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  • Howard County farms and vineyards are putting fresh food and drinks on holiday tables: ‘You’re supporting the land’

    Howard County farms and vineyards are putting fresh food and drinks on holiday tables: ‘You’re supporting the land’

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    Thousands of turkeys squabbled and gobbled at Sho Nuf Turkey Farm in late September, making space for Damascus resident Chris Bohrer as he entered one of their barns to show them off.

    It’s November, however, when the energy at Bohrer and his wife Tanya’s farm reaches a peak.

    “People are willing to wait in line 30 minutes, just to buy a turkey” in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Bohrer, 54, said. After decades of shopping at grocery stores for convenience, “now, people are reverting back to … wanting to know where their food is coming from.”

    The Bohrers’ farm is one of a handful in Howard County that put turkey, beef, vegetables, wine and more on local tables during the fall and through the holiday season. Buying locally raised meat and produce is one way for residents to get the freshest food — and to give their neighbors a boost.

    “You’re supporting number one, local business, but in this case, local agriculture,” said Bohrer, a retired Montgomery County police officer in his 36th year working on the Fulton turkey farm.

    Sho Nuf Turkey Farm got its start in 1938, under a different name, when Tanya Bohrer’s grandparents received turkeys as a wedding gift. Today, it’s still a family-run operation.

    Starting in late June, the farm received batches of day-old “poults,” or young turkeys, every three to four weeks through August, primarily from a hatchery in Harrisonburg, Virginia. During their lives on the farm, when they’re mature enough, the turkeys are free to roam outside their barns.

    “Our turkeys aren’t stressed,” Bohrer said. Rather than being driven on a truck to a processing plant miles away, Sho Nuf turkeys are processed on site. “We’ll open a door to the barn and they’re naturally curious; they’ll come outside and they’ll find the easiest way to go [to the processor].”

    When the antibiotic-free birds are sold to be cooked for Thanksgiving meals, they’re “very, very juicy,” Bohrer said. He attributes that to Sho Nuf birds being chilled in ice and water at a less-rushed pace than at some other processing plants.

    Bohrer’s greatest expense, he said, is the birds’ feed — costing about $300,000 per season. Because turkeys are a “fickle creature,” the most difficult part of raising them is keeping them alive. To predators like foxes and skunks, the barns full of turkeys look like a “buffet” and last year, avian influenza took a toll at many hatcheries.

    Around 20,000 turkeys are raised each year on Bohrer’s farm and most are sold ahead of Thanksgiving. In addition to selling directly to customers, who can place requests for different sized birds online, Bohrer also fills bulk orders and has wholesale partnerships, including with MOM’s Organic Market.

    Bohrer said he and everyone who helps out at the farm “really put our heart, our sweat, our energy into making a quality, quality product.”

    Elsewhere in Howard County, farm work is also a family affair.

    Woodbine resident Kelly Hensing moved to Maryland in 2010 and started Hensing’s Hilltop Acres with a dairy cow she bought so that she could make unpasteurized milk. Now, she, her husband and their youngest son raise 100% grass-fed beef, lamb, pork and chicken on their 50-acre farm.

    “It’s a fresher kind of meat that’s been sourced locally. It hasn’t been potentially trucked across the country,” said Hensing, 48. In the fall, she had several hundred chickens, fewer than 10 pigs, around 15 dairy cows and about 20 beef cows.

    Special requests for tenderloin and rib roast cuts abound approaching the winter holidays. Each month Hensing takes a small number of her livestock to a U.S. Department of Agriculture processor, a requirement in the state to sell by the cut, she said.

    She sells products from the farm at farmers markets in Ellicott City and Clarksville, May through early November. People can also place orders online and swing by Hensing’s Hilltop Acres daily, or pickup locations in Columbia and Ellicott City two days each week.

    “Their money’s staying in the community,” Hensing said of customers supporting her farm and others in the area.

    In late October and November, Casey Caulder, who runs Woodbine’s Breezy Willow Farm with her brother and parents, fields requests for another popular holiday menu item: pumpkins.

    “There are pumpkins that are specific for eating … it’s called a hubbard [squash],” Caulder said of the bluish, gray-hued fruit that she raises on her farm. “That’s what they traditionally use for pumpkin pie.”

    Caulder was growing the squash variety in September and said she’d harvest them in October. Once picked, they can be saved for months if kept in cool and dry conditions, she said.

