Small Farms, Big Flavor
Find locally raised, high quality meats
in Southern Maryland
High Quality Standards
Southern Maryland Meats producers agree to abide by our high standards for animal welfare and meat quality.
Find a Farm
Find a Southern Maryland Meats farm near you! Our searchable directory sorts farms by county and by meat.
For Farmers
The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) offers resources, tools, and support for farmers.
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Southern Maryland Meat & Seafood Guide
Featuring over 75 local farms, watermen, and businesses where you can buy meats and seafood.
The Southern Maryland Meat & Seafood Guide is newly released with updated listings for meat and seafood producers in Southern Maryland. Find Southern Maryland Meats members as well as other area farms.
If you’re looking for local wild-caught or farm raised oysters, check out The Southern Maryland Oyster Guide.
Little Free Libraries
Installing access across Southern Maryland and beyond
The libraries are designed to promote the Southern Maryland Meats program livestock producers in a fun and engaging way and encourage awareness of the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives. Each library will provide free reading materials for the community to borrow, including a copy of The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin who is most known for her inventions of groundbreaking improvements for farms around the globe.
SMM’s Signature Book
‘Taking Stock’
The Faces and Stories of Southern Maryland Meats
Featuring photography by Lena McBean of Remsberg, Inc., and written by SMADC’s Craig Sewell
SMADC is proud to release ‘Taking Stock,’ a beautifully bound coffee table book featuring the stories and faces of Southern Maryland Meats. Books are $35 each.
From Our Blog
2020 SMM Junior Essays – Kelsey Winters
Have you considered farming and raising livestock something you would like to do as a career? What do you think the challenges and successes would be? “Farming As a Career” - By Kelsey Winters, 19 Years Old, Anne Arundel County Growing up in the livestock world is...
2020 SMM Junior Essays – Jacob Bowen
The COVID-19 virus has severely disrupted our communities and our interactions. How did the pandemic affect your family and your farm? Did it change the way you raise your livestock? By: Jacob Bowen, 18 Years Old, Calvert County It all began, April 2020,...
2020 SMM Junior Essays – Maci Childress
Southern Maryland Meats has always seen one of its missions as supporting our next generation of livestock farmers. Through sponsorship of the Southern Maryland Invitational Livestock Exposition (SMILE Show), and our Junior Participant Program, SMM has sought to...
Small Farms, Big Flavor
Find locally raised, high quality meats in Southern Maryland
Find a Southern Maryland Meats farm near you!
High Quality Standards
Southern Maryland Meats producers agree to abide by our high standards for animal welfare and meat quality.
For Farmers
The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) offers resources, tools, and support for farmers.
Little Free Libraries
Shaped as iconic reds barns to promote agriculture and literary access. Find a little free library near you or host one on your farm.
2020 SMM Junior Essays – Kelsey Winters
Have you considered farming and raising livestock something you would like to do as a career? What do you think the challenges and successes would be? “Farming As a Career” - By Kelsey Winters, 19 Years Old, Anne Arundel County Growing up in the livestock world is...
2020 SMM Junior Essays – Jacob Bowen
The COVID-19 virus has severely disrupted our communities and our interactions. How did the pandemic affect your family and your farm? Did it change the way you raise your livestock? By: Jacob Bowen, 18 Years Old, Calvert County It all began, April 2020,...
2020 SMM Junior Essays – Maci Childress
Southern Maryland Meats has always seen one of its missions as supporting our next generation of livestock farmers. Through sponsorship of the Southern Maryland Invitational Livestock Exposition (SMILE Show), and our Junior Participant Program, SMM has sought to...