Black Bottom Farm Collective, LLC
- MEET OUR PARTNERS -
Abundant Grace Farm is located in Galena, MD. Brian is a new farmer who is sustainablly, humanely, and naturally raising pigs from the former Black Bottom Farm herd under the mentorship of Kim. This pork is pasture raised, antibiotic, hormone, soy, and chemical dewormer free. Much of their non-pasture food is vegetable and fruit waste from Rutabaga Craft Juicery. Pork and veal.
Agape Gardens is a new innovation born from a partnership between new farmer Holly and the Aspen Institute at the Wye River Conference Center. Holly farms using organic practices. In addition to helping heal people through food and advocating for the Black Bottom Farm Collective, Holly enjoys teaching her two children about caring for growing things. Microgreens and shoots.
Black Bottom Farm continues to grow nutrient dense food in addition to overseeing our subscription box service. Kim grows shoots, microgreens, and mushrooms using organic practices. Before beginning the Collective, Kim pasture-raised pork and veal that was antibiotic, hormone, soy, and chemical dewormer free. As the Black Bottom herd transfers to Abundant Grace Farm, some pork and veal will be from Black Bottom Farm. Microgreens, shoots, exotic mushrooms, pork, and veal.
Faithful Friends Farm produces pasture raised eggs and meat from chickens and ducks, as well as quail products and pasture raised rabbit on their small farm in Upperco, Maryland. Connie and Robert Grill focus on the quality of their meat and the lives of their animals to ensure utmost taste and freshness of their product. They are wonderfully welcoming and encourage customers to come visit them and their friendly animals (including a herd of adventurous goats and the boss of the farm, a cat named Dennis) to learn about their farm and their story. Duck eggs.
Federal Brewing Company is a kombucha brewery founded by Gayle- a Certified Health Coach and Wellness Expert specializing in gut health- and Stan- co-founder, "Operation Kombucha Command Leader," USMC veteran, and engineer. Their all natural kombucha is the perfect blend of gentle flavor and hardworking probiotics. Located in historic Federalsburg in Caroline County, Maryland, Fed Brew strives to spend their American dollars with small, family owned businesses and use locally grown and sourced organic ingredients in their delicious kombucha whenever possible. Their mission is to help individuals regain their vitality through healthy beverage options. Fed Brew aims to be a "4P," zero waste brewery: one that respects the People, the Planet, and the Process resulting in honest Profits they can truly feel good about. "Health is Wealth." Local kombucha.
Locust Point Farm/Chesapeake Choice Chicken comes from small, family owned farms in Maryland and southern Pennsylvania. These small flock birds are humanely raised with organic practices, and are antibiotic and hormone free. The birds are pasture raised and given free range on the farm. Organic chicken.
Night Kitchen Coffee is a nano scale coffee roaster focused on small farmed coffees roasted to the peak of aroma and flavor in Easton, MD. Their coffees are meticulously selected using importers who purchase direct from the farm or small coop. This helps ensure that the coffees are the highest quality and that the farmer benefits as well. In addition to coffee, they have a series of unique and custom spice blends. Coffee and spices.
Oksana's Produce Farm is a small scale organic farm located in Chestertown Maryland, growing a diverse mix of vegetables and herbs on 7 acres. Oksana rejects agricultural chemicals and searches for better ways to farm. She feeds the soil, and in turn the soil feeds her plants, by working on soil quality using various strategies to regenerate top soil. She pays great attention to diversity by implementing a cover crop system, rotating crops, and recycling unused plants back in the soil in the form of compost. She is trying to understand the partnership between plants and soils microorganisms as well as increase carbon contents of our soil. These strategies, over time, will lead to production of more nutrient –dense food. Her practices go beyond organic. She creates a beautiful, diverse, and productive ecosystem which provides natural conditions for our plants.
She uses centuries old methods to produce these nutritious and probiotic - rich sauerkrauts and other fermented vegetables. Her raw and vegan fermented vegetables are chemical preservatives, sugar, vinegar and gluten free, and contain little salt. Her product is made fresh from high quality produce in small batches weekly. Fermented and organic fresh vegetables.
Red Acres Hydroponics is a newer venture on a sixth generation century farm. Run by Bryan Williams and his mother Sis Williams, Red Acre has been growing nutritious hydroponic greens for almost three years, although the farm has been in the family since the 1800s. They offer lettuce, herbs, microgreens, macrogreens and other greens to local chefs and stores in addition to selling their own produce and that of other local farmer-friends at their on-farm store in Worton, Maryland. Bryan and Sis strive to be ecologically friendly while producing high quality fresh food, leaving a drastically reduced ecological footprint and effect on the Bay. Seasonal Greens.
Rutabaga Craft Juicery serves made-to-order cold-pressed juice, superfood smoothies, and healthy breakfast, lunch and snack items to the wonderful city of Annapolis. They source locally and organic as much as possible and are eco-minded in all that they produce- from using eco-plastic, to partnering with Annapolis Compost, to selling Oksana’s Fermented Products, to sending their juice pulp and other fruit and vegetable waste to Abundant Grace Farm.
They are located on the corner of Annapolis Street and Melvin Ave - a convenient stop on the way to work with easy access to Rt. 50, Rt. 450 and downtown Annapolis. Cold pressed juice.
Quiet Creek Farm,owned by Mike and Irene Hostetter, is located on 9 acres in new Oxford Pennsylvania. The farm and house are the same ones Irene was raised in, and she is now passing on the farming tradition to their 5 children. Mike and Irene bought the family farm three years ago and have been proud to produce honest clean, GMO and soy free eggs, beef, pork, and produce on the land ever since. Eggs.
Trouw Bidden Farm LLC is located on the Black Bottom Farm land in Galena, MD. Matt Shultz is a beginning vegetable and fruit farmer, building on a rich horticultural career. Matt felt called to grow food sustainably by a desire to be a part of something greater; something that carried on the tradition of his "green thumbed" mother and grandfather, and something that took care of the earth for his two young sons. He grows using environmentally responsible organic practices and favors nutrient rich, native, heirloom, and uncommon varieties of edible plants. Vegetables and Small Fruits.
If you have specific dietary needs, please contact us so that we can best match you with the appropriate farm and products.
Farming is always variable and some farms may need to alter practices in extenuating circumstances.
If you're unsure about something or want to know more about the specifics of how your food is made, please contact us or the partner responsible. As a Collective we are a community of people who want to encourage dialogue, discourse, and participation in our local food system. Part of that is your relationship with our farmers!
Some of our value added products are processed in locations that also work with allergens like wheat and nuts.