Community members buying in to new #FarmingtonME #FoodCoOp

by Jamie Azulay, April 14, 2026

"The Farmington Food Co-op is now open on Front Street. For $150, community members can purchase a lifetime membership and become a co-owner of the local market.

"That membership comes with monthly discounts and a say in how the business is run.

[...]

The co-op's board of directors is also focused on sourcing local products. Paige Hemond, bulk packager and manager, said, 'You put back into your local economy. You help the local farmers, and you help your neighbors, the people who work here, and all the producers.'

"The co-op is open to the public, but employees say the members will benefit the most. Skistimas explained, 'We track spending, so however much you spend, you get a percentage back at the end of the year.'

"That percentage will be determined by the members themselves when they look at the yearly revenue and vote on how that money should be spent. They already have around 250 members after opening on April 8.

"Cox said, 'I'm thrilled that the co-op’s coming in to do it. I've been members of co-ops in other places, and it works well.' The Neighboring Food Co-op Association reports that in the 2025 fiscal year, Maine's nine other food co-ops made $50.7 million in revenue.

" 'It's really about just keeping access alive and creating a strong, healthy community,' Skistimas said.

"If you are interested in getting involved, but you are not ready to buy in, the food co-op is hiring for customer service help. It is open seven days a week."

Source:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/community-members-buying-new-farmington-food-co-op/71018371

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Community members buying in to new Farmington food co-op

A $150 membership can make you a co-owner of this community market.

WMTW

[1/2] #PineTreeActivism - #NoKings3 #MaineEvents / #NHEvents

#AuburnME: 12-1:30PM - Court St & Main St, Longley Bridge, Auburn
#AugustaME: 12-5:00PM - Maine State House, Augusta
#BangorME: 12-2:00PM - Main St (West Market Sq>Paul Bunyan), Bangor
#BarHarborME: 10-11:00AM – Village Green, Bar Harbor
#BathME: 10:00AM-2:00PM - From Library Park to the bridge, Bath
#BelfastME: 1-3:00PM - Post Office Square, 1 Franklin St, Belfast
#BethelME: 2-5:00PM - Bethel Common, 21 Broad St, Bethel
#BridgtonME: 12-3:00PM - Shorey Park, Main St, Bridgton
#BrooksME: 11AM-12:00PM – ME-7 bridge downtown, Brooks
#BrunswickME: 11:00-1:00PM - 195 Maine Street, Brunswick
#BucksportME: 12:30-2:30PM - Veterans Memorial Bridge, Bucksport
#CalaisME: 12-2:00PM - Flatiron Park, North & Main St, Calais
#CarrabassettValleyME: 8-10:00AM - Town Office, Carrabassett Valley
#CastineME: 1-3:00PM - Court St & School St, Castine
#CherryfieldME: 12-2:00PM - Stewart Park, US Rt 1 & Main St, Cherryfield
#DamariscottaME / #NewcastleME: 12-1:00PM on the bridge, Damariscotta
#DeerIsleME: 12-12:30PM – Mill Pond Park, 22 Main St, Deer Isle
#DexterME: 12-1:00PM - Main St & Church St, Dexter
#DoverNH: 11:00AM-1:00PM - Lower Square, Dover
#EastportME: 10-11:00AM - 1 Washingon St, Eastport
#EllsworthME: 12-1:30PM – Ellsworth City Hall, 1 City Hall Plaza, Ellsworth
#FarmingtonME: 12-1:30PM - 196 Main St to south, Farmington
#FortKentME: 1-3:00PM - 1 Monument Square, Fort Kent

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mhr6mhj7oc2w

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[2/5] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January30 - #Maine


JAN 30, Fri 11:30-1:00PM (M-F) – #BelfastME
Sidewalk at Main & Church Streets, Belfast, Maine
STAND UP FOR GOOD

BELFAST ANTI-ICE STAND
Join a coalition for Justice for ALL
Daily: Monday-Friday, 11:30-12:30/1:00

Signs and Friends Welcome!
Stand TOGETHER for GOOD


JAN 30, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St, Calais, Maine
Stand Up Downeast Maine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.


JAN 30, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a Women in Black Vigil, this is now a community event and includes #VeteransForPeace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/


JAN 30, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine

WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 30, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
#PeacePole, Monument Park, Houlton, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #GazaGenocide #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

[1/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January23 - #Maine

JAN 23, Fri 11:30-1:00PM (M-F) – #BelfastME
Sidewalk at Main & Church Streets, Belfast, Maine
STAND UP FOR GOOD
BELFAST ANTI-ICE STAND
Join a coalition for Justice for ALL
Daily: Monday-Friday, 11:30-12:30/1:00
Signs and Friends Welcome!
Stand TOGETHER for GOOD

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St, Calais, Maine
Stand Up Downeast Maine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.
Stand Up Downeast Network.

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM – #FarmingtonME
Main Street, Farmington, Maine
ICE OUT FOR GOOD – Maine-Minnesota Solidarity Day of Action
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/889734/

JAN 23, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St, Farmington, Maine
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a Women in Black Vigil, this is now a community event and includes Veterans for Peace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #WomenInBlackVigil #VeteransForPeace

[1/3] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January16 - #Maine

JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St
#StandUpDowneastMaine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.

