Happy Holidays!
Posted in Around the Farm, News on December 22, 2011
Happy Holidays from the crew of Green Thumb Farms.
A Pound of Potatoes for Every Bottle of Vodka!
Posted in News on December 9, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2011 Maine Distilleries, LLC, producer of Cold River Vodka, Cold River Blueberry Flavored Vodka & Cold River Gin is proud to announce that it will be donating one pound of potatoes for every bottle of Cold River sold in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts during the first quarter of 2012 [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Around the Farm, News, Recipes on November 22, 2011
We at Green Thumb Farms would like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving, we hope your holiday meal is filled with warm delicious potatoes! We are thankful for all our loyal customers and the beautiful land that allows us to farm our crops. Please enjoy this delicious Red Skin Potato Mash recipe we found on [...]
Corny Facts!
Posted in Around the Farm on November 10, 2011
We, at Green Thumb Farms are often asked ”what is the difference between the corn you grow and the corn we eat?”. We stumbled upon this website by The Family Farm Project which helps to answer that very question. Types of Corn Dent (Zea mays indenata) Dent corn is often used as livestock feed, in industrial products, or to make processed [...]
Mustard Roasted Potatoes
Posted in Recipes on November 3, 2011
After reading an article in Produce Business called “Food Bloggers And Their Influence On Produce Consumers” we found a great food blog called Cooking With Amy Food Blog: Read it and Eat… In one of Amy’s entries she professes her love for potatoes and added this delicious recipe for Mustard Roasted Potatoes: Mustard Roasted Potatoes Serves 4 [...]
Rumor Has It…
Posted in News on October 18, 2011
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who LOVES Cold River Vodka! The spirit, distilled exclusively from Green Thumb Farms’ own potatoes is on the “must have” list of items for his dressing room. Pretty neat stuff, cheers!
News Flash!
Posted in News on September 13, 2011
Purple Potatoes May Help Reduce Blood Pressure! A recent pilot study of overweight and obese patients found that eating microwaved purple potatoes may help reduce blood pressure, and does not contribute to weight gain (see USATODAY.com, 09/01/11). After eating 6-8 small purple potatoes twice a day for a month and then going potato-free for 4 [...]
BBQ Festival was a success!
Posted in News on July 29, 2011
Western Maine BBQ Festival Many thanks to the hard working Green Thumb Farms team members who helped make our first BBQ Festival a success. Thank you to Hannaford for inviting us to participate in this wonderful event. We served up some delicious BBQ style baked beans to help customers understand what we do and where we come [...]
Join Us!
Posted in News on July 21, 2011
Come visit us at the Western Maine BBQ Festivalthis weekend (July 23-24). This event takes place the the Fryeburg Fairgrounds. We will be serving up baked beans and enjoying the festivities. This is a real BBQ competition with real prizes as well as a chance for you to be a “people’s choice” judge. For more [...]
