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Holterholm Farms

Operation: Organic dairy farm

Products: Eggs, beef, milk

Find out how fifth-generation farmer Ron Holter uses special grazing techniques to produce happy, healthy cows.

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Buy Fresh Buy Local Chesapeake® promotes sustainable agriculture and local food throughout Maryland. For a listing of Buy Fresh Buy Local chapters elsewhere in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, click here.

WELCOME TO BUY FRESH BUY LOCAL CHESAPEAKE!

Welcome to Buy Fresh Buy Local Chesapeake®, the site that helps consumers, sustainable farms, and businesses find each other and support efforts to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay.

Our site will help you:

• find locally grown, healthy food;
• support farmers and businesses committed to improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay;
• join other consumers who want to put their dollars where their hearts are;
• better understand the link between eating right and saving the Bay; and
• help create an economy that safeguards jobs, health, and clean water.

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FRESH RECIPES

Not only can this grilled mixture of spring build an incredible entrée or brilliant bruschetta—it can also be an omelet filling or even the lush basis for a free-form galette. Try our Grilled Asparagus and Maple Sausage.