JAN 16, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for #peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a #WomenInBlack Vigil, this is now a community event and includes #VeteransForPeace, Western Mtns Third Act, and Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/

JAN 16, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St,
WOMEN IN BLACK PEACE VIGIL – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 16, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
Peace Pole, Monument Park
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 16, Fri 3-3:30PM (& every Fri) – #BrunswickME
156 Maine St. Opposite Walgreens
VIGIL FOR PEACE – We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media.
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org/action.html

JAN 16, Fri 4-5:00PM – #WERU 89.9 FM
Listen from anywhere
DEMOCRACY FORUM – CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE #BILLIONAIRE ECONOMICS?
We'll talk about how wealth and income inequality undermine democracy. Does extreme income inequality lead to right wing #authoritarianism? How does that work? Is that playing out in the U.S. right now? In Maine?

Special guests: Garrett Martin, President & CEO, Maine Center for Economic Policy. Susan Stokes, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, and author of The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies. FMI: www.democracymaine.org/civicrm-event/2256

JAN 16, Fri 5-5:30PM (& every Fri) – #PortlandME
Congress Square, High & Congress Sts (across from PMA)
WOMEN IN BLACK VIGIL
A world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and violence, these weekly protests typically attract a diverse group of folks.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/828747/

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#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #JusticeForRenee
#ICEOutForGood #MVPRights #GazaGenocide

[4/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January9

JAN 9, Fri 5:30-6:30PM – #FarmingtonME
Main Street (Meetinghouse Park area), Farmington, Maine

VIGIL FOR GOOD – This will be a PEACEFUL Vigil. We will come together with our candles and signs to demand justice and accountability for #ReneeWood. Her horrific murder by an ICE agent must be called out.

No guest speakers, though if anyone wants to speak they can. NOTE: We're waiting to see if we need a permit to use the park. I have mentioned it's time sensitive. If we don't hear back we will line the sidewalk with our candles ( or whatever) and as long as we don't block people from walking through we don't need any permit.

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbyljz7qas2h

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#ResistICE #StopICETerror #ICEOut #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood #MVPRights #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights

[1/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January9

JAN 9, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #CalaisME
Corner of North St & Main St
#StandUpDowneastMaine – Join in our weekly protest, one block from the border crossing to Canada, for this lively & international atmosphere.

JAN 9, Fri 12-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #FarmingtonME
Post Office, 196 Main St.
PEACE & PROTEST VIGIL - Farmington and surrounding area activists gather at noon ON the Sidewalks in front of the post office with peace vigil signs and protest messages to advocate for peace and protect democracy. Started 21 yrs ago as a Women in Black Vigil, this is now a community event and includes #VeteransForPeace, #WesternMountainsThirdAct, and #Indivisible.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/879624/

JAN 9, Fri 1-2:00PM (2nd Fri every month) – #FarmingtonME
Old South Church, 235 Main St.
#ThirdActMaine Western Hub – Monthly Meeting – Our seasoned generation holds unparalleled power to enact real change. Using our life experiences, skills, and resources, we unite to tackle the unfinished work of our lifetimes and ensure a safe and stable planet for generations to come.
We meet the 2nd Friday of each month at 1pm at the Old South Church. Enter by the rear door from the small parking lot on the north side. FMI: thirdact.org/maine/

JAN 9, Fri 12:30-1:00PM (& every Fri) – #AugustaME
Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop St.
#WomenInBlackPeaceVigil – Every Friday the Augusta area Women in Black hold a peace vigil in front of the Lithgow Library. Held continuously since 2002.

JAN 9, Fri 1:00PM (& every Fri) – #HoultonME
#PeacePole, Monument Park
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbyljz7qas2h

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #MayDay #ICEOut #NoWarForOil #JusticeForRenee #ICEOutForGood

#MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights
Recurring #Standouts & #MiniRallies

#BangorME
Wednesday - 12PM Noon
6 State St (Kenduskeag Bridge)

Bangor
Saturday - 11AM
Peirce Park

#BelfastME
Sunday - 12PM Noon
Post Office Square

#BlueHillME
Saturday - 12PM Noon
Blue Hill Town Hall

#BucksportME
Saturday - 12:30PM
Bucksport-Verona Bridge

#BrunswickME
Thursday - 12PM Noon
Maine St (at Tontine Mall)

Brunswick
Friday - 5PM
Maine Street (by Walgreens)

#CamdenME
Friday - 5PM
Camden Village Green

#DoverFoxcroftME
Saturday - 9AM
Main Street Bridge

#EllsworthME
Sunday - 12PM Noon
Union River Bridge

#FarmingtonME
Saturday - 10AM
Post Office

#NewcastleME
Thursday - 3PM
Newcastle-#Damariscotta Bridge

#PortlandME
Saturday - 1PM
Longfellow Square

#PortsmouthNH
Saturday-Thursday - 12PM Noon
Market Square

#RocklandME
2nd + 4th Thursdays - 4PM
Main St & Park St

#SacoME
Friday - 3:30PM
General Dynamics

Source:
https://www.mvprights.org/events#block-a15fa12ef4b264f29ded

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#Genocide #Gaza #FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #HumanRights #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong
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