Maybe organic and Amish go together after all.
The Irvine Nature Center in Owings Mills opens a brand-new farmers' market today, with produce and meats provided by the Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, a nonprofit organic farmers cooperative of 64 farmers in Lancaster County, Pa.
"The Cooperative delivers the best local organic produce, value added products and humanely raised animal products to retail establishments, co-ops, restaurants and institutions," according to the Nature Center.
"And sustainable catering company Bon Appétit Management Company, an on-site restaurant company that provides café and catering services 'from Farm to Fork' and invests in the health of our communities and future of our food supply, will be on hand weekly to demo how to use local, organically grown foods."
The market will be open today and every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through mid-November.
Sun photo by Doug Kapustin