Support the people raising it first
None of this works without the farming community. The hams, the bacon, the whole idea — it all starts with a farm and the people who keep it running. This page is a small spotlight for those places, beginning with one we happen to know well.
Mulberry Lane Farm & Market
Huntingtown, Maryland
Mulberry Lane is a real farm market on real farm ground in Calvert County. The kind of place where you can ask what the animal ate and get an actual answer. Where the pork chops, bacon, and sausage come from animals that lived on the same soil the market sits on.
We wanted to put a spotlight on a local market doing things the old, patient way — not because it is perfect, but because it is the kind of place worth driving to. Go once and the grocery-store package stops being interesting.
Market hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- 10 AM – 5 PM
- Saturday
- 10 AM – 5 PM
- Sunday
- 10 AM – 5 PM
Holiday weeks move around — their Facebook page is the fastest way to confirm before you drive out.
What's in the case
- Bacon
- Regular smoked, applewood, jalapeño, black peppered, apple cinnamon, maple thick, uncured — plus Canadian bacon.
- Sausage
- Country, maple, hot country, chorizo, sweet and spicy Italian, andouille, kielbasa, brats, crabby brats, English bangers.
- Pork cuts
- Chops, tenderloin, boneless loin, shoulder roast, pork belly, ribs, ham roast, ham slice.
- Beef & more
- Cattle raised on the same ground, plus local goods around the market.
Find the market
Mulberry Lane Farm & Market — Huntingtown, Maryland
Why bother buying local
- You can find out exactly what the animal ate, where it stood, and who handled it. Try that at the grocery store.
- The money stays in Calvert County instead of leaving it — which is the only reason places like this still exist.
- It cooks differently. Better fat, better cure, better result. You'll notice on the first pan of bacon.
Send somebody their way
The single most useful thing you can do for a small market is tell one person about it.
More people worth knowing
Batch 001 proved the concept. Batch 002 needs a belly. None of this happens without the farming community — and this is the kind of place that pork ought to come from. Follow along in the Meat Locker →
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