Category : News

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Weather or not…

The long range forecast looks promising starting Thursday.  Blue skies and sunshine are in our near future, maybe the end of planting will be too!

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Spring Happenings!

Don, Jim and Torey have just returned from the New England Produce Council Produce and Floral Expo with enthusiasism about their new inspirations and ideas.  They were lucky enough to hear from the Keynote Speaker Wes Welker of the New England Patriots.  As members of the Fresh Solutions Network our display featured products from other members [...]

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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the crew of Green Thumb Farms.

A Pound of Potatoes for Every Bottle of Vodka!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2011  Maine Distilleries, LLC, producer of Cold River Vodka, Cold River Blueberry Flavored Vodka & Cold River Gin is proud to announce that it will be donating one pound of potatoes for every bottle of Cold River sold in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts during the first quarter of 2012 [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We at Green Thumb Farms  would like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving, we hope your holiday meal is filled with warm delicious potatoes!  We are thankful for all our loyal customers and the beautiful land that allows us to farm our crops.  Please enjoy this delicious Red Skin Potato Mash recipe we found on [...]

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Rumor Has It…

Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who LOVES Cold River Vodka!  The spirit, distilled exclusively from Green Thumb Farms’ own potatoes is on the “must have” list of items for his dressing room.  Pretty neat stuff, cheers!

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News Flash!

Purple Potatoes May Help Reduce Blood Pressure! A recent pilot study of overweight and obese patients found that eating microwaved purple potatoes may help reduce blood pressure, and does not contribute to weight gain (see USATODAY.com, 09/01/11). After eating 6-8 small purple potatoes twice a day for a month and then going potato-free for 4 [...]

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BBQ Festival was a success!

Western Maine BBQ Festival Many thanks to the hard working Green Thumb Farms team members who helped make our first BBQ Festival a success.  Thank you to Hannaford for inviting us to participate in this wonderful event.  We served up some delicious BBQ style baked beans to help customers understand what we do and where we come [...]

Join Us!

Come visit us at the Western Maine BBQ Festivalthis weekend (July 23-24).  This event takes place the the Fryeburg Fairgrounds.  We will be serving up baked beans and enjoying the festivities.  This is a real BBQ competition with real prizes as well as a chance for you to be a “people’s choice” judge.  For more [...]