Local Food Connections
Supporting local is good for the environment, the community, your health, and to create a lasting commitment to preserving agricultural land. MCA is working hard to gather information about local producers and growers in Montgomery County and connect them all via our website. Please email us at info@mocoalliance.org if you have info you think we should add to our lists.
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Community Food RescueCommunity Food Rescue (CFR) is the coordinated food recovery network for Montgomery County, Maryland. This system enhances the good work of businesses, individuals, and organizations that already recover and redistribute perfectly good food to people experiencing hunger. MCA is proud to partner with CFR to feed more and waste less.
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Who's Your Farmer? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
CSAs are a farm subscription, you pay for a season's worth of produce and pick it up weekly through the growing season. This is the most direct way to support local farms and ensures you get the freshest food all season long. |
Find a Farmers Market
Farmers Markets provide a direct connection to local farms and they connect communities together.
Farmers Markets provide a direct connection to local farms and they connect communities together.
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Maryland’s BestMaryland’s Best is your source to find the best local products from Maryland farmers. From produce, seafood, and specialty foods to grains, nursery items, and ag-recreational activities. Find everything you need and more!
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So. Maryland So GoodSo. Maryland, So Good is a campaign designed to help consumers identify truly Southern Maryland products and buy accordingly. By building a direct link between buyers and growers of the five Southern Maryland counties, and promoting the advantages of buying local, we hope to help keep farming vibrant and vital in Southern Maryland
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Buy Local ChallengeTake the Buy Local Challenge by pledging to eat one thing from a local farm each day during buy local week (the last week of July each year.) Buying local food helps keep food dollars in our community, protects farmland from development and local food is just plain tasty, the freshest food around
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American Farmland Trust, Maryland OfficeA national farmland preservation organization focusing on farm policy with offices in each state.
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