{"id":15644,"date":"2015-06-22T09:55:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T13:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=15644"},"modified":"2015-06-22T09:55:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T13:55:05","slug":"media-advisory-state-ag-secretary-to-start-the-marylands-best-ice-cream-trail-with-visits-to-baltimore-harford-creameries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/06\/22\/media-advisory-state-ag-secretary-to-start-the-marylands-best-ice-cream-trail-with-visits-to-baltimore-harford-creameries\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: State Ag Secretary to Start the Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail with Visits to Baltimore, Harford Creameries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bbdairy.com\/images\/interior_cone.jpg?resize=375%2C170\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"170\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy Broom&#8217;s Bloom http:\/\/www.bbdairy.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 22, 2015) <\/strong>\u2013 In celebration of Maryland\u2019s ice cream trail, Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder will visit Broom\u2019s Bloom Dairy, Keyes Creamery and Prigel Family Creamery this Thursday to encourage all Marylanders to enjoy fresh, delicious ice cream. The Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail includes eight farms that stretch over more than 290 miles from Ocean City in the east to Washington County in the west. Under the program, people pick up an Ice Cream Trail Passport at any of the eight creameries (or online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marylandsbest.net\">www.marylandsbest.net<\/a>), answer a question and have it \u201cstamped\u201d at each creamery. Those who submit a completed passport to MDA before September 23 will be entered in a drawing for the grand prize, which includes a $50 gift certificate to the winner\u2019s favorite creamery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\/What:<\/strong> Secretary Bartenfelder will visit Harford and Baltimore County farm-based creameries that are on the \u201cMaryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why<\/strong>:\u00a0 To highlight the important contributions of Maryland\u2019s 455 dairy farms which accounted for $244 million in sales in 2014; and to increase the public\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where\/Where: <\/strong>Thursday, <strong>June 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>11:00 a.m. \u2013 12 p.m.:<\/strong> Broom\u2019s Bloom Dairy, 1700 S. Fountain Green Road, Bel Air (Harford County)<\/li>\n<li><strong>12:30 p.m. \u2013 1:15 p.m.:<\/strong> Keyes Creamery, 3712 Aldino Road, Aberdeen (Harford County)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:00 p.m. \u2013 2:45 p.m.:<\/strong> Prigel Family Creamery, 4852 Long Green Road, Glen Arm (Baltimore County)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note to Reporters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary Bartenfelder will visit <strong>Chesapeake Bay Farms, Inc. (Worcester County)<\/strong> <strong>on July 1<\/strong> and <strong>Kilby Cream (Cecil County) on July 28.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Several dairies in the state produce ice cream on farm but do not sell it directly to consumers on the farm. Those sites are not included in the Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail.<\/li>\n<li>Photos will be available after the events by contacting MDA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 22, 2015) \u2013 In celebration of Maryland\u2019s ice cream trail, Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder will visit Broom\u2019s Bloom Dairy, Keyes Creamery and Prigel Family Creamery this Thursday to encourage all Marylanders to enjoy fresh, delicious ice cream. 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