About Provident Organic Farm
Jay Martin has 20+ years of organic farming
experience. He began gardening organically in 1973 in upstate New
York. In 1980 he moved with his family to Bivalve, Maryland, where he
worked as a waterman. In 1985 Jay and his wife Kathy started Silver
Seed
Greenhouses, a major supplier of organic transplants for the
mid-Atlantic region. For 16 years Silver Seed
supplied farms, market
gardens, urban gardening projects, and Community Supported Agriculture
(CSA) programs with custom-grown transplants. Silver Seed was the first
and only certified organic, wholesale greenhouse operation in Maryland.
While running Silver Seed, Jay also cultivated an acre garden for the
farmer's market in
Salisbury, Maryland. Jay sold Silver Seed
Greenhouses in 2001 to create Provident Organic Farm CSA and pursue his
dream of a safe, just and sustainable food system for this region. He
still serves as a consultant to the present owners of Silver Seed
Greenhouses.
Jay Martin is considered a regional expert in organic practices and speaks at numerous conferences on organic transplant growing and facilitates workshops to train growers. He has served on Future Harvest small farm board, evaluating funding requests for small-scale innovative research and enterprises.
Provident Organic Farm and Organic Certification
CSA farmer Jay Martin on Sustainable Food SystemsPresentation to the Assateague Coastal Trust by Jay Martin
9 March 2005
Alternative Agriculture
Farm Location
20980 Nanticoke Rd
Wicomico, Maryland 21814
Directions
From Route 50, go west on Nanticoke Road (Rt. 349) about 17 miles to Bivalve. Provident Organic Farm is on your right, across the street from the fire station. Turn right into the driveway between the church and the yellow farm house.
Call (410) 873-2942 for detailed directions
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