    “Knowing where your food comes from and knowing that it hasn’t been stored somewhere in a warehouse forever and picked when it’s not ripe, there’s a huge difference in flavor,” said Caulder, who shares recipes with those subscribed to her weekly newsletter. “You’re eating with the seasons.”

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    On her farm, she grows tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, peppers, eggplants, kale and other crops, available via a CSA program and at Breezy Willow Farm Country Market, where customers can buy a wide range of locally sourced food, including made-to-order pies for the holidays, she said.

    For a beverage fit for a feast, look no farther than Cooksville’s Penn Oaks Winery, open year-round to visitors on Sundays, weather permitting, said Maura Cahill.

    Cahill, who owns and operates the winery with her husband, Jan Luigard, started the vineyard in 1997 after Luigard developed an interest in winemaking while living in Germany. “There’s a lot that goes into growing grapes,” she said.

    In Howard County, the couple has been growing five varieties of grapes — riesling, Gewürztraminer, Montepulciano, Müller-Thurgau and regent — on Penn Oaks Winery’s 37-acre farm. A small crew of people harvest them by hand in September, so that they can be run through a machine that breaks up the grapes’ skins and takes them off their stems, Cahill said. Then, the grapes and juice go into barrels. Over the winter, work continues to prune and look after the vines.

    This year, the spotted lanternfly, an invasive bug relatively new to Maryland, showed up in Cahill’s vineyard; she’s been managing the pests by spraying them with soapy water to slow them down, so that she can squish them.

    But the wine is still flowing at Penn Oaks, where guests can bring their own picnics or board games, buy bottles to take home, enjoy the tasting room and take advantage of “wine education,” Cahill said.

    For a Thanksgiving meal with turkey, she suggests a white wine, like a Gewürztraminer, riesling or Müller-Thurgau. For Christmas, to pair with roast beef and potatoes, a rosé or a red wine like a cabernet sauvignon, a Montepulciano or a regent would be Cahill’s pick.

    “You’re supporting the local economy and the land itself,” she said.

    Sho Nuf Turkeys

    11788 Scaggsville Road, Fulton. shonufturkeys.com

    Breezy Willow Farm

    15307 Frederick Road, Woodbine. breezywillowfarm.com

    Penn Oaks Winery

    14607 Riggs Meadow Drive, Cooksville. penn-oaks-winery.com

  • Thank you – Together we have power!

    Thank you – Together we have power!

    Thank you – Together we have power!

    We thank you for all your commitment to helping the Ukrainian people. Without your donations we would not be able to pay for the tractor-trailer to travel to Lviv to deliver medical supplies. Without you, we would not be able to send much needed Israeli compression bandages, IV bags, countless rolls of bandages, first aid kits and different wound dressings and other medical items. Without you, we would not be able to buy boxes of deodorants, hygienic products, toothpastes, wipes, and diapers for kids and adults. Without you, we would not be able to deliver brand new undergarments, socks, 20lbs of toothbrushes and many more of needed items.  Without you, this humanitarian effort would not be so successful! 

    Here is a quick snapshot of some of the items we donated. See below for the detailed blog of our experience in our March 16th through 21st visit to Poland.

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    How can we keep helping?

    We are so thankful for the outpouring of support for our initial requests for assistance for the people of Ukraine. For those that would still like to help, you are welcome to keep donating money and bringing medical supplies to the Breezy Willow Country Market store. The items that we weren’t able to take with us in March will be transported to the Ukrainian Church in Silver Spring, as they will be sending regular shipments of donations to Ukraine. Ukraine sends planes to the US and we have been told we can keep bringing the items.

    Again, we thank everyone that has helped in this effort!

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    Detailed Travel Blog

    The war doesn’t discriminate

    Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. Putin was hoping that his operation would take no more than three days… but he was wrong. As brave Ukrainian soldiers were protecting their land, unfortunately more and more civilians were losing their lives. Many Ukrainian wives and mothers were forced to leave their husbands and sons behind and escape from the continuous bombs and gunfire.

    Ukrainians started fleeing their homes. Early in March, a friend of mine in Krakow, Poland, Natalia, welcomed to her small 1-bedroom flat a mother (also named Natalia) with three daughters, Justyna, Maria and Dana. Although Ukrainian Natalia and her girls live in Lviv (which was spared from vicious shelling and bombarding), they had to leave their flat so her husband’s family from Kyiv would have a safe home. It was just easier for Ukrainian Natalia and each of her daughters to pack only one backpack (and their iphones :)) and to head for the western border and to be placed at my friend’s small flat. They had chosen Poland because her fourth daughter is a 3-rd year student at the University in Krakow. Besides Poles and Ukrainians have a long shared history with some parts of western Ukraine, like the city of Lviv (that’s where my family is from), once having been part of the Polish state for several centuries.

