Community Supported Agriculture
in the Baltimore area
Farms
One Straw Farm
http://www.onestrawfarm.com/index.html
One Straw Farm is the largest organic vegetable farm in Maryland tended by Drew and Joan Norman since 1985. One Straw Farm supplies families, restaurants and wholesalers with the finest certified-organic produce. Home-grown vegetables are made available either through the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, the Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmers Market, the Waverly Farmers Market, and the many grocery stores and restaurants which feature their produce. They offer neighborhood delivery options (e.g., Mt. Washington)
South Mountain Creamery
http://www.southmountaincreamery.com
The dairy is carefully handled to ensure purity and a natural great taste. The beef is raised here on acres of green pastures. The cheese is either made at the farm or made locally from other small family operations. Aside from selling at the Waverly Farmers Market. South Mountain Creamery has created a website to handle all aspects of billing and ordering. If enough people in a geographic area get together and sign up, the Creamery will deliver milk, etc. directly to homes (e.g., Mt. Washington)
farmer’s markets
Waverly Market
http://www.32ndstreetmarket.org
The market is a non-profit organization offering membership to shoppers, farmers, and community residents. Members are kept informed of market events and volunteer to help with special projects. The Board of Directors is elected from the active membership Join by filling out a membership form. The forms are also available from the Market Masters.
Saturday: 7 a.m.-noon, year-round
Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmer's Market
http://www.mill-valley.net
2800 Sisson Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
Tel: 410-889-6842
The primary produce suppliers are One Straw Farm and Tuscarora Organic Growers. The coffee is organic, shade grown, fair trade, roasted in Baltimore, by Zeke´s Coffee. The dairy products come from Trickling Springs Creamery & South Mountain Creamery. Artisan breads are baked fresh daily at Stone Mill Bakery in Woodberry, MD. Cakes, pies and cookies are produced just up the road in Hampden, MD., by Rose´s Cookies. Whiskey Island Pirate Shop offers locally produced, small batch condiments and salsa. In the garden center are plants grown throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. All nurseries are locally owned. Plastic containers are produced in Akron, Ohio and decorative pots in Pennsylvania. Imports are from South America, Italy, Vietnam and Malaysia, due to the fact that these are all fair trade items or certified as child labor free. The fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and soil amendments are organic or natural.
Hours:
Thursday 9am - 5pm, Friday 9am - 8pm, Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm
The Farmers’ Market at the JCC in Owings Mills
The market sells vegetables, fruits, fresh baked bagels, plants, flowers, soaps, honeys, and sauces. The produce comes from a number of local area farms including the Kayam Farm at Pearlstone. Pricing is competitive with other area farmers markets and below supermarket prices. WIC vouchers are accepted. Instrumental music is provided by the Pearlstone Kayam Farm Fellows. Contact: Jessica Weinberg, 410.429.4400 x219 or jweinberg@pearlstonecenter.org
Sundays : 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. July 6 to October 26)
Baltimore Farmers' Market
407 East Saratoga St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-752-8632
Sundays : 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. (ends December 21)
The Bel Air Farmer’s Market
Risteau District Court Building
2 S. Bond St.
Bel Air, MD 21014
410-836-6346
http://www.belairfarmersmarket.com/
Features: Beef, cheese and dairy products.
7-11 a.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays, April-October.
Tide Point Farmers' Market
1040 Hull St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
Features: Flowers and Gifts, Food and Beverage, Gourmet, and Organic Foods
Thursdays : 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. (ends October 23)
Towson Farmers' Market
Allegheny Avenue
Towson, MD 21204
410-825-1144
Features: produce, mushrooms, smoked fish and flowers.
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays, June-November
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays
Mount Washington Farmers' Market
The Mount Washington Whole Foods
Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. through Oct. 29.
Highlandtown Farmers' Market
Corner of Bank Street and South Conkling Street
3500 Bank St.
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-342-3234
Features: produce, arts and crafts and informational booths on community associations and nonprofits.
Saturdays (July-October): 8 a.m.-Noon
Catonsville Farmers' Market
Bloomsbury Community Center
106 Bloomsbury Ave.
Catonsville, MD 21228
410-719-9609
Features: baked goods, maple products, smoked fish and more.
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, May-Thanksgiving
Downtown Westminster Farmers' Market
Emerald Hill Lane
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-5294
Features: organic produce, brown eggs and sheep's wool.
8 a.m.-noon Saturdays, June-October
Carroll County Farmers' Market
700 Agriculture Center Drive
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-7748
Features: traditional produce, baked goods, fresh eggs and jams and jellies at this market.
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, June-September, November-December
Howard Park Farmers' Market
Liberty Heights Avenue and Woodbine Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21207
443-286-9867
Features: traditional produce, homemade soaps and seafood at this market.
