Farmers’ markets tend to conjure images of customers strolling aisles of outdoor stands on sunny summer days, but Maine’s evolving and expanding local food movement challenges the notion of a “typical” farmers’ market. True, most of Maine’s 100 or so markets operate outdoors in summer, typically closing anywhere from Labor Day to Columbus Day. Many markets, however, go into fall – some until Thanksgiving, and some through December or even the entire winter.

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