Founded by Lisa Duff, Oak Spring Farm is a Freeland, Maryland vegetable farm now run by Erika Roan and Adam Mihalik, growing certified organic produce for a customizable CSA serving Baltimore-area families. The farmers emphasize flavor and careful timing, harvesting vegetables such as carrots and tomatoes at their peak and connecting each week’s share directly to the local community. Oak Spring has been certified organic since 2013 and joined the Real Organic Project in 2020.
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Blue Moon AcresSince Jim and Kathy Lyons started Blue Moon Acres as a CSA in 1992, the family-run farm has grown into a regional source for chefs and households seeking carefully grown food. Its work is rooted in certified-organic farming and soil biology, including year-round microgreens from its Buckingham, Pennsylvania greenhouses and a regenerative farm in Pennington, New Jersey. Daughter Ashley Lyons Putman now leads sales and marketing, carrying the family business into its next generation.BUCKINGHAM, PA
Greenway Farms, LLCGreenway Farms is a family-owned Maryland farm that uses recirculating aquaculture and agriculture systems to raise fresh fish and grow leafy greens and herbs year-round. Based in Gaithersburg, the farm draws on its founders’ international experience in food safety and agricultural technology while supplying restaurants and retailers across the DMV with food grown without antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Its USDA Harmonized GAP+ and Maryland’s Best Local Farm & Fish certifications underscore the farm’s focus on safe, sustainable local production.GAITHERSBURG, MD
Roxbury Farm CSARoxbury Farm CSA is a 375-acre family farm in Kinderhook that grows certified-organic vegetables and raises pasture-based livestock for a community-supported agriculture program. Founded in 1990 and now owned and operated by sister farmers Jody Bolluyt and Keri Latiolais, it has grown from 30 members to more than 930 across the Hudson Valley, Capital District and New York City. Its unusual land partnerships protect 190 acres for agriculture in perpetuity while keeping the farm connected to the communities it serves.KINDERHOOK, NY
Groundwork Market GardenGroundwork Market Garden is a two-acre USDA Certified Organic urban farm on Buffalo’s East Side, growing food in the city since 2015. Co-founders and co-owners Mayda Pozantides and Anders Gunnersen built the farm from vacant lots into a working operation with a farm stand, CSA and wholesale customers. Groundwork pairs intensive, soil-focused farming with community food-access work, including Solidarity Shares and its collaboration with nonprofit Fare Share WNY.BUFFALO, NY