6 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, June-December
Dundalk Village Farmers' Market
3300 Dundalk Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21222
410-285-3476
8 a.m.-noon Saturdays, July-October
Eastpoint Farmers' Market
Eastpoint Mall
7839 Eastern Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-284-6697
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, June-October
State Office Complex Farmers' Market
300 W. Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-767-6785
Features: produce and flowers at this market.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, May-October
Havre de Grace Farmers' Markets
450 Pennington Ave.
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
410-939-3303
Fresh produce, honey, flowers, homemade cheese and ice cream and natural beauty products.
9 a.m.-noon Saturdays, May-October
Village of Cross Keys Farmers' Market
Village of Cross Keys
5100 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-323-1000
Flowers, nuts, baked goods and some prepared items.
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays June-October
Park Heights Community Farmers' Market at Pimlico
5201 Park Heights Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-542-8190
Features: Gourmet and Grocery
Wednesdays from June-November
Fresh Farm Markets
1000 block of Lancaster St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
202-362-8889
Features: fruit, vegetables, cheeses, breads, baked goods, meats, cut flowers, herbal and milk soaps, honey and more. There are also cooking demos and made-to-order crepes.
Saturdays : 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. (ends October 25)
http://www.freshfarmmarket.org/m...
Complete List of Markets
SUSTAINABLE LIVING ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH FOOD
The Baltimore Food and Faith Project
http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/programs/eating/proj_foodnfaith.html
Their mission is to partner with Baltimore area faith communities and religious organizations of all faith traditions to promote a just, safe, and trustworthy food system that allows us to produce what is needed now and for future generations in a way that protects people, animals, air, land, and water.
The website helps find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. One can support this web site by shopping from the catalog for things not found locally.
Maryland Best
This is a resource for finding local products from Maryland farmers such as produce, seafood, and specialty foods to grains, nursery items, and ag-recreational activities.
Slow Food of Baltimore
This is a new chapter in Baltimore of Slow Food USA seeking to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. They intend to reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. they seek to inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market forces to ensure equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat. They have a resource list, work with local restaurants on a Eat in Season with locally grown foods challenge, host canning and preserving classes, etc.
Buy Fresh Buy Local
http://www.buyfreshbuylocalcr.org/
Their mission is to participate in rebuilding and restructuring the food system of the communities surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. They aim at building vibrant and enduring relationships between customers, farmers who are working toward adopting sustainable food production practices and food and beverage industry professionals. This initiative will work to form a coalition of partner organizations and individuals to collaboratively market locally grown food products and support local food system priorities through media and networking opportunities.
Hazon
http://hazon.org
Hazon stands at the forefront of a new Jewish food movement, leading Jews to think more broadly and deeply about our own food choices. They are using food as a platform to create innovative Jewish educational programs; to touch people’s lives directly, to strengthen Jewish institutions, and in the broadest sense to create healthier, richer and more sustainable Jewish communities.
Hazon's food-related work consists of the following five programs:
- Tuv Ha’Aretz
means both “good for the land” and “good from the land” and it was the first Jewish Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in North America. The 18 Tuv Ha’Aretz CSAs which span the United States, Canada and Israel, give members the opportunity to put their purchasing power behind local, sustainable farms while deepening their connection to where their food comes from, and doing so within a context of Jewish community and learning.
- Min Ha’Aretz
is a three-part family education initiative for Jewish day schools comprised of a curriculum for students, a related beit midrash for adults, and joint family-education programs. Min Ha’Aretz uses food and Jewish tradition as focal points to create innovative programming for Jewish grade school children and their parents. It aims to strengthen intra-family conversations about food, Jewish tradition, and the world around us.
- The Hazon Food Conference
brings together participants from Tuv Ha'Aretz communities and partner day schools, as well as educators, food lovers, farmers, home gardeners, nutritionists, rabbis, chefs, and community organizers from across the country to explore the intersections of Jewish tradition and contemporary food issues. The 3rd annual Hazon Food Conference will take place December 25th to 28th in Monterey, California.
- Challah for Hunger (CfH) volunteers
Memebers come together to bake and sell challah bread, to raise money and awareness for hunger relief and victims of disasters. In four years, CfH has donated more than $46,000 to NGOs helping victims of the genocide in Sudan. Chapters currently operate at Pomona College, Scripps College, Syracuse University, UCLA, University of Texas at Austin, and Vassar College.
Hazon’s award-winning blog “The Jew & The Carrot”
www.JCarrot.org
It covers food news and politics, food celebrity interviews and resources to green your holidays and life. The Jew & The Carrot won awards for "Best New Blog" and "Best Kosher Food/Recipe Blog" in the 2007 Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards.
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