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Small Farma Wellness provides unique and handmade CBD (and CBD-free) products with a focus on holistic health and herbalism. With bath bombs, lollipops, tinctures and creams, we hope to encourage people to build a relationship with the natural healing powers of plants and to be uplifted and supported in their health journeys. Whether you seek support for stress, pain, or more we are here to help you find a product and an approach that works best for you while always maintaining a positive and playful attitude towards our health and well-being.
We are passionate about plant medicine in general, because it can help attend to a great societal need for emotional and physical healing. After feeling exasperated with conventional approaches to chronic health issues, we want to share this gentle and natural approach with others.
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Today, Gifford’s sells 1.7 million gallons of ice cream each year and serves more than one million cones each summer from five family-owned and operated stands. The company offers 100 unique ice cream flavors, frozen yogurts, sherbets, and sorbets. The ice cream can be found in grocery stores, independent ice cream shops, colleges, universities and restaurants all the way from Maine to the Mid Atlantic, to the Mid-West and as far West as Nevada.
When you have five generations of ice cream making history behind every flavor, it’s no wonder that Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream has received its share of national and international awards. But perhaps most importantly, Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream brings you back to those carefree days when your only worry was how many more days until summer. It’s why we like to say our ice cream is a vacation from the every day.
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In 2007, as the busy mother of two young daughters, Tracey Graves began making jewelry as a way to channel her self-expression. A self-taught designer, she loved the challenge of figuring out how to create what was in her head. Inspired by her reading and the people and places around her, Tracey’s creations were more than just pieces of jewelry. They were personal mementos infused with meaning.
In 2012, she began working full-time on the business. She launched her first wholesale line, and started working with shops around New England, creating pieces to serve as reminders of special places. Today, Becoming offers multiple collections, each piece crafted by hand in Maine.
At its core, Becoming is about expressing the small things with big meaning. It’s about celebrating both the everyday moments and the milestones, a gift you give yourself or someone you love.
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Dean Bingham of Dean’s Sweets began his truffle making career years ago as a somewhat casual, somewhat serious sideline. As an accomplished architect for decades, his fine sense of aesthetics and high standards made truffle-making an irresistible pursuit. With the art of chocolate-making, Dean applies his design talents in the selection of the highest quality ingredients. And because each is hand-dipped, he creates a unique piece of art with each truffle, always attentive to proportion, texture, hue, and above all, taste. From the very beginning, Dean witnessed a consistent pattern of “wow” and delight whenever anyone bit into one of his truffles.
Encouraged by these fans of chocolate, Dean’s Sweets officially opened for business in 2004. Though the business is more “serious” now, the truffles haven’t changed – they are still individually hand-dipped and exceptional!
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Welcome! My name is Katheryn Langelier and I’m the founder, formulator of Herbal Revolution. Herbal Revolution has been inspired by the resiliency and tenaciousness of plants. The tender green sprouts of a dandelion plants that rise up, breaking through the asphalt of the sidewalk, this is where the heart of Herbal Revolution lies.
Herbal Revolution provides high quality, herbal teas, tonics and elixirs, all hand crafted in small batches. Herbal Revolution is based in beautiful mid-coast Maine where I wild gather herbs in a sustainable way from the coast, fields and forests.
I raise non GMO, pesticide and chemical free herbs on our certified organic farm and ethically wild gather from pristine places in the state of Maine. I offer great respect to the plants that I work with and supplement with other local organically-raised herbs when needed.
Herbal Revolution products are made in small batches to ensure the integrity and quality of the herbs that are being used. Every step in the process is taken with great care and respect infusing the herbs and the products with positive intentions of health and wellness.
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Located in central Maine, Lupine Knits is a locally owned custom knitting business which offers a variety of hats, mittens, sweaters, and socks. I love to knit, but more importantly I LOVE TO KNIT!! I knit custom knit hats, custom knit mittens and custom knit socks using unique textiles.
After moving to Maine in 1988 and having children in 1989, 1990 and 1995, my goal was to stay home and raise a family. I learned about knitting machines and contract knitting, and then started my own knitting business, Made Especially For You.
