Wayland Loves Local!

Our history and reputation are intimately linked to our support of local farmers. For more than 25 years, we have worked to provide you with the broadest possible selection of the highest quality produce available. Our search for that produce begins right outside our front door in every community where we do business. We are permanently committed to buying from local producers whose fruits and vegetables meet our high quality standards, particularly those who farm organically and are themselves dedicated to environmentally friendly, sustainable agriculture. We are greatly increasing our efforts in this regard by further empowering our individual store and regional buyers to seek out locally grown produce.

What is local?

Local produce is by definition seasonal. In spring in California, that means artichokes; summer in Michigan means blueberries and autumn in Washington means apples. We value this natural diversity, and each of our 11 regions has its own firm guidelines for using the term “local” in our stores. While only products that have traveled less than a day (7 or fewer hours by car or truck) can even be considered for “local” designation, most stores have established even shorter maximum distances.

What’s Local in in Wayland?

Our store carries hundreds of local items and we add more all the time!  Did you know we even have a Local Foregar who spends time looking for the most tasty finds in our area to bring into the store?  Read more about our local committment and check out some products in the Foregar Finds.  Below is a sample of some of the local products we usually carry.

Grocery

• Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods, Inc. – Ward Hill, MA
• Bar Harbor Foods – Whiting, ME
• Sweet Scoops – Portsmouth, NH
• Bola Granola – Great Barrington, MA
• Capa di Roma – East Hartford, CT
• Echo Farm Pudding – Hinsdale, NH
• Dahlicious – Tweksbury, MA
• Rhode Island Rocks – Warwick, RI
• Maine’s Own Organic Milk – Portland, ME
• No. 9 Salsa/Chips – Concord, MA
• Little  Lads Popcorn – Portland, ME
• Sisters Salsa – Blue Hill, ME
• American Flatbread – Waitsfield, VT
• Gaga’s SherBetter – Warwick, RI
• Food Should Taste Good – Needham Heights, MA
• Golden Meadow Honey – Holliston, MA
• Butternut Mountain Farm – Morrisville, VT
• Maine Root – Scarborough ME
• Honey Garden Apiaries – Hinesburg, VT
• Hyland Sugarworks – Websterville, VT
• Moo Chocolate – Cos Cob, CT
• Cherrybrook Kitchen – Burlington, MA
• Glee Gum – Providence, RI
• Vermints – Burlington, VT
• Gilberts Gourmet Cookies – Sandy Cook, CT
• Tommy’s Naked Soda – Brookline, MA
• Gringo Jack’s – Manchester, VT
• Lake Champlain – Burlington, VT
• Bootsy BBQ Sauce – Boston, MA
• Biscotti Babies – Great Barrington, MA
• Raye’s Mustard – Eastport, ME
• Root Cellar Preserves – Dover, MA
• McTwigan Spices – Moultonborough, VT
• The Bridge – Middletown, CT
• Sunjas Oriental Foods – Waterbury, VT
• Earthly Eats – Ridgewood, NY
• Real Pickles – Greenfield, MA
• Chang Farm – Whately, MA
• Grandy Oats – Brownfield, ME
• New England Natural Baker – Greenfield, MA
• Moo Chocolate – Cos Cob, CT
• Bakery on Main – Glastonbury, CT
• Cherrybrook Kitchen – Burlington, MA
• Home Free – Windham, NH
• Hyland Sugar Works – Websterville, VT
• Pemberton’s – Gray, ME
• Butternut Mountain Farm – Morrisville, VT
• Rhode Island Red – Exeter, ME
• Appalachian Naturals – Goshen, MA
• Wicked Good Company – Bristol, RI
• Poblano Farm – South Kingstown, RI
• Coma Tesoros – Windsor, MA
• Crystal’s Honey – Billerica, MA
• Melville’s Organic – Weymouth, MA
• Northwoods Apiaries – Westfield, VT
• Swans – Albion, ME
• Aleias – Branford, CT
• Modern Mermaids – Norwood, MA
• Tito’s Taco and Cantina – Middletown, RI
• Drew’s – Richmond, VT
• Hedgie’s – Belchertown, MA
• Yorgo Foods – Manchester, NH
• Against the Grain – Brattleboro, VT
• Echo Farm – Hinsdale, NH

• Sweet Scoops – Portsmouth, NH
• American Flatbread – Pittsfield, NH
• Gaga’s SherBetter – Warwick, RI
• Batch Ice Cream – Jamaica Plain, MA
• Cold Fusion – Newport, RI
• Stonyfield – Londonderry, NH
• Vermont Mystic Pie Co – Waterbury, VT
• Good Wives – Wilmington, MA
• Against the Grain – Brattleboro, VT
• Putney Pasta – Brattleboro, VT

Produce

As the growing season changes, we source local products from a variety of farms throughout New England.  Our Produce Team is dedicated to local sourcing from our community.

• Atlas Farm – Deerfield, MA
• Grillos Pickles – Boston, MA
• Carlson Orchards – Harvard, MA
• American Hydroponics – Hopkinton, MA
• Cindy’s Kitchen – Brockton, MA
• Chang Farm
• Woodchuck Wood
• Aishas
• Happy Valley Cooperative
• Coldwater Farm
• Enterprise Farm
• Scott Farm
• Red Tomato
• Deep Root Cooperative
• Eva’s Herbs
• Olivias Organics
• Backyard Farms
• Sienna Farms

Whole Body

• NRG Bars – Southborough, MA
• LEAP Organics – Cambridge, MA
• Global Balance – Newton, MA
• Maine Medicinals – Dresden, ME
• Roots Remedies
• Elmore Goat Milk Soap – Morrisville, MA
• Phd Mass Probiotics – Sudbury, MA
• Honey Garden Apiaries – Hinesburg, VT
• Coryell Clayworks – Brunswick, ME
• Omega Smart Bar – Candia, NH

Specialty

• Jim’s Organic Coffee – West Wareham, MA
• Karma Coffee – Sudbury, MA
• Stonewall Kitchen – York, ME
• Pam’s Provisions – Martha’s Vineyard
• Taza Chocolate – Somerville, MA
• Shy Brothers Hannabells – Westport, MA
• Pineland Farms – Fort Fairfield, ME

Prepared Foods

• Stonehearth Pizza – Everett, MA
• Pineland Farms – Fort Fairfield, ME

Bakery

• Dancing Deer – Hyde Park, MA
• Effie’s Homemade - Hyde Park, MA
• Iggy’s – Cambridge, MA
• Pain D’Avignon – Hyannis, MA
• Swiss Baker – Reading, MA
• Nashoba Brook – Concord, MA
• Aleias – Branford, CT
• Cookiehead – Housatonic, MA
• Zen Bakery – Milford, MA
• Smithfield, RI
• Aurora – Boston, MA
• When Pigs Fly –York, ME

Seafood

• Duck Trap – Belfast, ME
• Spence – Brockton, MA
• Sedna – East Providence, RI
• Cape Cod Chowder Company – Cape Cod, MA
• The Little Pearl – Somervillem, MA

Butcher

We are dedicated to sourcing local meat whenever possible, here is a list of some of the farms we use (subject to change)

• Vermont Smoke and Cure – Barre, VT
• Dave Moore – Smyrna, ME
• Guimond Farms – Fort Kent, ME
• Lawrence Luce – Woodstock, VT
• Paul Randall – Pownal, ME
• Tyler Yost – Blaine, ME
• Pineland Farms – Fort Fairfield, ME
• David Denzel – Lockport, NY
• Greg Lundberg – East Otto, NY