Maryland Challenged to Buy Local
Maryland ’s fifth one-year Buy Local Challenge kicked off Thursday at Governor Martin O’Malley ’s mansion with a cookout decked out with — you guessed it — local foods . After the event , more than 3,000 Marylanders had signal a pledge to participate in Buy Local Challenge Week ( July 23 to 31 , 2011 ) , in which they committed to consuming at least one local product each Clarence Shepard Day Jr....