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Why should you choose Parker Produce?
There are lots of reasons why you should use local, natural vegetables and herbs from Parker Produce. Below are just a few.

Consumers want local!!! More and more Mainers are demanding local produce from Maine farmers in their homes and from you, their favorite restaurant or small market. By working with Parker Produce, you can give your customers what they want.

Superior Quality. At Parker Produce, we believe in letting our vegetables and herbs do the talking. Once, you've tasted, prepared and served our produce to your customers, you'll never want to go back to 'conventional' vegetables which are grown who knows where and who knows how.

Cost. Because our produce goes from the garden to your kitchen in less than a day, you'll be working with the freshest ingredients possible. That means you and your staff will have to throw away less old, rotten, wilted produce. In some cases you'll actually be using less produce to achieve the same results. For instance, we offer cut leaf lettuce, which has a greater volume than head lettuce. This means less lettuce for the same size salad.

To your taste. Do you like your mesclun mix to be spicy or have a nutty flavor? Do you like your spinach with or without the stems? How big do you like your cucumbers? At Parker Produce, every vegetable, herb, flower and fruit is harvested by hand. And since you will develop a relationship with the person who plants, grows, harvests and delivers your produce, you can share your preferences and he will try to make it happen!

Safety. There are more issues surrounding the safety of food than ever before. With depleted soil, animal contamination, pesticides and other toxins, poor working conditions for farm laborers, thousands of miles between field and table, (just to name a few) quite frankly, it's no wonder people are getting sick from their food. When you purchase vegetables and herbs from Parker Produce, you'll be dealing with the person who planted the seeds, grew the crops and harvested the vegetables, not a sales rep from a huge distributor. You'll know where the produce was grown and when it was harvested (less than 24 hours before you get it). You'll know what is on the produce you receive. With comparisons like that...why wouldn't you buy from Parker Produce?

We're proud to work with the following restaurants and markets.