Terp Farm
![Healthy Dining: Wholesome, healthful, fresh foods, made with local and/or organic ingredients. May serve only vegetarian or vegan foods (no animal products whatsoever). Meat and dairy products are raised to minimize environmental and health impacts without additives, genetic modifications or factory farm practices. Endangered fish are not served. "Slow Food" sites can be included, as can traditional or special local cuisines. Healthy Dining](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_1.gif)
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![Local Business: An economic enterprise solely based within the community, not a national franchise or chain store. Locally owned and managed, sources goods locally and reduces impacts associated with shipping, but not necessarily a green business. Local Business](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_7.gif)
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Overview
Terp Farm is only 15 miles away from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a two-acre farm for students and the community to get their hands dirty growing vegetables year-round. The farm provides food to dining halls, catering, Green Tidings mobile dining food truck, and those in need in local communities. The farm provides special services to teach future farmers organic methods such as crop rotation, cover cropping, organic fertilizers and more. Individuals who want to start living a sustainable lifestyle can best use this resource to learn about sustainable farming techniques, to eat locally grown food to reduce their carbon footprint, and to invest in local food to enhance the local economy.
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