Main Street, Tamworth). Double SNAP dollars offered. Contact FarmersmarketTamworth@gmail.com or visit www.tamworthfarmersmarket.org. 

Sandwich Farmers’ Market: Wednesdays, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. from June to September at the Village Green. Weekly vendors, musicians, and nonprofit highlights. Products include fresh fruit and vegetables, beef, pork, chicken, local flowers, eggs, mushrooms, ice cream, baguettes, breads, pies, pottery, spirits, arts, clothing, and more. Contact sandwichnhfarmersmarket@gmail.com or visit www.sandwichnhfarmersmarket.com.

Restaurants & Shops

Restaurants and Eateries: Snowvillage Inn, Public House on Page Hill, and Tamworth Bakery.

Shops and Stores: Momma Bear Corner Store, The Other Bakery, Sandwich Creamery, and Windy Fields Farm.

WOLFEBORO & FURTHER SOUTH

Farm Stands

DeVylder Farm: Farm stand and PYO open September and October, Saturdays, Sundays, and holiday Mondays. Offering PYO apples, farm-made unpasteurized apple cider, mums, pumpkins, native produce, and farm-baked goods. Contact Instagram

@devylder_farm and Facebook DeVylder Farm.

Full Moon Farm: Flower farm offering fresh-cut bouquets, custom arrangements, and event florals. Farm stand open mid-May through September, closed Mondays. Products also available at the Wolfeboro Farmers Market. Contact at fullmoonfarmnh@gmail.com or visit www.fullmoonfarmnh.com.

Top of the Hill Farm: Farm stand open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (winter) and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (spring and summer). Specializing in pasture-raised beef, pork, and lamb. Also carrying products from local farms. Contact at topofthehillfarmbeef@gmail.com.

Farmers’ Market

Wolfeboro Farmers Market: Open May through October; Thursdays noon to 3:30 p.m., rain or shine. The summer market is held at Nick Recreation Park (10 Trotting Track Road, Wolfeboro, NH), featuring fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, cut flowers, seedlings, native plants, fresh fish, beef, lamb, pork, chicken, eggs, goat and cow dairy products and soaps, baked goods, gluten-free breads and goodies, mushrooms, fiber arts, honey, honey products, maple syrup, jams, jellies, dog treats, shaved ice, and prepared food. This market also features music, story time, and weekly community events. Double SNAP, Granite State Market Match, Food for All, and Vouchers for Veterans are offered. Contact wolfeborofarmersmarket@gmail.com or visit www.wolfeborofarmersmarket.com.

Restaurants & Shops

Restaurants & Eateries: La Boca Restaurant and Market, Tumbledown Farm to Fork

Shops and Stores: Butternuts Good Dishes, Wolfeboro Food Co-op, EM Heath Supermarket, Hunter’s Shop and Save, Top of the Hill Farm Store, Moulton Farm, Concord Co-op

The Valley is plentiful with local farms that do not have farm stands or CSA programs, including, but not limited to:

Again & Again Farmstead: Fruit, produce, microgreens, lamb, cut flowers, wool fiber, and garden supplies. Find their products at the Tamworth Farmers’ Market, Momma Bear Corner Store, Tamworth Bakery, and online at www.againfarmstead.com. Contact people@againfarmstead.com.

Athena’s Bees: Raw honey, beeswax, propolis products, flavored honeys, beeswax wood polish, and wildflower

and elderberry oxymels. Find products at Tamworth Farmers’ Market or online at www.athenasbees.com.  Contact athena@athenasbees.com.

Swift River Honey Co.: Local honey and wildflower honey available. Find products at Gorham, MWV, and Wolfeboro Farmers’ Markets, and at Grand View Farm Stand, J-Town Deli & Country Store, Sherman Farm Market, The Local Grover, Veno’s Specialty Food & Meats, and Windy Fields Farm. Contact Kmr0862@gmail.com.

BerryKnoll: U-pick blueberries, gooseberries, currants, raspberries, daylilies, and maple syrup. From mid-July, 7 days a week through mid-to-late August, sunup to sundown. Visit www.berryknoll.com.

Sunshine Daydream Farm: Naturally dyed, washed wool, roving, hand-spun yarn mill-spun yarn, felted mittens, handbags, and hats. Garlic, herbs, and flowers available seasonally. Visit www.sunshinedaydreamfarm.com.

Sap Hound Maple Company: Find maple syrup at Heart & Hand, The Local Grocer, and Spice and Grain. saphoundsyrup.com or contact corrie@saphoundmaple.com.

New Hampshire Mushroom Company: Mushrooms, mushroom tinctures, capsules, salves, jewelry, and dried and powdered mushrooms. Find at Wolfeboro and Tamworth Farmers’ Markets and shop online at www.nhmushrooms.com.

To learn more about local, seasonal food, and how to support the local farming community, visit Mount Washington Valley Eaters and Growers at www.mwveg.com, and check out their  comprehensive Local Farm Guide.