More opportunities to easily purchase locally grown, affordable, healthy food are sprouting in Garrett County this spring!
New partnerships are forming to explore ways we can help people eat healthier and support our local farms.
Please take a few minutes to let us know your preferences for purchasing meal boxes as we continue building the Harvest Hub.
Backbone Food Farm, Honey Moon Farm, and Ma & Pa’s Country Store are teaming up with the Garrett County Health Department and Chef Rob Scardina to provide locally grown produce & raised meats to create delicious meals that serve up to four with instructions on preparing the food, a video link, and a recipe card.
Harvest Hub meal boxes can also be purchased with SNAP benefits, and each farmer listed above has the ability to accept SNAP at their farms.
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The Maryland Department of Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (Center), awarded the Garrett County Health Department’s Population Health, Informatics & Innovation Unit an award through a competitive process to work within the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project.
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Just a thought, would it be possible to do smaller boxes for single people and vegetarian options?
Gillian, I appreciate your feedback! We are using the data we’ve gathered to try and meet a need we’ve heard quite often. People want us to show them how to cook a meal that’s healthy and tastes good using local food! This funding allows us to work with three farms to supply local produce and meats to create actual meals of at least four servings. If you are shopping for one and want just produce the Oakland Market and/or Deep Creek Market may still be your best bet during the growing season.
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We’ll follow up with specific order forms for each meal, including all the ingredients you are guaranteed to get in the order as this continues to come together. As always, our instructional and fun videos will be free and open to everyone on this site!
I like being able to regularly and conveniently pick up a box of fresh vegetables and fruit while they are in season!
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Is there a central place maybe health dept where you could do a food kitchen teaching kitchen? Even offer to high school students who may be forced to cook their own meals? Maybe have chefs from local places come in as a guest chef even to the high school to do a teaching kitchen?
Sounds like a wonderful program.
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I completed the survey. Would love to be able to use some of our points for these.
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I completed the survey. This sounds like a great program!
Survey completed. I agree with Kathy Skipper!
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Harvest Hub ,Great for the community. All involved.
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Sounds great