The winters in Maine are challenging at times, so knitting was a way to relax and regroup. The more I knitted for other businesses, the more I wanted to design and knit for myself. Over the years I have sold machines and given knitting classes and working at house parties where you could custom design your own garments. I now only knit for my business, and sell at the The Lupine Cottage in Belfast, ME and through my website.
The Lupine Cottage is my dream, and I spend a lot of my time there. I have a machine at the shop that allows me to produce, demonstrate, and teach what I do.
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Accomplished glassblower, David Jacobson has been honing his craft for over 26 years. Trained in the Venetian Style of glassblowing, which incorporates elegant shapes, rich colors and masterful techniques, David creates brightly colored functional objects as well as one-of-a-kind sculptures.
New York native, Jacobson fell in love with glass blowing while at university. After graduating, he created a life as a professional cartoonist with the intention to return to his glass blowing passion when the time was right. His cartoons have appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and was nationally syndicated by United Media.
After a 17 year hiatus from his first love, David re-entered the glass world while he continued his successful career as a nationally known cartoonist. Taking weekend glass classes in Brooklyn relit the fire of exploration in his most favorite medium. He began to show work around the country with the Murrini technique that he had mastered in his return to glass.
David moved to Maine in 2003 to pursue his life long dream of becoming a full time glassblower. David has continued to expand his craft learning from other world wide masters. His work can be found in major collections, galleries, and shops around the country. David offers classes and private instruction at his beautiful home-studio in Montville, Maine.
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Hi! I am Kirsten from small town Maine. I use both polymer clay and paper clay to sculpt my unique, one of a kind folk art pieces. I am often inspired by holidays and nature. I love to create sculptures in a fun whimsical folk art style. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Maine in 1998, and a Masters Degree in Education in 2010. I currently teach art at a local high school.
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In 2016 Sullivan Harbor Farm went under new ownership, with one of the original founders taking over management and production of the facility. The former owner fell out of favor with the regulatory agency – the FDA that oversees seafood production – resulting in a shutdown of the seafood production during 2016. The new owner – with the devoted support from an outstanding crew, guidance from state and federal regulators and many loyal members of our community – has successfully reopened the business. It was a challenge fraught with many hurdles, but with tenacity, focus and a belief in ourselves we are back in business!
Producing the freshest, tastiest smoked seafood around we have stuck to our guns with our old world artisanal curing and smoking techniques while never compromising. We are bringing back our loyal customers and introducing new friends to the award winning products that Sullivan Harbor Farm built it’s 25 year reputation on. We are excited about what the future brings to the business where all we know is fresh! And let’s face it, when a smokehouse sources the freshest Atlantic salmon available straight from the Bay of Fundy, uses sea salt for curing and smokes using natural hard-woods, how can we go wrong!
We’re Smokin’….Our nationally recognized smokehouse produces our award winning smoked seafood products in our state-of-the art, HACCP approved facility. We successfully fuse today’s food technology needs with the old world, artisanal methods which have become Sullivan Harbor Farm’s legacy. Along with purchasing through our retail shop/tasting room, our discriminating customers nationwide can also order online and we ship using UPS and Fed Ex.
Located on the Downeast Passage on the coast of Maine in Hancock Village, we are within a short distance from Acadia National Park. Visit our smokehouse and tasting room jam-packed with Maine Beers/Wines and Authentic Maine Foods produced here in Maine.
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My Gramma taught me to knit, and love fiber. Grew up with animals, and worked on farms since a kid. Sought a farm in NZ who would take me on to train, and go to shearing school, learned grass based animal Ag., spinning, dyeing, LOVE of wool craft and breeding. Did an advanced degree in Ag. and Resource Economics. Bought my farm in 1990. Developed the Seacolors Yarnery in 1994 for yarns and sweaters, expanded to blankets in 2000. Only Polwarth breeder on the continent. Restored a full manufacturing chain thru subcontract in 2010. I GET MY INSPIRATION FROM NATURE, and make small batch colors, that just make us all feel better all around. My life has been dedicated to growing and making wool as the perfect climate corrector, for oh so many reasons! Becoming VERY relevant, FINALLY! Farm to Textile’s time has come.
