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So. Maryland, So Good: Buy Local Guide Released S

So. Maryland, So Good: Buy Local Guide Released

SMADC’s 'Buy Local' Guide features regional Farmers Markets, Farm Stands and Farm Stores Open for the 2021 Season

The 'So. Maryland, So Good: Buy Local Guide', previously known as the Southern Maryland Farmers Market Guide, has been updated with a new look and an expanded directory of regional farmers markets, farm stands and on-farm stores that offer farm raised produce, value-added products, and other Maryland produced farm foods.

Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic and ongoing, local farm food resources such as farmers markets, neighborhood farm stands and on-farm stores have become essential destinations for consumers looking for a dependable supply chain of fresh locally sourced foods. The new So. Maryland, So Good: Buy Local Guide is designed to support this continuing trend with a convenient one-stop-shop directory of Southern Maryland farm market venues that offer a variety of locally grown farm products including produce, meats, seafood, dairy, value-added products such as jams and jellies, pickles, honey, baked goods, and cut flowers, plants and herbs.

The online Buy Local Guide lists more than 30 farmers markets in the five-county area (Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s), as well as 22 Southern Maryland farm stands and stores with regular in-person business hours, open to the public seasonally or year-round, and 10 additional markets in Maryland, Washington, D.C and Virginia that host one or more Southern Maryland farm vendor.

Search the interactive guide by county to locate farm markets in your area and find 'need to know' market details – season openings and business hours, location maps, market websites and social media links, plus information on virtual farmers markets, online order and payment options.

Read our full press release and view the guide now at the link in our bio. ✨

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Food brings everyone to the table. Thank our Maryl

Food brings everyone to the table. Thank our Maryland farmers for making that possible on National Ag Day – today, March 23. Learn more about agriculture in Maryland through our Farms in Focus series, available at the link in our bio.

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New! “In A Cook's Kitchen" Cookery Series: Desig

New! “In A Cook's Kitchen" Cookery Series: Designed to inspire and empower home cooks with recipes that build cooking skills along the way

“This 15-part video cookery series is created by Craig Sewell, SMADC’s Southern Maryland Meats Marketing Manager, who for 16 years ran one of the first locally sourcing restaurants to open in Annapolis, where he hosted numerous popular back-to-basics cooking classes through which home cooks learn foundation recipes that build and strengthen essential cooking and preparation skills along the way.

The inspiration for the ‘In a Cook’s Kitchen Series’ originated from the observation that since the advent of COVID and shelter in place lock-downs cooking at home is becoming increasingly important, (evidenced by everyday pantry stocks flying off grocery store shelves), and people may need some basic cooking skills to expand their mealtime repertoires. As a result, we at SMADC decided to bring some of these skills into people’s homes presented in a readily accessible (free to view) video package.”

Explore all 15 episodes of a “In a Cook’s Kitchen” cookery series available on the ‘Recipes’ page posted on the link in our bio.

Full Press Release: http://bit.ly/3qtD9hf

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Seeking Southern Maryland On-Farm Stands and Store

Seeking Southern Maryland On-Farm Stands and Stores for New Regional Directory

In response to the sustained and growing demand for locally sourced farm foods, the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, (SMADC), is adding a new section to the 2021 edition of the annually published Southern Maryland Farmers Market Guide which will feature a directory of regional farm stands and on-farm stores.

SMADC is now accepting applications for the new On-Farm Stand and Store Directory. Listings are open to any farm located in the 5-county region (Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties) that hosts an on-farm store or farm stand open to the public (seasonally or year-round), offering predominantly ‘producer-only’ farm raised, or farm made value-added products, and/or other Maryland sourced farm foods.

View the application and apply here (Link in Bio): http://bit.ly/3iKmPpq

Applications are due by February 26, 2021. There is no charge to be listed. The 2021 Southern Maryland Farmers Market Guide including On-Farm Stand and Store Directory is expected to be published in the early spring and will be available online to view or download on the ‘Get Our Guides’ page at www.SMADC.com.

Full Press Release: http://bit.ly/3sVVHso

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