Celebrate Maine Maple Month with Daybreak!

Kinney’s Sugarhouse in Knox is a MOFGA certified organic, family-run operation that keeps our shelves stocked with the sweetest products year round. Their maple cream is made by heating and whipping their maple syrup, the final result a rich, creamy spread ready to take your toast or oatmeal to the next level!

Maple Oatmeal Cake Cookies

This recipe is from the Maine Maple Producers Association, and with the exception of a few ingredients, can be made entirely with Daybreak items!

Yield: about 3 dozen.

Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons butter (Bissons Farm)
• 1/2 cup Maine maple syrup (Kinney’s Sugarhouse)
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 egg (Natures’s Hen House or Ambarona)
• 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons pastry or sifted wheat flour (Maine Grains)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt (Maine Sea Salt Co.)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 
• Pinch of allspice
• 1/2 cup rolled oats (Maine Grains)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Sift or thoroughly stir together the flour, salt, soda, and allspice. 
3. Cream the butter, then beat in the syrup, lemon rind, and egg. 
4. Stir in the dry ingredients, then the oatmeal. 
5. Drop by teaspoons on a lightly buttered baking sheet and spread flat with a knife blade. 
6. Bake in a preheated degree oven for about 10 minutes, until the edges are well browned, then cool on wire racks. Centers will remain slightly cakey, edges will crisp as they cool. 

New Daybreak Site at Belfast Soup Kitchen

Our last delivery to Congress Street will be March 5th. Starting with the March 12th delivery, current Belfast customers’ subscriptions will automatically be transferred to our new location at the Belfast Soup Kitchen! We want to extend huge gratitude to both the local Belfast family that opened their doors to their neighbors as our original farmbox site, and to the Soup Kitchen for continuing this service to the community!

Orders must be picked up during the published pick up times.

Don't see a pickup location that works for you? Start a new one!

Contact us if your community is interested in setting up a delivery location. If you are in Central or Southern Maine and near our current delivery route we’ll happily consider it! Learn more.

Crop Planning Synopsis/Review

Daybreak crop plans with our partnering farms during January and early February to map out the year ahead. Over the past two months, Daybreak CoOwner, Colleen had conversations with over 50 of our suppliers lining up delicious products for you to select from this year. This includes over 150 types of produce and over 200 value added products – all produced by Maine farms and Maine food businesses. Crop planning with farms in advance of the season is a critical part of how we are able to bring you the very best of Maine’s harvest. It allows our farm partners to plan forward and know they have a viable and secure market for their products before they buy seeds and supplies for the growing season. 

Daybreak CoOwner Adrienne has been helping with Daybreak’s preparations for the growing season and preparations at her certified organic farm where she grows organic flowers and mixed vegetables. The photo is from New Beat Farm, our Knox farmbox site, cleaning their overwintered flower tunnels. Overwintering these seedlings in tunnels means they will have fresh Maine blooms for you earlier than ever this year!

The Kindness Market at Belfast Soup Kitchen

Belfast Soup Kitchen and The Kindness Market is one of almost 100 hunger relief organizations Statewide that Daybreak donated and delivered Maine grown foods to this past year. Additionally, they were offered as fresh groceries through BSK’s Kindness Market. Most food pantries are run by dedicated volunteers and only open on a limited schedule. Building off Belfast Soup Kitchen's Monday through Friday hours, The Kindness Market offers a five day a week consistent option for members of the greater community to access food. The market is adorable and the team at BSK do an amazing job of making it a versatile and enjoyable grocery shopping experience. We love this food access model created by Cherie and her team at BSK!

Here at Daybreak, and beyond in the many fields and facilities of our producer partners, we work hard to keep local and organic food in your homes year-round. What do you think would be a good addition to the Daybreak Box lineup?  We would love to hear from you! Let us know in the form here.

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