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HI, I'M JOANNE CLENDINING, MARYLAND FARM AND HARVEST.

IN 2019, FIRST FRUITS FARM COME TO HELP PICK PRODUCE HERE.

Joanne: COMING UP, WE MEET BREWING A TRADITIONAL DRINK BUT FIRST, THERE'S SOMETHING NEXT TO A FIRE ON A FROSTY FOR ONE MARYLAND FARM, ALMOST AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT SOON TURNED INTO * Scott Braglio: YOU JUST KIND OF STARTED IT.

JUST IT'S LIKE I SAID, SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME TO SOME OF THE BILLS.

I MEAN, NOW IT'S BECOME OF THE BUSINESS AS WELL.

* Joanne: WHAT STARTED SOME EXTRA TREES AROUND AND ONE MAN'S PASSION FOR WOOD A MAJOR OPERATION.

Scott: IT'S BECOME A BIGGER PART WE PROBABLY ANTICIPATED, [MACHINE NOISE] Joanne: CUTTING, DRYING, IS JUST ONE OF MANY JOBS IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, AND ROMAN MANAGE TOGETHER.

* EACH DAY, THEY HAVE TO ON THEIR 75 ACRE FARM, AT THEIR FARM TO THE WOODSTOCK INN.

Scott: WE BREED THE ANIMALS.

WE RAISE THEM, WE CAN MAKE THEIR OWN FEED.

WE GRIND THEIR FEED, SO, WE ACTUALLY CONTROL ACTUALLY FROM BIRTH TO SO, WE DO A TRUE FARM [LOADING WOOD IN BOXES] Joanne: WHICH MEANS, AS DOWNTIME FOR THE BRAGLIOS, WHEN FAMILIES COUNT ON ROMAN TO Roman Braglio: WE SERVICE A LOT OF PEOPLE BURN WOOD AROUND HERE.

WE PROBABLY SERVICE AROUND THREE [WOOD DROPPING ON CONVEYOR BELT] Joanne: TO KEEP UP WITH AND TO MAINTAIN THE HIGH QUALITY ROMAN BOUGHT HIMSELF A NEW TOOL, [WOOD ROTATING AROUND TUMBLER] IT'S A ROUGH RIDE, THE LOGS GOOD AND KEEPS Roman: WE JUST RECEIVED SO THAT ACTUALLY CLEANS DEBRIS, ANY SMALL CHIPS SO THE CONSUMER GETS A NICE WITH NO DEBRIS.

[WOOD DROPPING INTO BIN] Joanne: AND WITH INCLUDING CHERRY, HICKORY, AND ASH, BUYERS CAN FILL THEIR ON COLD WINTER NIGHTS.

Roman: YOU KNOW THAT THE REASON AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR THEY JUST WANT THE AMBIANCE.

THEY WANT TO COME HOME, SIT DOWN WITH YOU KNOW, OR IF THEY WANT TO YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR THE NIGHT, IT'S THE SMELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GET IN AFTER AND IT'S A VERY NATURAL Joanne: AND ROMAN MAKES SURE GOES TO WASTE.

Roman: WE FIND THE TREES OR THAT ARE ON OUR FARM THAT IT'S EITHER GOING TO STAY HERE OR YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY PAYING THEM I USE EVERY PART OF THE WOOD THE LOGS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

Joanne: HE'S EVEN FOUND CREATIVE THAT DON'T GET SOLD AS FIREWOOD.

[SANDER NOISE] Roman: I REPURPOSE THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND I'VE LEARNED MYSELF THAT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WE JUST TRY AND GET THE MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE.

Joanne: IN HIS WORKSHOP, JUST CHOPPING AND IT'S TIME TO GET CRAFTY.

Roman: I LOVE WORKING WITH WOOD.

IT'S SOMETHING I DO EVERY DAY.

AND YOU KNOW...I THINK, THE EVERYTHING WE DO IS KIND OF YOU KNOW, SO, THE NATURAL CURVES OF YOU GIVE A REALLY NICE LOOK TO I'M ACTUALLY USING SOME OF THE * Joanne: THE BRAGLIO'S CAN SHOWCASE FROM THEIR FARM, TO THE FIRE UNDER THE GRILL, KITCHEN TOOLS.

Roman: PORTERHOUSE STEAK, PORK CHOPS, SAUSAGE, THE FULL CIRCLE HERE.

SO BRAGLIO FARMS BEEF AND PORK, FIREWOOD.

AND THEN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO IS FROM BRAGLIO FARMS.

* Scott: TOO BAD THAT THING THROUGH THOSE LENS, * Joanne: AND WHEN THE WEATHER A LITTLE TOUCH OF BRAGLIO FARMS * Joanne: IN SOME AREAS, IT'S ACTUALLY LONG DISTANCES BECAUSE IT CAN THAT HARM TREES.

