State Ag Secretary to Visit Harford Co. Creamery on Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail as part of the Buy Local Challenge

Agriculture Secretary Hance will make a stop on the Ice Cream Trail tomorrow to help meet the Buy Local Challenge.

ANNAPOLIS, MD – In celebration of National Ice Cream Month, Maryland Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance encourages all Marylanders to enjoy fresh, delicious ice cream as he continues trailblazing the Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail, a network of dairy farms across the state that produce ice cream right on the farm and sell it directly to consumers who visit. Eight dairy farms are participating in MDA’s Ice Cream Trailblazer promotion. Under the program, people pick up an Ice Cream Trailblazer Passport at any of the creameries (or online at www.marylandsbest.net) and have it “stamped” at each creamery. Those who submit a completed passport to MDA before September 9 will be entered in a drawing for the grand prize, which includes a $50 gift certificate to the winner’s favorite creamery.

Who/What: Secretary Hance visits Broom’s Bloom Dairy, a farm-based creamery on the “Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail” in celebration of National Ice Cream Month.

Why: To highlight the important contributions of Maryland’s 496 dairy farms which accounted for $188 million in sales in 2012; and to increase the public’s general understanding of dairy farming by encouraging them to visit a farm and see what dairy farming is really like, all while enjoying delicious, locally produced ice cream.

Where/Where: Tuesday, July 23 at 2:00 p.m.: Broom’s Bloom Dairy, 1700 S. Fountain Green Road (MD 543), Bel Air (Harford Co.)

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