By: Cia Morey and Priscilla Wentworth, SMADC Farmers market season kicks into full gear soon in Maryland. Over the past few years farmers markets have increased the ability to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Not only does this allow...
This week sure is the week of farm conferences and events! We will report on some of them in the coming weeks, but this week we’ve revived a series of posts on “Saving family farms in Maryland”. The series addresses many of the challenges and...
“American diners increasingly crave food grown in their own region, rather than delicacies trucked or flown in from far-off locales.” –The National Restaurant Association Over the years, the National Restaurant Association has researched trends in the...
Earlier this week, I attended a listening session for a new business that recently formed, Grow and Fortify. Their motive is to help farmers around the state understand and conquer the barriers that make it difficult for Maryland farms to grow and expand their...
A 2014 National Grocery Association consumer survey pretty much tells it all. “More locally grown foods” is the second most desired improvement among surveyed grocery shoppers. It was second to “Price/cost savings.” That sounds like we want...
In my last post, I noted that we do not have enough young and beginning farmers to replace those who will retiring or otherwise changing control or ownership of their farms. In this post, I will cover why they have trouble getting access to land. It is ironic that...
