Maine Farmers

WBZ's Jordan Rich talks with Matt Robinson of matts-meals.com about the Maine Federation of Farmers' Markets about their Bumper Crop program.

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Episode Transcript

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Hello again, Welcome. I'm Jordan. This is Connoll Sear's Corner. We
talk about it all food, dining, restaurants, trans events, you name
it. And someone helping me inall this is Matt Robinson, a food
reporter extraordinary with Matts Meals Matts hyphenmeals dot com and Matt, let's go
to Maine and talk about the mainFederation of farmers and what they're up to
these days. It's great to seethat the main Federation of Farmers Markets,

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which is at Maine Farmers Markets dotorg, has come up with a new
program called Bumper Crop that sells vouchersthat are valid at over fifty of their
most meaningful markets, from Augusta andBanger to Kittery in Portland to Wells and
York. No matter where you are, either if you live in Maine or
if you're vacationing up there in thesummer so many people do, you can
get these vouchers that pay the membersof the markets now and that you can

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use at any time, and soyou can get anything from their legendary blueberry
and maple products to great cheeses,spices and sauces, coffee and tea,
and even edible flowers, which apparentlyis a big thing up there. A
lot of employers have been offering thevouchers to their employees as a wellness benefit,
and so far over one hundred thousanddollars worth of vouchers have been distributed
by area employers. So it's greatto see even businesses kind of helping helping

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the community as well. Like Isaid, you can shop online if you're
not able to get up to Maine, but we all talked about how many
great products and great people are upthere, So if you have any need
for fresh food or for gifts,please go to Maine Farmers Markets dot org
and look up the Bumper Crop program. And let's hope that other communities pick
up on the idea. Spread itaround. Folks. Great stuff all part

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of Connoisseur's Corner WBZ, Boston's newsradio