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10.19 Press Release: SMADC's Online Southern Maryl

10.19 Press Release: SMADC's Online Southern Maryland Horse Extra - Celebrates Maryland Horse Month

"Governor Larry Hogan proclaimed October as Maryland Horse Month, recognizing the abundant historic, recreational, therapeutic, and economic contributions made by the state’s horse industry. Horses are an important aspect of Southern Maryland’s agricultural heritage and there are numerous barns, trails and facilities throughout the region.

SMADC's interactive Horse Extra showcases more than 50 horse barns and facilities region-wide offering riding lessons, horse-boarding, training, sales, and breeding. Plus listings of support services for horses and their owners including area hay and feed suppliers, tack shops, farriers, vets, horse rescue and care facilities, riding clubs, equine organizations and a section dedicated to state and county park trails systems that welcome equestrians.

SMADC is now inviting all regional horse enterprises and business to review and update their listings and welcomes new equine-related businesses to apply to featured in the interactive guide. Listings are free."

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SMADC Staff Members Heather Hulsey and Rachel Norr

SMADC Staff Members Heather Hulsey and Rachel Norris-Achterberg participated in the Maryland-Virginia Agricultural Marketing Conference last week.

Agricultural Marketing Professionals (AMPs) from across the state and Virginia gather annually to network and tour agricultural enterprises in a specific region.

“This year’s AMPs trip was an incredible experience. It was wonderful to spend a week visiting many different farm operations in Howard and Montgomery Co,” Rachel said, “I really enjoyed the BioEnergy Devco tour. The facility takes organic matter and converts it to natural gas and an organic soil amendment. It’s a great renewable energy source!”

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ICYMI: SMADC’s Southern Maryland Holiday Farm Gu

ICYMI: SMADC’s Southern Maryland Holiday Farm Guide 2021 Edition - Now Accepting Listings 🌲

SMADC's Holiday Farm Guide connects consumers with regional farms and producers, as well as stores and restaurants that offer Southern Maryland grown and produced farm products and services during the holiday season and through the winter months.

Featured guide categories include locally grown Christmas trees, holiday trimmings and firewood, meats and poultry, eggs, cheese, seafood, produce, baked goods, jams and jellies, clothing and accessories made with local yarns and fiber, wine, beer and spirits, plus farm-hosted holiday events, tours and tastings and regional 'winter' farmers markets operating during the holidays.

Southern Maryland region farms, seafood and aquaculture producers, wineries, breweries, distilleries, stores and restaurants and other businesses that produce or offer Southern Maryland farm products are encouraged to submit a holiday listing. There is no charge to be listed. Find the online application under 'News and Events' on the SMADC website. Listing submissions are due by October 15, 2021.

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8/16 PRESS RELEASE: 'Our Grandma's Hands' Seeking

8/16 PRESS RELEASE: 'Our Grandma's Hands' Seeking Family Recipes That Define Southern Maryland’s Food Heritage

"The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC), a division of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, is excited to announce a new regional initiative designed to capture and memorialize the tastes, the people and the foods of Southern Maryland.

At the core of the project, titled 'Our Grandma’s Hands', is the traditional heart of the home ‘the kitchen’ where people gather to commune and savor cherished family recipes and food traditions that define their heritage that have been lovingly passed down by the hands of matriarchs and patriarchs to mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and onwards from generation to generation."

"SMADC is now inviting families throughout Southern Maryland's diverse geographic and ethnic communities to nominate their recipes for consideration. Through a selection process, up to eight recipes will be chosen that exemplify the project. SMADC will interview the ‘keepers’ of these recipes following them into their home kitchens to film them creating the foods that have sustained their family for generations.

Selected recipes with their associated stories and memories will be published on the SMADC website and featured along with SMADC’s 15-episode 'In a Cook's Kitchen' series developed to encourage and instruct home cooking methods through expanding a recipe repertoire utilizing local Southern Maryland foods. The project will also publish a printed component to be shared with heritage tourism sites and partners around the region.

To nominate a recipe for consideration, please complete 'Our Grandma’s Hands' Nomination Form on the ‘News & Events’ page at SMADC.com, or call Craig Sewell at: (410) 271-1469. Recipes may be nominated by the current custodian of the recipe, family members, and others. The consent of the current recipe ‘keeper’ or author is required. Recipe Nominations are due by September 13, 2021."

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Farm Views Blog

We’re off to the Governor’s for the Buy Local Cookout!

We’re off to the Governor’s for the Buy Local Cookout!

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