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Food and Farm Marketing Promotions
Survey for Maine Producers

This on-line sign up form allows Maine food and farm producers and processors to have their business listed on one or more of our searchable pages. See the Producer Information page for more information about which pages will apply to your operation.

If you grow, raise, harvest or process Maine food or agricultural products, AND have products for sale, you are invited to participate.

If you are a retailer of Maine food and/or farm products, but do not grow or actually produce or process them with your own label, we hope to expand our on-line sign up to include retailers at a later date.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please fill out any fields that pertain to your operation, check any boxes that apply and be sure to press the "submit" button at the bottom when you are finished. Required fields have a red * mark. Do not type all in capital letters please. Please indicate whether the information you are supplying is...

New information Correction or addition (click on blue star for explanation)*

Business and Contact InformationCompany Name* (farm, greenhouse, nursery, food processing or agricultural business):

Marketing Contact Name (s):
*
Other names we may need (optional):
Owner's name if different:

Business Mailing Address:

City:
State: Zip:

Actual location of business (directions or general location such as cross roads, highway name, etc.):

County: *

Phone: *
Toll Free Phone:
Fax:

E-mail:

Your Web Site (begin with http://):

Type of food or farm operation

What is your overall primary type of operation. You can choose only one. This will be a category for consumers to search on to find you on our website. (You may elaborate on your products and other forms of retail and wholesale sales farther down on the form.)

Grower or Farmer: Apple Orchard; Christmas Tree Grower; CSA Farm (other than Maine Senior FarmShare); Dairy Farm; Diversified Farm; Farmstand, Greenhouse, Nursery, On-farm Store; Livestock Producer (other than dairy); Maple Producer; Pick-Your-Own Farm
Value-added food Processor: Aquaculture; Beverages; Meats, game, poultry; Specialty foods

DESCRIPTION of your food or farm business Please write what you would like to see published. Printed publications have a 25 word limit. We will edit if necessary. Please do not write in all caps and do not hit the return or enter keys. Please do punctuate and capitalize appropriately:

Major PRODUCT categories:

Check the FRESH FOOD PRODUCTS or crops you grow, raise or harvest and offer for sale. Do not check products you may sell but that are grown by others.

Apples
Small fruits (other than apples)
Fresh vegetables
Strawberries
Wild Blueberries
Highbush Blueberries
Cranberries
Fresh herbs
Wild foods (mushrooms, ginseng, etc.)
Beef
Poultry
Aquaculture
Lamb
Pork
Eggs
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Greens
Other fresh foods:

Check the VALUE-ADDED FOOD PRODUCTS (specialty food) you process and offer for sale. Do not check products you may sell that are not your own label.

Bakery Products, Grains, Dry Mixes
Beverages (coffee, tea, beer, wine, etc.)
Apple products
Candy, Confections, Snacks
Maple syrup and maple products
Jams, jellies, preserves
Honey
Sauces
Condiments, pickles, relishes
Processed vegetable or fruit products
Dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, etc.)
Processed meats or meat products
Other specialty or value-added food products:

Check the NON-FOOD Agricultural Products you produce and offer for sale. Do not check products that you may sell but that are not grown by you.

Body care, bath, herbals and medicinal products made from ingredients you grow or produce
Christmas Trees and Wreaths grown on your farm
Fiber and fiber products from animals you raise
Cut flowers
Seedlings
Perennials
Other greenhouse, nursery and horticulture products
Other non-food products:

Check the type of LIVESTOCK, GAME, POULTRY AND/OR AQUACULTURE (live animals) you raise and offer for sale.

Beef Cattle	Sheep	Poultry
Dairy Cows	Goats, Dairy	Aquaculture
Horses	Goats, Meat	Other livestock
Hogs/Swine	Llamas, Alpaca	Other livestock

TYPES OF RETAIL sales at your food or farm operation Check the boxes below to indicate the ways you sell directly to consumers at or from your farm, farmstand, greenhouse, nursery, your own store or market.

Sales from the farm/farmstand/farm store
Maine Maple Sunday participant
Fiber mill, studio or yarn shop
Greenhouse or nursery
Pick-your-own farm
Farmers' market(s) sales
Choose and cut Christmas Trees
Apple orchard
Mail order sales (internet and e-mail too)
CSA sales (other than through Maine Senior FarmShare)
Other retail sales method or type of farm sales:

Types of COMMERCIAL/WHOLESALE target markets Check the boxes below to indicate the kinds of stores, outlets or distributors to whom you currently sell the products you grow, raise, harvest, or process at your own business.

Gift shops
Convenience stores
Supermarkets or grocery stores
Wholesale distributor of other Maine companies' food products
Specialty food/gourmet food stores
Restaurants
Natural/health food store
Other wholesale(please specify):

"Agri-tourism" at your farm or facility

Check any of these special events or activities offered to the public:

Farm Bed & Breakfast
Bird Watching
Children's Playground or Area
Concerts/Music Events
Corn Maze
Display Garden/Flower or Horticultural Demonstration
Farm Camp
Fishing or Hunting
Hay Rides/Wagon Rides
Hiking or Biking Trails
Horseback Riding/Riding Stable
Open Farm Day
Maine Maple Sunday
Petting Zoo or Animal Demonstrations
Pumpkin Hunts/Haunted House
Your Own Restaurant/Bakery/Tea House
Snowmobile Trails
Tours of Farm or Garden
Tours of Food Processing Facility or Factory
X-country skiing
Other agri-tourism or special events:

Other food or agricultural business SERVICES offered: Co-packing
Fiber Processing
Mowing, haying, custom field work
Slaughtering
Butchering
Shearing
Other services offered:

SEASON and HOURS open:Check all that apply: All year Spring Summer Fall Winter

Hours and days of the week: (e.g. 9 to 5, weekends)

Other information about your operation, facilities or production:

WIC coupons accepted
Food stamp benefits accepted
Can accommodate bus tours
Restrooms available
Handicapped accessible
MOFGA Certified Organic
Use organic methods of production but not certified
Act as a distributor for products from other Maine companies

Brief question for the Marketing Division of the Maine Department of Agriculture?

By hitting the "Submit Information" button, you are letting us know that you wish to have your food or farm business be part of our Maine agricultural promotions, including the ones mentioned on the page For Producers.

*If you know that you are already in our database and need to add to or change your information, please check the "correction or addition" button to indicate that. Please leave a comment in the last box letting us know what things you are changing. If you are not listed on any of our web search pages, please check the "new information" button.

Your business description will be limited to approximately 25 words. If you would like a different description for each of our web search pages, you may write a longer description. We will edit as needed.

It may take as long as a week for us to get your information on the web. Try to be as concise and descriptive as possible because that helps.

If you have further questions or need assistance, you may call 207-287-3491.

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Food and Farm Marketing Promotions Survey for Maine Producers

Food and Farm Marketing Promotions
Survey for Maine Producers