Your Thanksgiving may still not be back to normal this year but however big or small your table this year, you can fill it with the best local food MoCo's farms have to offer. One silver lining of the pandemic is some farms that have turned to online ordering, making it even easier to grab your harvest.
Year Round Markets:
Whether you are making an old favorite or finding new side dishes to try - they will be better with local ingredients grown right here in MoCo. A Farmers Market the week before Thanksgiving is a truly joyful place. Find your market here.
Other On-Farm Markets:
RB Savage and Sons Farm - Dickerson. Selling beef, chicken, eggs and preserves
Savage Acres Farm - Dickerson, Selling farm fresh beef, pork and chicken year round. Read up on their grass-fed beef operation
Kingsbury Orchard - Dickerson. Cider, Apples, Asian Pears
Lewis Orchards - Dickerson. Lots of locally grown produce and preserves in stock - taking pre-orders for pies until 11/20.
Pre-Ordering Pre-Made Items and Farm Fresh Ingredients:
Wine and Beer:
Rocklands Farm Winery
Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard
Windridge Vineyard
Waredaca Brewing Co.
Brookeville Beer Farm
Ideas for Next Year
No turkeys you say? Yes, the small farms of the Reserve mostly operate on tighter margins than larger livestock farms and customers need to pre-order their birds early to be sure there are homes for each bird that is raised - usually ordering by mid October or earlier. Some places to secure your bird next year:
Year Round Markets:
Whether you are making an old favorite or finding new side dishes to try - they will be better with local ingredients grown right here in MoCo. A Farmers Market the week before Thanksgiving is a truly joyful place. Find your market here.
Other On-Farm Markets:
RB Savage and Sons Farm - Dickerson. Selling beef, chicken, eggs and preserves
Savage Acres Farm - Dickerson, Selling farm fresh beef, pork and chicken year round. Read up on their grass-fed beef operation
Kingsbury Orchard - Dickerson. Cider, Apples, Asian Pears
Lewis Orchards - Dickerson. Lots of locally grown produce and preserves in stock - taking pre-orders for pies until 11/20.
Pre-Ordering Pre-Made Items and Farm Fresh Ingredients:
- Though Fox Hollow Farm Market's turkeys are all sold out by this time this year - they provide fully baked or 3/4 baked breads and deserts for your table. Check them out in Gaithersburg/Laytonsville.
- Common Root Farm of Derwood has turned to online ordering and curbside pickups (along with a few local markets) in the pandemic and sells both their own sustainably grown produce and also soups, grains and spices from other local businesses. Wednesday at noon their online store updates with items available for Saturday pickup.
Wine and Beer:
Rocklands Farm Winery
Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard
Windridge Vineyard
Waredaca Brewing Co.
Brookeville Beer Farm
Ideas for Next Year
No turkeys you say? Yes, the small farms of the Reserve mostly operate on tighter margins than larger livestock farms and customers need to pre-order their birds early to be sure there are homes for each bird that is raised - usually ordering by mid October or earlier. Some places to secure your bird next year:
- Nick's Organic Farm (small chance you could get a "reserve" bird this year, contact them.)
- Fox Hollow Farm Market
- RB Savage and Sons