    When I found out that my Polish Natalia had welcomed a family to her cramped apartment, like millions of other Polish, Romanian, Slovakians, Hungarians and Moldovans, I also wanted to help. When I asked if I could buy any food or clothes for them, Polish Natalia said that she had no extra space to store it. They didn’t want any money either; the Ukrainian Natalia didn’t even allow for Polish Natalia to buy food for her – she still had her own money and that’s all she needed to feel normal. What a strong and proud mother Ukrainian Natalia is!!! So what could my husband, Jason, and I do?

    On March 8th Jason, and I decided that we would travel to Wroclaw, Poland (my home country) to help for 5 days. Jason’s mom who runs Breezy Willow Country Market in Ellicott City came up with an idea to start collecting the most needed items for Ukrainians. I immediately contacted my childhood friend in Poland, Katherine, who heads a foundation “Moc Pomocy” (“Power of Help”) in Wroclaw, Poland who said that medical items were the most needed along with new undergarments and socks. She also told me that her foundation was concentrating on helping refuges coming to the city and also were collecting supplies for the military hospital in Lviv. Katherine also said that there was a huge tractor-trailer in Germany that already had 27 pallets of medical supplies and she was raising money to pay for its ride to Lviv.

    The amazing power of collaboration

    Not surprisingly, by the second day of the collection we had a van full of boxes and suitcases of the items and a growing cash donation pool for items to be purchased while in Poland. As people were coming into the Breezy Willow Country Market they were happy and cried at the same time, because they knew that they were personally helping these brave Ukrainians. Our goal of helping in Poland was only possible because of the support of our community: the Breezy Willow members, my local friends, who I feel that bought out the entire medical supplies store in Ellicott City and showered Ukrainian Natalia and her daughters with gifts; Eva who worked with many families in her son’s school in Bethesda and collected 20lbs of toothbrushes apart from countless packs of undergarments and socks! my amazing co-workers from T. Rowe Price who immediately wanted to contribute to the effort and my new friend and a co-worker, Elena who is Ukrainian herself, collected more medical supplies and organized a detailed list of needed supplies on Amazon. Having the Amazon list allowed everyone wanting to help a more targeted ideas of what was needed. There is power in collaboration, indeed!

     By the time we were leaving the following week, we all had collected nearly 3 vans worth of the supplies and enough money to buy additional items like diapers, wipes, face creams, deodorants in Poland.

    On the fourth day of the fundraiser, my friend Katherine said that her foundation still needed money to pay for the tractor-trailer to the military hospital in Lviv.  “What should we do?” I asked my husband? We thought that by paying for the trailer to drive all the way from Germany, we were immediately providing help to Ukrainians. And that’s what we did. Huge thanks to my local friends who helped with that! 

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    On the fourth day of the fundraiser, my friend Katherine said that her foundation still needed money to pay for the tractor-trailer to the military hospital in Lviv.  “What should we do?” I asked my husband? We thought that by paying for the trailer to drive all the way from Germany, we were immediately providing help to Ukrainians. And that’s what we did. Huge thanks to my local friends who helped with that! 

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    Day 0 – We were flying out on Wednesday, March 16th. Through the spread of the word that we were going to Poland, a day before the flight, I was contacted by a Ukrainian couple (Natalia and Aleksy – yes, there are lots of Natalias we met over the past couple of weeks). They were looking for someone to take two suitcases packed with military items and non-military equipment to Krakow, which then would be taken directly to Kyiv to help the resistance fighters. A million thoughts were running in our minds: how will we manage to take all this stuff!?! Our family room was full of diapers, hygienic products, undergarments, socks and lots of lots of first response medical items, and we could only take no more than 5 suitcases! (beyond 5 bags, the cost just was not reasonable).

     Aleksy met Jason and I at the IAD airport five hours prior to the flight. People who know me well know that I don’t like being late. I figured that if I have to negotiate free bags, it would be prudent to arrive early… like 5 hours early!  It seems that the universe was working in our favor that day. Aleksy parked his car right in front of our van. He came out of the car wearing a black shirt with “Protector of Ukraine” writing on it- “wow, he was serious” I said it to myself. He was stunned to see our suitcases and hesitated to give two additional ones, but I told him not to worry, as we were ready to take his first, because they contained important items needed by brave Ukrainian soldiers.

