{"id":21052,"date":"2017-02-21T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=21052"},"modified":"2017-02-21T14:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:56:02","slug":"sign-up-now-for-farm-fresh-local-produce-through-community-supported-agriculture-farms-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2017\/02\/21\/sign-up-now-for-farm-fresh-local-produce-through-community-supported-agriculture-farms-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign Up Now for Farm-Fresh Local Produce through Community Supported Agriculture Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer Subscriptions Now Available<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Photo: Edwin Remsberg<\/p><\/div>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Marylanders are encouraged to join a Community Supported Agriculture farm this year to support local farmers while receiving fresh produce all summer long.\u00a0Members pay an upfront subscription fee to farmers in return for a share of the season\u2019s harvest, which is usually provided weekly. For convenience, many Community Supported Ag farms deliver to central locations for pickup closer to subscriber\u2019s home or work on a certain day of the week\u2014others have special rates if the subscriber helps with the harvest on the farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity Supported Agriculture farms are another way for residents to buy fresh, local food directly from a farmer,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. \u201cThis is a great time of year to join a program and enjoy a summer full of fresh Maryland produce. By purchasing local food, consumers are helping to keep land in farming rather than development.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the most recent agricultural census completed in 2012 by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, there are 12,549 farms in the United States marketing their products through Community Supported Agriculture, including 119 in Maryland.<\/p>\n

Memberships typically fill up fast. Check out the Community Shared Agriculture listings to see which arrangement, pricing, variety of products, and pick-up location will work best for your family and act now to reserve your spot. To find a participating farm near you, go to www.MarylandsBest.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:<\/strong> The following link is to a short video featuring a Maryland CSA: Even Star Organic Farm, A CSA in St. Mary\u2019s County – http:\/\/youtu.be\/R6IOUVHytOM<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter @MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer Subscriptions Now Available ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 Marylanders are encouraged to join a Community Supported Agriculture farm this year to support local farmers while receiving fresh produce all summer long.\u00a0Members pay an upfront subscription fee to farmers in return for a share of the season\u2019s harvest, which is usually provided weekly. For convenience, many Community Supported  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21053,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21052\/revisions\/21053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}