Farmers’ Gate Market is now farmer owned! In 2022 Buckley Farm and Old Crow Ranch got together and formed Farmers' Gate Meats, LLC to buy out Ben Slayton. Our two farms raise a lot beautiful grass fed beef and pastured pork and we work with a network of other small Maine farms to provide our customers with top notch Maine meat. 

We take great pride in serving Maine families with the best local meat available. Working with exceptional Maine farmers who meet our criteria is one way we ensure top quality products. The other way is by doing all the meat processing in-house. Our butchers are trained to cut meat hanging from the rail. As a result, we can ensure safe handling of all our products and we retain complete knowledge about everything we sell – from pasture to plate.

But our role in the local agricultural system is bigger than just selling meat. We look for creative ways to build awareness about local, sustainably raised and craft-butchered meat. That means sharing the stories of our farms and our farm partners who work their tails off to make good meat happen. That means preserving the knowledge, skills, and culture of whole carcass butchery. And that means incorporating old world traditions with new technology and creativity to provide great cuts of meat and exciting value added products to our customers.