    On a way to a ticket counter Aleksy said that he had gone to the Ukrainian Embassy because he wanted to go to fight for freedom of his country but was advised not to, as he would not be able to come back. Instead he and his wife were scouting local groups on Facebook looking for people who were going to Poland and other neighboring Ukraine countries and hoped that they would take bags with them.

    As we approached the check-in kiosk with a total of seven bags (4 bags full of medical supplies and 3 bags full of undergarments and socks), a nice United Airlines attendant approached us. We had “Humanitarian Help for Ukraine” taped to each suitcase. She told us to wait a few minutes. As we were called over to the ticket counter, I was trying to hold my tears –actually, I was ready to burst into a full-blown cry, if my convincing was not enough. I handed over our passports; my Polish and my husband’s American passport, still holding my tears in. Then this lady came to us. She introduced herself as Pamela and immediately praised our efforts for helping. As Jason was explaining what we had in our bags, the attendant at the counter simply handed over to me seven bag tags. I turned to Pamela and said in amazement, “so we don’t have to pay for any of these bags!?!” she said “yes” and tears immediately filled my eyes. I could not believe that all seven bags and two carry-ons were all flying for free! What a relief!!!!

     

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    Day 1 – We landed in Wroclaw in the morning of Friday, March 17th. My dad and my friend Katherine from the Moc Pomocy foundation arrived to pick us up. Katherine immediately took three suitcases to the warehouse where all the items for Ukrainians have been collected and distributed to when they came to the foundation. While still in the US we wanted to take the medical supplies to the Ukrainian Consulate in Wroclaw, but we had advised that the bureaucracy might delay sending all these important items right away. We found out that Katherine’s foundation had raised enough money to buy a brand new ambulance, which would transport the medical supplies our community collected directly to Lviv. 

    We kept two 3 suitcases – two from Aleksy and 1 of our own that had medical supplies collected by the folks in Maryland. We wanted to give as many medical items to soldiers in Kyiv. Once we arrived in my apartment, Jason and I immediately wanted to go out to volunteer. As my apartment is right in the downtown of Wroclaw, Jason and I walked the familiar streets of my city hearing Ukrainian and Russian all around us. Our primary destination was the train station, known as PKP Wroclaw. Once we got there, we found the Information Point, where arriving or transit Ukrainians could stop and seek help. As we entered the main hall of the station, we immediately saw a sea of yellow jackets – volunteers wearing yellow vests, assisting desperate travelers. This was the place were we would begin our journey helping refugees in person.

     

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    Day 2- On Thursday, March 18th we were on our way to Krakow to pass four suitcases with medical supplies to a woman whose husband had to stay to defend Kyiv. Her friend was going to take these suitcases directly to Kyiv. Once in Krakow, we went to the train station, PKP Krakow to see how Krakow was handling the influx of refugees – and this was the first time that day that I broke down. This building that used to serve as an Information Center was now repurposed as a sleeping quarters for over 100 people. Who would not break into tears seeing this!?!

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    Later in the day we met with the Ukrainian Natalia and her daughters – we showered the family with some girly staples like the candles, perfume and the coziest leggings and matching tops. Dana, the youngest of the sisters, had the biggest smile when she saw a Pop-It and the Rapunzel outfit along with Rapunzel’s matching blond hair! It was an eye-opening experience for us to be able to talk to Ukrainian Natalia. When asked what she and her daughters were doing all day, she answered that she and Justyna volunteered every day, weaving camouflage blankets for the soldiers and her other daughter Maria was still taking virtual classes in nursing directly from Lviv.

    Day 3 – Saturday, March 19th.  We left Krakow at 7 a.m. and headed to Wroclaw. We were so ready to volunteer in person. We arrived at the volunteering station. We checked in and received our own yellow jackets and IDs – we were now official. We were sent to the warehouse room, but that was no ordinary warehouse. It was the place where women and their kids who lived at the station or just arrived to Wroclaw came to pick up clothes. You must remember than these women often left their homes with only one backpack. Right away we were put to work. A lady came in looking for a pair of lighter shoes as her daughter came in wearing snow boots. She was looking for size 26. Jason dove into a big box of shoes, but he could not find any shoes that size. He tried searching in a different box but nothing. It was heartbreaking seeing them walking away with no shoes.