AND DID YOU KNOW FIREWOOD IS WHICH IS EQUAL TO * Joanne: ALL RIGHT, YOUR AGRICULTURAL EXPERTISE.

HERE IS OUR THINGAMAJIG YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?

WELL, HERE'S A HINT.

IT HAS A SCREW ON LID, STAY TUNED, AND WE'LL HAVE THE Joanne: EVEN WHEN THERE'S SNOW BUT THEY CAN AT LEAST PAUSE WE ASKED FARMERS TO SEND TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, * Joanne: OUR STATE HAS GREAT AND EVEN DISTILLERIES.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER BEVERAGE SEE HOW ONE ENTERPRISING * Joanne: PEACHES, THOSE SWEET WHETHER THEY'RE BAKED INTO OR EVEN EATEN ON THEIR OWN, QUITE AS REFRESHING AND BUT DID YOU KNOW, AT ORCHID CELLAR MEADERY MASTER MEAD MAKER, IS HARD AT WORK TURNING AND YELLOW PEACHES INTO Andrzej Wilk Jr.: EVERY I LIKE TO TOUCH EVERY FRUIT OF MAINTAIN THE QUALITY.

IT'S EASIER TO WEED OUT, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR OF A STAPLE FOR US.

Joanne: NOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER OR AREN'T ENTIRELY SURE THE DEFINITION IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

Andrzej: MEAD IS THE WORLD'S AND IT'S FERMENTED HONEY.

SO WINE IS GOING TO BE FERMENTED MEAD IS FERMENTED HONEY.

AND THAT'S WHAT Joanne: IN THIS CASE, IS FLAVORED BY FRESH PEACHES.

WHEN ANDRZEJ AND HIS FAMILY FROM POLAND IN THE 1990s, MEAD SELECTION LACKING.

SO, THEY DECIDED TO MAKE Andrzej: THE TRADITION IS IN POLAND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ALWAYS AROUND, SO WE DECIDED THAT IT'S THAT WE'RE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT, TO PEOPLE AND SEE HOW Joanne: AND IT TURNS MARKETING MANAGER "ONE REASON IS MEAD'S Dan Kennedy: IT CAN BE LIGHT, HEAVY, DRY, IT JUST HAS SUCH A WIDE RANGE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, THERE'S A MEAD OUT THERE [MACHINE CAPS THE BOTTLES] Joanne: ORCHID CELLAR HAS THAT THEY TRY TO INCORPORATE FRESH LOCAL PRODUCE.

Andrzej: HAVING THE LOCAL BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING.

I CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AND WE CAN COME BACK.

AND IT ALSO HELPS A LOT Joanne: ORCHID CELLAR THE APTLY NAMED HERE, ON THE BEAUTIFUL SLOPING WORKERS DILIGENTLY HARVEST Brandon Masser: SO TODAY, WHICH IS A WHITE PEACH.

AND WE HAD SUN HAVEN, A YELLOW NECTARINE, Joanne: MANAGER BRANDON MOSSER HERE AT THE ORCHARD, FOR OVER A CENTURY.

Brandon: THE FARM HAS BEEN AND I'M THE SEVENTH GENERATION WE GROW A LOT OF PEACHES, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 20, Joanne: WHEN IT COMES IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EACH THE RIGHT TIME.

Brandon: PEACHES ARE KIND WE GO BY PRIOR EXPERIENCE, OF WHEN IT'S PICKED FROM SO, WE USE THAT TO GET US AND THEN FROM THERE, THEY ARE AND SO, WE PICK THE RIPEST, AND THEN WE COME BACK EVERY AND PICK THEM AS THEY RIPEN.

Joanne: ONCE THEY'RE READY, Brandon: TO PICK A PEACH, AND YOU GIVE IT A LITTLE TWIST.

AND IT'LL POP RIGHT OFF Joanne: WHILE, FOR FARMER'S MARKETS OR THEIR SCENIC VIEW STARTED SUPPLYING FOR THEIR MEADS.

Brandon: FOR ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS, SOME STRAWBERRIES.

THEN, OVER THE YEARS, BLACKBERRIES, RED RASPBERRIES, Joanne: AND BRANDON IS PROUD TREE TO BOTTLE.

Brandon: WE THINK, IT'S GREAT OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES I PERSONALLY ENJOY SEEING OUR IN OTHER WAYS, Joanne: BACK AT ORCHID CELLAR, WITH A MIXTURE OF HONEY, Andrzej: ALL THE SUGARS EATEN UP BY THOSE YEASTS.

IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE ALCOHOL, IS GOING TO BE SAVED, Joanne: IN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS, THE PEACH MEAD WILL BE READY Andrzej: AND SO, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT SO, YOU'LL GET OF COURSE, A LITTLE BIT OF SWEETNESS, BUT Brandon: THE WHITE PEACHES, LIGHT, SILKINESS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT Joanne: A LITTLE SIP OF SUMMER, * Joanne: WANT TO WATCH OR SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND?

FIND MARYLAND FARM AND HARVEST AND BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE TO AND DID YOU KNOW THE STATE OF OF PEACH TREES?

Joanne: NOW THAT YOU LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK IN TIME IT'S THE HISTORY OF MEAD * Joanne: MEAD IS LIKELY, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.

MADE BY FERMENTING HONEY ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE TRACED BACK TO 7,000 BC IN THE ANCIENT GREEKS DRANK MEAD AND ALSO AS A MEDICINE ARISTOTLE SUGGESTED THAT A FULL MOON COULD REDUCE FEVERS.

GREEKS MIXED HERBS AND INTO THEIR NEEDS, AS THE NECTAR OF THE GODS.

Joanne: THE VIKINGS WERE ALSO GULPING IT DOWN FROM AND AFTER BATTLE, ON THE LANDS THEY CONQUERED.

OVER TIME, MANY CULTURES IN FAVOR OF OTHER BUT IT REMAINED POPULAR AND ETHIOPIA IS KNOWN FOR A Joanne: MEAD WAS NEVER COMMON BUT DURING PROHIBITION DID SPRING UP.

THIS CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR WOULD STEAL THEIR HONEY.

HOWEVER, MEAD CONSUMPTION NEVER OR WINE.

BUT WITH THE RISE OF THE CRAFT THE NUMBER OF MEADERIES IN TO AROUND 450 IN 2020.

IT'S EVEN CATCHING ON HERE WITH AROUND HALF A DOZEN ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO REDISCOVER * Joanne: COMING UP, AL SPOLER BUT FIRST, WHETHER THEY'RE OR CARRYING ON AN OLD EVERY FARMER HAS A STORY OF HERE'S WHAT THEY SHARED WHEN * Jason Scott: I WAS DRIVING TRACTORS WE HAD A BIG FAMILY FARM AT THE SO I WAS IN CHARGE OF BUT I ACTUALLY WENT TO COLLEGE AND THE FARM KEPT Jennifer Sturmer: I GREW UP OUTSIDE OF ANNAPOLIS WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, APPROACHED ME ABOUT STARTING AND AS A SCIENTIST, Barron Shaw: SHAWS ORCHARDS HAS BEEN I HAD ANOTHER CAREER BEFORE AND I MET JANET DURING THAT Jana Shaw: I USED TO MANAGE SO, I TRADED IN A BRIEFCASE AND I ENJOY IT VERY MUCH, DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL.

Tanya Spandala: SO WHEN WE CAME TO AND I STARTED GROWING AT JUST FOR MY FAMILY.

AND THEN I FOUND MYSELF ENJOYING WELL, WHY NOT PUT IT TO GOOD USE AND EXPAND ON WHAT I'M DOING, Levi Lantz: SO MYSELF AND FROM PROBABLY SEVEN AS OUR 4H ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FOR THE PAST 17, 18 YEARS PRODUCE BUSINESS IN Crystal Dell: I'VE BEEN FARMING I'M PROBABLY A SIXTH GENERATION THE FARM WE'RE ON NOW ARE AND WE'VE JUST BEEN DOING IT, AND I COULDN'T IMAGINE * Joanne: FOR OUR NEXT FARMER, INJURY THAT LED HIM TO A CAREER BUT HIS FARM IS COMPLETELY HE SHOWS AL SPOLER OR HOW TO ON THIS WEEK'S THE LOCAL BUY.

AL?

* Al Spoler: CITY HYDRO FARM IS A BALTIMORE CITY ROW HOME, SOIL, OR SUNLIGHT.

CONFUSED?

WELL, JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE Larry Hountz: THE ROOT SYSTEM, PERFECT.

THE BORAGE IS ALMOST THERE, AND IT WILL BE READY.

Al: HERE, IN THIS LARRY AND JOHANNA HOUNTZ GROW Larry: WE SET UP RACKS IN HERE, AND THEN STARTED PUTTING Al: TRAYS OF BORAGE, FENNEL, LEMON SORREL, LEEKS, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

Larry: THE CILANTRO LOOK AT THAT CILANTRO.

Al: THE PRACTICE OF PRODUCING IS KNOWN AS VERTICAL FARMING.

Larry: OR EVERYTHING IS INSTEAD OF FLAT ON THE GROUND.

