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[null,"Certified Local Farm and Fish (CLFF) Program"]
[null,"2026 Report Form"]
[null,"Reports are due by September 30, 2026 11:59 PM"]
[null,"Fiscal Year 2026 (The reported period is from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026)"]
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[null,"Important Note"]
[null,"Open this file using Microsoft Excel to ensure all relational formulas, dropdown menus, and automated features function correctly.\nClick Enable Editing after opening the file.\nSave your information periodically.\nIf using Microsoft Excel is not possible for you, please contact us at local.food@maryland.gov"]
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[null,"Program Goal"]
[null,"The Maryland Department of Agriculture's (MDA) Certified Local Farm and Fish Program encourages state agencies, including public four-year universities, to achieve purchasing 20% of their food from Maryland's Certified Local Farm and Fish Providers. Each state agency/university affected by the law must report on their food procurement. You will need to review invoices from Fiscal Year 2026 to complete the report, or request this information from your Food Management Contractor (FMC) if applicable. Failure to respond will result in a \"Non-Responsive\" in General Assembly's report. "]
[null,"State agencies/universities must request a waiver if they do not achieve the 20% goal. The Waiver Request can be found under the tab labeled \"Waivers Requested\" on this spreadsheet."]
[null,"Authority: Agriculture Article, §2-103; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§14-701—14-707, Annotated Code of Maryland. "]
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[null,"Preparation: Documents & Information to Gather Before You Start"]
[null,"\nTo ensure a smooth reporting process, please gather the following financial and contractual documentation before entering data into the Start Here tab:\n1. Total Food Spend Records (Point 2.1):\nIsolate your agency’s or university’s raw food purchases for Fiscal Year 2026 (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026).\nSelf-Operated Facilities: Retrieve accounting reports for Comptroller Object Codes OBJ 0811 (Food Services), OBJ 0920 (Food), and/or OBJ 0901 (Agriculture).\nContracted Facilities (FMC): Request your Food Service Management Company's annual billing report. Exclude all non-food operating expenses (labor, service fees, kitchen equipment, plates, napkins, utensils, etc.).\n2. Certified Local Farm & Fish (CLFF) Transaction Details (Point 2.2):\nLocate invoices or delivery receipts from certified local producers. Note: The official CLFF Provider Directory is already built directly into the dropdown menu of column CLFF Provider Name and Certification #  for your convenience.\nGather the exact transaction dates, product descriptions, and Buyer identities (whether it was your agency, a distributor, or an FMC paying the farmer).\nThe Supply Chain Rule: Ensure you have the Net Payment (Farm-Gate Price)—which is the net amount received by the farmer. If you purchased through a distributor or contractor, you must request this net price breakdown directly from them.\n3. Sourcing and Outreach Records for Waiver Requests (Point 3.1):\nRequired only if your Overall Participation (Point 2.3) falls below the 20% statutory goal.\nGather records of your agency's proactive efforts to utilize local providers, including:\nThe contact details (Name, Email, Phone, Company) of the person in your unit who contacted the local provider.\nThe names, phones, emails, and physical addresses of the CLFF producers contacted.\nThe exact dates when contact was made.\nEvidence of the solicitation information provided to the farmers.\nWritten justifications or quotes demonstrating why a transaction could not be finalized (e.g., volume issues, price unreasonableness, or product unavailability).\n4. Signing Authority Contact Information (Point 5):\nVerify the contact information (Title, Email, Phone) of the authorized representative (such as the Contract Monitor or Procurement Officer) who will sign the compliance certification, as well as the details of the individual who prepared the report."]
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[null,"How to complete this Report"]
[null,"Please begin on the Start Here tab and fill out the information sequentially from Point 1 to Point 4. To guide you, we have designed a simple Color Code: Grey cells require selecting an option from a dropdown menu, Blue cells are for manual entry, and Green cells calculate automatically (please do not type over them). Helpful Tip: Simply click on any input cell you are about to fill, and a yellow help box will instantly pop up on your screen with a detailed description and helpful tips about the exact data required."]
