Local community markets will be available in Friendsville on Tuesdays at the Ruth Enlow Library of Friendsville, and at the Meadows in Mountain Lake Park on Wednesdays. (Don’t forget about the SNAP match program too! Details on flyers below.)
If you have any questions, please reach out, and we’ll forward them to our network of partners.
Have a fantastic week!
About this program:
The Population Health, Innovation & Informatics Unit within the Garrett County Health Department received a funding award in 2022 to create a food security subcommittee within the Health Planning Council, Garrett County’s Local Health Improvement Coalition to ensure issues related to food security are included as a community priority. In October of 2022, a formalized partnership was created with the Western Maryland Food Council, adopting the Garrett County chapter as the subcommittee for the Health Planning Council. Funding was awarded again in 2023 to support community collaborations through the Health Planning Council to promote food and nutrition security and stand up sustainable efforts to form a community non-profit. Funding to establish the non-profit came from a grant titled, The State Partnership Improving Nutrition and Equity (SPINE) program in Maryland.
The State Partnership Improving Nutrition and Equity program in Maryland is a national project of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors that is 100 percent supported under the State Partnerships Improving Nutrition and Equity program, which is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $2 million with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official view of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
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We need to enjoy the vegetables while they last!
I hope lots of people who live in these areas took advantage of them! Our garden is pretty well done and I am really missing the fresh food
We’ll miss all the fresh vegetables…the markets were so nice!
I will miss the fresh veggies!
I hate to see it come to a end.
I hope lots of folks took advantage of the markets this season. Great opportunities!
I will miss fresh vegetables but freezing some will help.
I hope to see these pop-up markets return next year!
First summer I have experienced growing a garden with my partner – so worth it for all the delicious fresh vegetables daily, and a freezer full for the upcoming months.
Missing my fresh veggie garden
I hope this was a successful venture so they will return next year – already looking forward to them!
Great program