Backbone Free Choice CSA 2024

For a limited time we are offering the opportunity to buy $50 in add’l CSA Dollars. CSA began in this country and in Japan in the 1970s as a way to connect consumers with local farmers that were using organic methods, and as a way of providing growers with the capital they needed to begin their season. Back then, organic wasn’t in every grocery, and no Whole Foods!

Visit Backbone Hemp!

Backbone Hemp LLC is Born! Click to read more! Shop for CBD HEMP Products Online or visit our Hemp HQ at Backbone Farm on Fridays 11am-6pm! CBD Oils, Body Care Products, Smokables.

Pastured Pork

Pork Sampler Packs Available & Hog Deposits being accepted for March Butchering dates. We are happy to offer our customers heritage breed pasture and woods raised pork! What exactly does this mean you may be wondering. It is a return to the old way of raising hogs, the way it was done before industrialized agriculture got a hold of things and turned it into a great big mess.

Shiitake Mushroom Inoculation Weekend 2024

Join us for our annual plugging of the logs! Once again, we will be drilling, stuffing and waxing 1000 shiitake logs to keep our production rolling. We welcome you to work a little, talk a little, eat a little, and work a little more. This is a good old fashioned work party and community building event.

Mycology Division

Welcome to the Backbone Farm Mycology Division! Backbone Food Farm has dedicated many years to learning how to work with mushrooms. We are avid foragers and cultivators, taking what we…

Farmers Markets & Pre-Orders

FOOD4ALL AVAILABLE FOR 2024 You have the option of pre- ordering your fresh produce and farm products for QUICK pickup at several farmers market locations and the farm. Follow this…

Farm Internships 2024

Backbone is looking for just the right people to learn about small farm operations for the 2024 season! We are currently accepting applications for two positions. Serious applicants only please….

About Backbone Farm

Welcome to the site of Backbone Food Farm, a diversified small family farm located in Garrett County, MD. We share our 106-acre farm at the foot of Backbone Mountain with…

Registration Form 2024

2024 Farm Camp Registration Kids Summer Farm Day Camp 2024July 8th to 11thDaily 10am-4:30pmAges 5 to 13 yearsOnly one session and limited space, so sign up early.  After You Register…