Al: THIS METHOD OF FARMING IS ONLY AFTER HE WAS IN AND COULDN'T KEEP WORKING AT FIRST, IT SEEMED UNLIKELY, TO MAKE A LIVING.

Larry: TWENTY DOLLARS, WASN'T GOING TO PAY THE BILLS.

AND MY WIFE KEPT SAYING TO ME "LARRY, MICRO GREENS.

YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT Al: SO HE STARTED TO EXPERIMENT ON AVERAGE, THEY CAN GO FROM Larry: WE USE 100% ORGANIC WE USE BAMBOO STICKS TO SO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TRUE AND WE USE THE SAME CONVENTIONAL WE USE PURE WATER.

WE DON'T MIX ANY CHEMICALS SO, IT'S ALL VERY, VERY SIMPLE.

Al: THIS ENTIRE ROOM USES A DAY.

THAT'S ONE CUP OF WATER Larry: WE GROW ROUGHLY 70 TRAYS FOR THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS.

Al: LARRY SELLS THE GREENS SO CHEFS CAN HARVEST Larry: SO THEREFORE, FOR THE BUCK PER SE, AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE.

Al: IT ONLY COSTS ABOUT $6 AND THAT INCLUDES ELECTRICITY.

LARRY DESIGNED HIS OWN ENERGY TO KEEP COSTS DOWN, THE FARM'S ELECTRIC BILL Larry: THESE LIGHTS PRODUCE AND THEY RUN ON 12 VOLTS.

Al: THAT MEANS, ALSO BRING IN A HEALTHY PROFIT.

Larry: IN NEW YORK CITY, DELAWARE IT'S $75.

IN BALTIMORE, HERE WE SELL Al: AND NOW THAT THE HOUNTZ'S THEY'RE SELLING THEIR SYSTEM.

Larry: I HAVE 35 PLUS GROWERS IN THE UNITED STATES, WE'RE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, I THINK, WE HAVE SIX OR EIGHT Al: THAT MEANS, PLENTY OF FRESH Al: LARRY, YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER Larry: YES.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A BOUQUETIER WITH THE BALSAMIC VINEGAR, AND A ROASTED RED PEPPER COULIS.

Al: AND LOTS OF MICRO GREENS TO FINISH IT OFF.

Larry: FROM RIGHT UPSTAIRS.

SO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND ON THE PLATE HERE.

WE HAVE SOME LEMONS SORREL Al: MM-HMM.

Larry: WE'LL PUT ON SOME CUCUMBER FLAVOR TO IT.

[SNIPS THE MICRO GREENS] Al: WHAT'S THAT ONE?

Larry: AND THEN WE HAVE SOME WE JUST HARVESTED IT Al: THIS ARUGULA TASTES IT IS SO INTENSE.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF IT IT'S AMAZING.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS RECIPE YOU CAN TRY IT AT HOME.

FOR THE LOCAL BUY, JOANNE?

* Joanne: THANKS, AL.

ALTHOUGH, STOPPED THEIR SALES OF LARRY TOLD US THAT CITY HYDRO OF THEIR INDOOR GROWING KITS, WITH ADVICE FOR NEW GROWERS.

SPEAKING OF YOUTUBE, BE SURE TO ON ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA MPT.ORG/FARM YOU CAN ALSO WATCH FULL EPISODES Joanne: NOW, HOLD ON, DO YOU REMEMBER OUR THINGAMAJIG?

DID YOU GUESS IT?

OUR HINT WAS THAT THIS IS A "DOCUMENT CANISTER."

YOU MOUNT IT TO THE SIDE AND IT PROVIDES A WATERPROOF TO STORE OPERATORS, MANUALS AND TOOLS.

CONGRATULATIONS, JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR ALONG WITH MORE STORIES ABOUT PASSIONATE PEOPLE WHO FEED Joanne: BEFORE WE GO, ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AT BRAGLIO FARMS.

I'M JOANNE CLENDINING.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE EMPOWERING THOSE WITH TO STAY CONNECTED.

* Announcer: MAJOR FUNDING FOR IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY...

THE MARYLAND GRAIN PRODUCERS INVESTING IN SMARTER FARMING AND AFFORDABLE FOOD, FEED, ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY GOOD FOR YOU, MARBIDCO, HELPING TO SUSTAIN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS... MID-ATLANTIC FARM CREDIT, AND RURAL AMERICA...

RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL, A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR THE MARYLAND SOYBEAN BOARD PROGRESS POWERED BY FARMERS... WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, HEALTHIER, THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF SOIL AND BY...

THE MARYLAND NURSERY, LANDSCAPE, THE MARYLAND SEAFOOD THE MARYLAND FARM BUREAU, THE KEITH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION AND BY... *