    Then a little boy came in with his mom. There was this big box of toys. He wanted a little toy car, but again, we couldn’t find one. He broke into tears and me too. Unfortunately, we could count many of such episodes during the both days of volunteering. We could only give away what others brought in and that day no one brought a car that little boy could take. Very heartbreaking!

    Then Jason and I made new friends. Yulia and Andrey They were from Kharkiv. Andrey has lived in Wroclaw since 2016. He was now hosting Ukrainian refugees. Yulia said that her apartment building was completely leveled a day earlier. She showed me pictures of her flat. She stood in front of me and I hugged her telling her she was so brave and how sorry I was, and broke down in tears. Yulia scolded me for crying; who wouldn’t cry knowing that they had no place to go back to! We also told her that people in the US are praying for them and collected all these different items. She whole heartily thanked us. I asked her to come the following day as we still had one more suitcase full of undergarments and socks to give away. After our afternoon of volunteering was over, we met with a city representative Anna Sobolak. Who works directly under the Vice President of Wroclaw. She thanked us for all the bags of needed items that folks in Maryland collected.

     

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    Day 4 – Sunday, March 20th. As soon as we got up on Sunday, we headed back to the train station. We got our IDs and yellow vests. But rather than being assigned to the warehouse, we were told to go to the bus station (which was across the train station).  We finally found the station and an older lady grabbed Jason because she was looking for a bus to Berlin or Munich, because her son lived in Munich. Then, this tall Ukrainian guy came up to Jason and shook his hand and simply thanked for all the help that Polish people have been providing to Ukrainians. It was a great feeling to be there and to volunteer. We thank you again for this opportunity.   

    Day 5 – Monday, March 21st. It was time to go back to the US, but first we had to get our Covid tests done. We had been lucky that we never had to get PCR tests. Man, I seriously thought this nurse touched my brain and we even paid her for doing it lol! Oh well, that was a small price to pay to be able to go on this trip and help.

    Now that we’re back in the US, we are continuing to think about ways we can be helpful to the Ukrainian cause. I go back to Poland in June and in addition to being excited to see my parents again (they barely caught glimpses of us on this short trip!) we want to be able to volunteer again.   

    Update! Here is the link of Natalia and her interview with a US based news station in Colorado.  https://koacolorado.iheart.com/content/2022-04-28-natalia-mieszczak-live-from-krakow-poland-on-how-she-is-helping-ukrainians/

  • Summer Photos

    Summer Photos

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  • Howard County Times

    Howard County Times

    By: Janene Holzberg
    For Howard Magazine

    Breezy Willow Farm’s store offers a new venue for farmers’ market vendors

    Rose “RJ” Caulder is either a time-management wizard or her days contain more than 24 hours.

    How else does one explain how the co-owner of Breezy Willow Farm at Hopkins Spring found a way to operate a 700-member community-supported agriculture program, manage Ellicott City’s Old Town Market from May to October and, most recently, open the Breezy Willow Farm Country Market on the corner of Frederick Road and Saint John’s Lane in Ellicott City?

    “I’m into a lot of things, and I don’t need to sleep a lot,” says Caulder, who is also renovating her family’s 240-year-old Woodbine farmhouse in her “spare” time.

    The country store is basically an indoor farmers’ market, featuring products from farmers and producers within a 25-mile radius, says Caulder, who will sell her own produce and wares there.

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    The market’s decor is reminiscent of an old-time general store with bins, open shelving and quilted wall hangings. As you browse, what doesn’t make you inhale deeply with delight will make your mouth water. There are sausages flavored with Natty Boh, pickles seasoned with Old Bay or sriracha, an array of flavored hummus, and honey-lavender ice cream, to name a few of the food offerings.

    Colin Bickley, chef at EC Tasting Gallery, which is known for its enterprising pop-up dinners, appreciates Caulder’s desire to give local businesses a boost.

    “To be able to support local markets is so important to the community, and it’s wonderful to have a local spot where people can do that,” says Bickley, who, with fellow chef Kevin Brothers, is selling fresh pastas made with Breezy Willow produce, like pumpkins and beets.

    “The synergy there is really great,” he says.

    Caulder’s husband, Ken, and adult children, Casey and Jason, all have a hand in Breezy Willow’s multiple farming outlets.

    “What it boils down to is the community supports us and we support the community,” Caulder says. “We want to continue to give back.”

