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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 [...]

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Slash Baked Bean Cooking Time…

Quick tip: To slash the oven time, simmer the beans (before baking) for 20 minutes with one tablespoon of baking soda .  This saves 4 1/2 hours in the oven!

Congratulations to the Winners!

Congratulations to the Winners!

Congratulations to:  People’s Choice Award Winners of the 9th Annual Chili Cook-off: 1st place – Appalachian Mountain Club – Pinkham Notch 2nd Place – White Mountain Hotel 3rd Place – MWV Hog Chapter The event was both tasty and fun-filled, we hope you enjoyed your Jacob’s Cattle, Yellow Eye, Soldier and Red Kidney beans!

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Chili Cookoff Ingredient Sponsor

We are proud to be an ingredient sponsor for the 8th Annual Chilly Chili Cookoff 2011 on March 5th in North Conway, NH!   We are proud members of the Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce.   This is a International Chili Society District sanctioned event.  We are sponsoring the Peoples Choice competition by providing contestants with their choice [...]

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Finally Winter!

Winter finally made an appearance on the farm, Mother Nature dumped 13 inches of the beautiful white stuff on us yesterday!  Out and about today I snapped this shot of a field that was covered with corn a few months ago.  Mount Washington was in the clouds but those that surround it sure did sparkle with [...]

New For 2011!!!

New For 2011!!!

New for 2011 we have added our MOFGA certified organic Jacob’s Cattle and Yellow Eye beans to our online store.  As always you can still purchase our conventional Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, Jacob’s  Cattle Beans and Red Kidney Beans.  Happy New Year!!!

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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from all of us at Green Thumb Farms!  We hope that the holiday season is filled with warmth and cheer, don’t forget the potatoes and beans!  If you still haven’t stopped in and picked yours up be sure to do so before Friday as we will be closed for the Christmas holiday.  For those of [...]

Holiday Gift Ideas… Soldier Beans!

Holiday Gift Ideas… Soldier Beans!

Does your gift list include someone that is really hard to shop for?  Do they like homemade baked beans?  Give them the gift of beans!  We sell Soldier beans, Yellow Eye beans, Red Kidney beans and Jacob’s Cattle beans on this very website!  Soldier beans are very popular and nothing could be easier than placing your order [...]

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Late Fall Means….

Corn As we step into November and corn harvesting is upon us it is a sure sign that snow is soon to follow.  This week we are in full swing corn mode, with three combines stripping the dry husks from their stalks the 600+ acres are making their way to the dryer quickly!  These pictures [...]

Brand New Soldier Beans

State of Maine Soldier Beans are Finally Ready!

Soldier Beans We are happy to report that today we are packaging Soldier beans in our State of Maine 2 Lb. bags!   Green Thumb Farms really appreciates your patience and would like to let you all know that are now taking orders online.  For a quick access click on this link: http://greenthumbfarms.com/store/beans/soldier-beans/  Enjoy your Soldier [...]