On Wednesday, October 1st, a fire burned down our entire grain operation – barn, tractor, grain cleaning and sorting equipment, and our entire stores of harvested grains, beans, and seeds. WE THEREFORE HAVE NO DRY GOODS TO OFFER AT THIS TIME. Grains, beans, and seeds were the bulk of our income, our sustenance in so many ways, and our contribution to a much-needed local food movement. The fire brought the loss of a completely independently-funded grain operation that brought farmers and millers from as far as the Shenandoah Valley for custom grain cleaning.
If you feel called:
- Pray for us, send positive thoughts, light a candle, or whatever you do, as we figure out our next step.
- Learn more thanks to this article written by Liz Reitzig at Nourishing Liberty.
- Become a part of our mutual web of support. It is the friends of our farm and family who catapulted into action in the aftermaths of the fire that make recovery feel doable. Any way in which you wish to be part of this community is welcome.
- Contact us if you wish to get your hands dirty and help with clean up efforts.
- Some friends of our family and farm have spearheaded fundraising efforts to help you help us if you wish to contribute to our rebuilding efforts.
- Next Step Produce Disaster Relief – thanks to Whitney and Wes Valcarcel.
- New Tractor Fund Silent Auction – thanks to Zoa Conner and Liz Reitzig. Find gift certificates for nourishing food, holistic health, and beautiful art by local artisans.
Our customers are as diverse as our products. Our online market serves all!
Everything that our family offers for sale was grown and processed here on our farm in Southern Maryland. We plant, tend and harvest our crops in fields, high tunnels, greenhouses and our orchard so that you can enjoy seasonal, local food year-round. We process and package the wide variety of grains, beans and seeds that we grow onsite at our farm where we also mill-to-order. By selling directly to the consumer, Next Step Produce encourages you to join us in sustaining a local community.
Households: We offer you six locations where you can pick up your orders during regularly scheduled hours in La Plata, Accokeek and Silver Spring, MD; Alexandria, VA; and Washington, DC. On a more flexible basis, you are welcome to pick up your order directly at the farm in Newburg, MD.
Businesses and Organizations: We invite you to set up an online account if you are a baker, processor, chef, restaurateur, or reseller located along our delivery routes to Washington, DC and Baltimore.
Next Step Produce makes weekly deliveries to the greater DC Metropolitan area from our farm in Newburg, Maryland through Northern Virginia before reaching Washington, DC. We schedule deliveries to Baltimore and Annapolis typically once every other month.
Shipping Options: All our dry goods and select fresh goods are available for shipping
to customers outside our range of delivery routes. We ship at discounted rates.
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