BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 28, 2022
A 10-year-old food startup in Maine that connects farmers with consumers in virtual markets expanded last year to two western New York locations. Now, a year later, the company is looking even further west for expansion. FarmDrop was created in 2011 with an online ordering system based out of the Blue Hill Wine Shop that aimed to get local food producers’ goods into the hands of consumers in a low-effort way. Since then, it’s grown to include 100 farmers. Though it will never replace face-to-face interactions that build strong relationships with customers at farmers markets, FarmDrop has been a great additional sales outlet and a way to keep products moving in the off-season, Maine farmers said.