Five Acre Farms Local Eggs have arrived, courtesy of the happy, cage free hens at Maple Meadow Farm in Salisbury, Vermont. Pick them up at any of the three Union Market locations in Brooklyn.

Maple Meadow is a small egg farm owned and run by George and Jackie Devoid, hands-on managers who treat their hens with extra special care. They feed their flock of Rhode Island Reds ground oyster shells for extra calcium to produce stronger shells and healthier eggs. They never give their hens any hormones or preventive antibiotics.

Check back here for more about George and Jackie, their hens and their practices…

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Five Acre Farms Local Apple Cider is here! Now available at all three Union Markets in Brooklyn. Perfect for the holidays.

Our partners in cider are Bill Suhr and Andrea Scott of Champlain Orchards in Shoreham, Vermont, where the apples are grown and the cider is pressed. Bill and Andrea (with their young son Rupert) and their team cultivate more than 50 apple varieties in their 130-acre orchard on the shores of Lake Champlain, where rich glacial soils and the northern climate make their apples particularly flavorful.

Stay tuned for more about Bill, Andrea, their orchards and their practices…

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Upstate? Kick off the holidays a little early by trying fresh, tasty Five Acre Farms milk, delivered straight from local farmers, at these in-store sampling demonstrations later this week:

Price Chopper, Western Avenue, Guilderland, New York: Wed., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Twenty Mall, Guilderland, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Altamont Avenue, Schenectady, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Glenmont, New York: Fri., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Malta, New York: Fri., 11am-5pm

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Have a taste, learn about where our milk comes from and get answers to your questions at the following in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Fairway, 86th Street: Mon., 11:30am-2:30pm

Met Food, 251 Mulberry Street: Mon., 4-7pm

Fairway, 86th Street: Wed., 11am-2pm

Price Chopper, Slingerlands, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm

Fairway, Harlem: Fri., 11am-3pm

Fairway, Paramus, New Jersey: Fri., 11am-3pm

Murray’s Bagels, 500 Avenue of the Americas, Chelsea: Fri., 8-10am

Price Chopper, Albany Shaker Road, Albany, New York: 11am-5pm

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn: Sat., 3-6pm

Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish, 146 Chambers Street, Manhattan: Sat., 8:30-11:30am

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From Red Hook to Paramus, from Long Island to upstate, stop by and try our milk at the following in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn: Mon., 3pm-7pm

Price Chopper, Amsterdam, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm; Fri., 11am-5pm

Fairway, 125th Street: Fri., 11am-3pm

Fairway, Paramus, New Jersey: Fri., 11am-3pm

Key Food, Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights: Fri., 4pm-7pm

Price Chopper, Glenmont, New York: Fri., 11am-5pm

Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish, 146 Chambers Street, Manhattan: Sat., 9am-12pm

Fairway, Plainview, Long Island: Sat., 11am-3pm

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn: Sat., 2pm-6pm

Murray’s Bagels, 500 Avenue of the Americas, Chelsea: Sun., 9am-12pm

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Unbeknownst to us (but so sweet), our milk appeared in the fridge on the “Thanksgiving” episode of Blue Bloods on CBS. Check it out here, at 6:41 into the program. Thanks ‘Blue Bloods!’

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