Resources

Check out the categories below for Garrett County resources. 

We provide educational resources, conduct trainings, and workshops, provide technical assistance in the field and answer questions to help farmers in our community.   

Feel free to contact William Lantz, Agriculture Educator for any questions, comments, or programming ideas you may have that are related to agriculture.

Direct Marketing Agritourism

Farmers Market

Farmers markets are vital outlets for local food and farm products. Garrett County is lucky to have a farmer-run, producer-only farmers market held in Oakland twice weekly in summer and on select Saturdays indoors in winter. The market accepts SNAP/EBT benefits through the Maryland Market Money program. 

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Mt. Fresh Farmers MarketMaryland Market Money

Garrett Growers

Local fresh produce farmers work together to plan, plant, harvest and distribute local foods to area restaurants, grocers, and through a weekly Veggie Box program. The Garrett Growers Cooperative partners with other local food distributors in the region to help get local foods to their neighbors. 

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Garrett Growers

Find A Farm/Get Your Farm Listed

Farms that sell directly to the consumer or wholesale to area restaurants and retail establishments should be listed on various free websites! Below are some sites that can be used as outlets for your products or as a place to help increase awareness of your business and products/services offered. 

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Garrett Farms   Maryland's Best  MD Find a Farm Map

Agritourism

Hosting visitors to your farm can be a great way to diversify revenue for the business, but it can also create challenges! Below are some resources that may help. 

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Garrett Farms  Maryland's Best Agritourism  Agritourism Signage Program Grow & Fortify   Local Food Map

Farm Business Resources

Farm Stress Management

Pesticide Applicator

Maryland pesticide applicators are licensed through the Maryland Department of Agriculture as:

  1. Private Pesticide Applicators
  2. Commercial Pesticide Applicator

To learn how to renew & print your license, watch this video recording on YouTube 

Vegetable & Fruits

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Strawberries are available in grocery stores 365 days a year. This is largely due to the fact that berries are shipped from different locations across the United States and around the world. However, in the eastern United States, fresh, locally-grown strawberries are only available at farmers' markets, roadside stands, and grocery stores for several weeks during the late spring and early summer. This limited availability occurs mostly because the commercial strawberry production in the East is derived from June-bearing varieties, which have a brief production season.

Season-Long Strawberry Production with Everbearers EB401 

University of Maryland Resources

These are resources from the University of Maryland which are not specific to a county.