Hi Everyone,

We just wanted to let you know if you forgot some local cheese for your omelette (or bacon for that matter) for New Years brunch we are open all day today! So if you need anything last minute we are here!

Hi Everyone,

We wanted to pass along that with three days to spare your Marsh River Cooperative has passed $250,000 in sales this year! This is 45% growth over last year! We need to thank everyone that have worked so hard to ensure that the Co-op grows and gets stronger every year.

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers who do so many different tasks in the Co-op. From our board members to store staffing, going and picking up products, facilities help and all sorts of other tasks!

Thank you to our members for continuing to support the Co-op by joining with equity and annual payment as well as including us in your regular shopping trips. A lot of our members are also volunteers so they do double duty!

Thank you to our vendors, many of whom are small local business as the Co-op works out the details of ordering and operating!

Thank to all of our customers and community members who have supported the Co-op through their purchases and ideas!

And thank you to our dedicated staff who have worked hard to make the Co-op succeed!

If we missed anyone we want to say thanks!

Hi Folks,

So we wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday and to let you know we will be open all day today.  We will be closed tomorrow and reopening as usual for Wednesday. For anyone who still needs some last minute items we’d be happy to help. We have libations, local crafts/jewelry and wonderful food that would make great gifts. We even have some Christmas trees left if you are still in need. So if you do need to go out today feel free to stop by!

Hi Everyone,

We are pleased to announce the winner of our basket raffle is Suzanne Hall! Thank you to everyone who participated. We also want to take this opportunity to thank Backyard Family Farmer for their generous donation of the basket to the Co-op! Come on in and check out their stuff, we have a few more hours before the big holiday.

We haven’t done a list of new items for a little bit because we sent out daily craft emails and we didn’t want to overwhelm anyone but that doesn’t mean we stopped adding. Now on to the list.

1. Woodstock Frozen Okra (Member Request)
2. Bahner Farm Produce (Org) – Salad Mix, Micro Greens, Pea Shoots. We’ll keep the local greens coming as long as they are available
3. Fentiman Botanical Tonic Water
4. Tolenus Cantina Numa (Org)
5. Broadbent Madeira (Org)
6. Santa Ines Carmenere (Org)
7. Cellar Door Perfect Stranger (Customer Request)
8. Maine Craft Brewing Rum & Ginger Mule (Member Request)
9. Lake St George Limited Run Belgian Quadruple aged in Tequila Barrels
10. Innis & Gunn Scotch Ale (Customer Request)

We’ve also restocked items from Apple Bottom Beef in Jackson. We now have the ground and shaved steak back!

Hi Folks,

I believe this will be our last post for the Crafters prior to the holiday. If however we missed any crafters please make sure to drop us a line so we can rectify it ASAP. I’m always surprised when I look at the total number of small crafters and vendors we have.

First up for today is Cindy and Gourdaments. She has a wonderful selection of holiday themed ornaments made from dried gourds and then hand painted. If you prefer some themed for a different holiday she also does gourds for Halloween and other smaller holidays!

Next up is concrete statuary from Bret Lowe over in Jackson. You can also find him at the Belfast Farmers Market during the summer. He does a wide selection of items from bird baths, Buddhas, gargoyles, dragons and even a giant cactus!

If you’d prefer to gift something that is alive we also have house plants brought in by our own Izzy Mckay who not only volunteers in the Co-op but is our understanding landlord. She usually brings in a wide selection of smaller and larger house plants to pick from. Also pictured in the background is Lesia’s painting which used to hang in the produce section of the Belfast Co-op, not for sale but I thought it was neat.

And last but not least we have some blown glass done by two local artists. The items on the left are done by Mark Soisson (Bis from Applebottom Beefs son) and we have a few other small selections from another young lady.

Well that’s it for now. Sorry for the delay emails but we wanted to introduce you to all of our wonderful crafters!