Christmas shopping

I am, thank goodness, all done with my shopping, but I've been researching local food providers for a post I'm intending to do in the next week or two, so I thought I would pass on some of the things I've found. I can't vouch for all of these producers from personal experience, but they look worthy of investigation:

http://www.shaker.lib.me.us/catalog.html
Shaker dried herbs and rose water

http://www.graysgristmill.com/ourproduct.htm
Rhode-Island-grown flint corn meal for jonnycakes

http://www.maineseasalt.com/
Real Maine sea salt: plain, smoked and herb

http://www.localharvest.org/member/M11971
Wild mushrooms from Maine

http://www.oystercreekmushroom.com/
More Maine mushrooms

http://www.seaveg.com/products.html
Maine Sea Vegetables

http://www.mainelysmokedsalmon.com/catalog.htm
Smoked salmon

http://www.westcountycider.com/
Hard cider - I've had some of this company's cider, and there are some good ones. Others I haven't liked as much. Depends on how sweet and how bubbly you like your cider.

http://www.bartlettwinery.com/wines.html
Blueberry wine – don’t knock it 'til you try it. I've had the oak dry, and it's really very good.

http://www.farnumhillciders.com/
More hard cider

http://www.ducktrap.com/catalog/default.php
Smoked Maine seafood (I can personally recommend this company)

http://www.vtcheese.com/vtcheese/companies.htm
A listing of Vermont cheesemakers

http://www.newenglandcheese.com/companies.html
A listing of New England cheesemakers

Local honey and maple syrup are widely available.

All of the above are New-England-made and New-England-grown. There are also lots of New-England-made food products created from ingredients that are grown elsewhere (like sugar).

You might also consider buying gifts that allow people to grow or make their own food. I've bought one friend a mushroom-growing kit from Fungi Perfecti, and my boyfriend will be getting a kit for making beer at home.