     

    Copyright © 2019, Howard County Times, a Baltimore Sun Media Group publication

  • Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

    Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

    Come see us at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival at the Howard County Fairgrounds today until 6pm. Sunday 8:30am-5pm! We are in the main exhibit building! Lots of fun for everyone! (Even if your not into sheep or wool, there are lots of other things to check out)!

  • Breezy Willow Farm Video

    Breezy Willow Farm Video

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    Breezy Willow Farm Video Brings the Community Together in a Peaceful, Natural Setting; Markets CSA Program

    The Caulders have been growing vegetables and berries in Howard County, Maryland for Friends and Neighbors for over 35 years. We’re about Community; the Community that Supports Agriculture at Breezy Willow Farm.

    Taking you to the Caulder’s family farm in rural Howard County, Maryland, the newly released video, ​​​ Breezy Willow Farm: from the Land and the Hand, leads you through their day, from sunrise when their Rhode Island Red wakes them, through gathering eggs from their lovely, cage-free heritage laying hens, showing the love to their friendly Alpacas who provide the soft fiber, to applying sustainable farming practices using natural growing methods, and hand-picking top quality produce for the farm’s CSA share members.

    Community-Supported Agriculture at Breezy Willow Farm

    “We are a place that you can come enjoy community while supporting the Breezy Willow Farm Community- Supported Agriculture (CSA) program,” says RJ (Rose) Caulder who started her CSA program in her kitchen with just 12 shares in 2004. Since then, the family farm’s CSA program has grown to include over 700 shares with some members traveling from nearly 50 miles away to obtain their shares.

    “We set ourselves apart from other CSAs by offering Value-Added products,” adds Jason Caulder. The Caulders offer their Breezy Willow Farm community two seasonal Value-Added CSA programs, the Early-Bird share program that runs March-May and their Summer/Fall share program that runs June-November, with pick-up days at the farm and at several convenient locations throughout Howard County.

    When they arrive, “our CSA members check in to see what a bountiful share they will receive,” says Jason Caulder. “Our members are able to select and receive between 10 and 11 seasonal, locally grown and/or produced items weekly. In addition to an assortment of 8 fruits and veggies, our members receive Value-Added products – farm-fresh eggs and premium breads from Great Harvest or The Breadery – each week. You don’t purchase them as extra items. Herbs will be also be included when available at no extra charge.”

    So how does the community sign up for one or both of Breezy Willow Farm’s seasonal CSA programs? To learn more about Breezy Willow Farm’s seasonal CSA programs and to sign up, visit Breezy Willow Farm’s website – www.BreezyWillowFarm.com – where you may also find an abundance of recipes and tips on how to store and prepare the farm-fresh products provided each week through the CSA program.

    Bringing the Community Together

    What else does Breezy Willow Farm offer its community? Breezy Willow Farm welcomes you to take a drive in the country, to come together at the farm as a community. The farm is a great, natural setting for families to visit where friendly alpacas and friendly staff are waiting to greet you. Children will see where their food is actually grown and ask questions. There are also other opportunities for the community to become involved, such as the chance to participate through the farm’s work-for-shares program.

    “When the community supports our local farm they are helping to keep agriculture alive in their own community of Howard County,” says RJ. “In addition, when members sign up, they are feeding other families in need. We donate shares to needy families each week.” All extra vegetables each week are picked by volunteers in the community and are donated to the Howard County Food Bank. Nothing on Breezy Willow Farm is ever wasted. ​

    The community is invited to visit the farm store every Saturday, to pick up seasonally fresh, local produce and goods such as local cheeses, honey and breads. The farm store also has gift items such as Breezy Willow Farm’s hand-made soaps and scarves or socks made from the soft fiber provided by the Alpacas.

    A Peaceful, Natural Setting

    Breezy Willow Farm: from the Land and the Hand was produced keeping in mind the serenity found on Breezy Willow Farm. Colamiles provided a special rendition of “Half Acre” (Cover: Hem) making it local to the State of Maryland. The lyrics to this special recording are beautiful, soul-soothing and were slightly modified to hearken us back to some of those memories that we love about living here in Maryland, which is especially true for the Caulders at their family-run farm, Breezy Willow Farm, where there is a peaceful, natural setting they call home. The video was produced by Alice Settle-Raskin of Alice’s AgriMaryland for and in cooperation with Breezy Willow Farm.

  • 2012 HCEDA Award winner

    2012 HCEDA Award winner

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    Breezy Willow Farm 2012 HCEDA Award winner