• Southern Maryland Meats Application 2018

  • Is your mailing address the same as above?:*
  • Does your farm follow all State, County, and Local regulations? (This includes Nutrient Management, zoning,etc.)
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  • Does your farm have hours of operation?*
  • Are you MDA or USDA Certified Organic?
  • Are you a DHMH-licensed On-Farm Processor (for on-farm sales of meat products)?
  • Are you MDA-certified Poultry/Rabbit On-Farm Processor?
  • Are your meats slaughtered/ processed at a USDA inspected plant?
  • Do you offer USDA slaughtered/ frozen/vacuum wrapped meat cuts?:
  • Is your meat dry-aged?
  • Can customers order "custom" meat cuts?
  • Can you arrange transportation of custom order animal to slaughter/ processing facility?:
  • Do you deliver slaughtered/ processed meats directly to consumers?:
  • Do you offer other processed meat products? (sausage, bacon, jerky, smoked meats):
  • Do you offer a meat and/or poultry CSA?:
  • Where do you sell your meats?:

  • RAISING PRACTICES

    You must document the raising practices for each species that you raise in the sections below. Please review SMM Quality Standards definitions before you check the blocks. (Hover the cursor over each term to see the approved SMM definition.)

    • Beef Raising Practices 
    • Check one for Beef:
    • Check one for Beef:
    • Check one for Beef:
    • Check one for Beef:
    • Check all that apply for Beef:
    • Pork Raising Practices 
    • Check one for Pork:
    • Check one for Pork:
    • Check one for Pork:
    • Check one for Pork:
    • Check all that apply for Pork:
    • Lamb Raising Practices 
    • Check one for Lamb:
    • Check one for Lamb:
    • Check one for Lamb:
    • Check one for Lamb:
    • Check all that apply for Lamb:
    • Goat Raising Practices 
    • Check one for Goat:
    • Check one for Goat:
    • Check one for Goat:
    • Check one for Goat:
    • Check all that apply for Goat:
    • Poultry Raising Practices 
    • What type of poultry do you raise? (Check all that apply):
    • Check one for Poultry:
    • Check one for Poultry:
    • Check one for Poultry:
    • Check one for Poultry:
    • Check all that apply for Poultry:
    • Rabbit Raising Practices 
    • Check one for Rabbit:
    • Check one for Rabbit:
    • Check one for Rabbit:
    • Check one for Rabbit:
    • Check all that apply for Rabbit:
    • Mutton Raising Practices 
    • Check one for Mutton:
    • Check one for Mutton:
    • Check one for Mutton:
    • Check one for Mutton:
    • Check one for Mutton:
    • Check all that apply for Mutton:
    • Bison Raising Practices 
    • Check one for Bison:
    • Check one for Bison:
    • Check one for Bison:
    • Check one for Bison:
    • Check all that apply for Bison:
    • Other agreements 
    • Does your feed contain growth hormones?:
    • Do you add growth hormones to your animal's feed?:
  • I agree that my name and business contact information will be pubic information and can be used and published in the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) meat directory, SMM producer directory and on the SMADC and Southern Maryland Meats websites.*
  • I also agree that any photos taken in conjunction with the aforementioned publication and media and information of or about me submitted to the SMADC for meat directory development and website origination may be used by SMADC in any manner in connection with the promotion or advertisement of or otherwise in association with SMADC without compensation to me of any kind, including without limitation guidebooks, supplemental brochures, promotional materials and other general publications of SMADC.*

  • Please don't forget to provide...

    ·         Feed and/or mineral label, or description of what is fed

    ·         Copy of DHMH On-Farm Processing License

    ·         Copy of MDA Poultry/Rabbit Certification (if applicable.)

  • Southern Maryland Meats (SMM) Producer Agreement

    Southern Maryland Meats are quality meat products that are naturally raised by family farmers from the five Southern Maryland Counties of Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s.  We are proud of our animals, our communities and our region’s agricultural heritage. We treat our animals humanely; our animals are never fed animal by-products and we are conscientious stewards of the environment.

    Southern Maryland Meats allows consumers to have a choice. By assuring consumers that the meat products they purchase are genuinely raised in Southern Maryland they know they are helping to support and sustain Southern Maryland’s small family farms and its rich agricultural tradition.

    The Southern Maryland Meats logo symbolizes high quality meat products raised in accordance with SMM standards. Producer /farms voluntarily participate in the SMM marketing program. In so doing, they recognize the value of the SMM logo and all that it implies.

    Southern Maryland Meats producer/farms are eligible to use the SMM marketing logo and sell their products in the SSM display cases located at designated stores around the region.

    To ensure that the Southern Maryland Meats logo remains synonymous with the quality and authenticity consumers expect from SSM farm products, producers must agree to the expectations and standards as follows, "Southern Maryland Meat Quality Standards". (Please initial the Standards document).

    The SMM logo, labels and other promotional materials can only be used with genuine SMM products.   

    Southern Maryland Meats marketing program is dependent on an honor system and the integrity of its participants.  SMM producers are expected to comply with SSM quality standards; failure to do so may result in the loss of the privilege to participate in the marketing program.  

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