{"id":28930,"date":"2025-03-06T09:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28930"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:36:50","slug":"marylands-best-seeks-dairy-farms-for-2025-ice-cream-trail-and-other-summer-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2025\/03\/06\/marylands-best-seeks-dairy-farms-for-2025-ice-cream-trail-and-other-summer-promotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland\u2019s Best Seeks Dairy Farms for 2025 Ice Cream Trail and Other Summer Promotions\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Applications Due by April 1, 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 6, 2025)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Maryland\u2019s Best<\/strong>, Maryland\u2019s state-wide marketing program connecting consumers to producers, is seeking Maryland dairy farms with on-farm creameries producing ice cream to join the\u00a02025 Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail<\/strong><\/em>. A popular tradition spanning the state all summer long, the Ice Cream Trail highlights on-farm creameries and encourages families to travel to each stop on the trail, document their visit and submit photos to the program for consideration to be crowned the\u00a0\u201cMaryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trailblazer.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Winning families who participate will earn a prize pack and have a chance to be featured on the Maryland\u2019s Best social media pages. Last year, twelve farms across the state participated with thousands of visitors stopping by their ice cream shops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail is not only delicious, it\u2019s a way to get consumers out to the farms,\u201d said\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks<\/strong>. \u201cWe are looking for more farms to participate this year so that we can continue to highlight locally made products and support our hard-working dairy farmers.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Farm participation eligibility has expanded to include two types of creameries:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Creameries that are on an existing Maryland farm and use milk they produce on-farm or\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Creameries that are on an existing Maryland farm and use an ice cream mix from a milk processor that benefits Maryland dairy farms.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Those interested in joining this year\u2019s Ice Cream Trail should fill out\u00a0this form<\/a>\u00a0by April 1 at 5:00pm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Additionally, dairy farms that sell other products are encouraged to participate in state-wide dairy promotions this summer. Any dairy farm in Maryland that is making a value-added product such as cheese, yogurt, or milk can apply to be highlighted by the program during upcoming promotions. \u00a0\u00a0Applications\u00a0<\/a>are due by April at 5:00pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Questions? Potential participants may reach out to\u00a0Maryland\u2019s Best Director of Special Projects, Kristin Hanna<\/strong>, at\u00a0kristin.hanna@maryland.gov<\/a>\u00a0or visit\u00a0MarylandsBest.net<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>
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    Applications Due by April 1, 2025 ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 6, 2025)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Maryland\u2019s Best, Maryland\u2019s state-wide marketing program connecting consumers to producers, is seeking Maryland dairy farms with on-farm creameries producing ice cream to join the\u00a02025 Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail. A popular tradition spanning the state all summer long, the Ice Cream Trail highlights on-farm creameries  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_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-28930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28930","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\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28932,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28930\/revisions\/28932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}