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[null,"Point 1: Agency or University\nSelect your institution from the dropdown list and fill out the Point of Contact information.\n\nPoint 2: Annual Metrics & Purchases Log\n2.1 Total Food Expenditure by the Agency/University ($): Manually enter the total dollar amount spent purely on food purchased from food suppliers during the fiscal year (either by the agency directly or by your Food Management Prime Contractor).\nDo not include administrative or dining operational expenses, labor, kitchen equipment, plates, utensils, cups, napkins, or bags.\n2.2 Total Payments to CLFF Providers ($): Log all purchases made from Maryland's Certified Local Farms and Chesapeake Invasive Species Providers.\nNote: Net Payment to the CLFF ($) must reflect the Farm-gate price point (the actual net amount received by the local producer, excluding distributor margins or logistics fees).\n2.3 Overall Participation (%): The spreadsheet will automatically calculate your final percentage based on the data entered in 2.1 and 2.2.\n\nPoint 3: Waiver Request Required\nIf your participation percentage is under 20%, please fill out the table in Point 3.1 to document the efforts you made to contact and buy from local certified providers.\n\nPoint 4: Voluntary Progress Updates\nPlease select whether you would like to opt-in for voluntary progress reports (due January 30 and May 30, 2027). This will help you be better prepared for the final annual report, while receiving technical assistance to streamline your reporting process and increase your local participation percentage.\n\n"]
[null,"Additional information "]
[null,"Home Page of the MDA's Certified Local Farm and Fish Program"]
[null,"The Certified Local Farm and Fish Provider Directory"]
[null,"FY 23 General Assembly's report."]
[null,"FY 24 General Assembly's report."]
[null,"FY 25 General Assembly's report."]
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[null,"If you have any questions, please feel free to contact: local.food@maryland.gov"]

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[null,null,"Certified Local Farm and Fish (CLFF) Program"]
[null,null,"2026 Report Form"]
[null,null,"Reports are due by September 30, 2026 11:59 PM"]
[null,null,"Fiscal Year 2026 (The reported period is from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026)"]
[null,null,"If you have any questions, please feel free to contact: local.food@maryland.gov"]
[null,null,"Grey cell: Select an option from the dropdown menu."]
[null,null,"Blue cell: Enter the required value manually."]
[null,null,"Green cell: this value is calculated automatically."]
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[null,"1. Agency or University:"]
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[null,null,"1.1. Point of Contact from the Agency/University (Recommended: Contract Monitor or Procurement Officer)"]
[null,null,"Name:"]
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[null,null,"Email:"]
[null,null,"Phone:"]
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[null,"2. Annual Metrics"]
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[null,null,"2.1. Total Food Expenditure by the Agency/University ($):"]
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[null,null,"2.2. Total Payments to CLFF Providers ($):"]
[null,null,"CLFF Provider Name and Certification # ","Net Payment to the CLFF ($)","Product Description","Date","Buyer from CLFF"]
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[null,null,"TOTAL",{"$f":"SUM(D26:D35)","v":0}]
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[null,null,"2.3. Overall Participation (%): ",{"$f":"IF(D22=\"\", \"\", D36/D22)","v":""}]
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[null,"3. Waiver Request Required:",{"$f":"IF(D39=\"\", \"\", IF(D39<0.2, \"Yes\", \"No\"))","v":""},{"$f":"IF(C42=\"\",\"\",IF(UPPER(C42)=\"YES\",\"👉 Please fill out 3.1\",IF(UPPER(C42)=\"NO\",\"👉 Excellent result! You don't need to fill out 3.1, pass directly to point 4 and 5\",\"\")))","v":""}]
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[null,null,"3.1. Efforts made to utilize, contact, and negotiate with the Certified Local Providers"]
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[null,"Person Who Contacted the Certified Local Provider (Name, Email, Phone, Company)","Certified Local Provider Contacted            ","Did Provider Respond to Solicitation?","Dates contacted","Name, Phone, and Email  of Contacted Provider","Information Provided to Certified Local Provider Regarding Procurement Solicitation","Limitations Identified","Local Procurement Planning Method"]
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[null,"Note: add as many rows as necessary to the table"]
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[null,"4. Voluntary Progress Updates:","Select from the dropdown list…"]

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["Agencies & Universities","CLFF Provider Name and Certification # (A to Z)","Limitations Identified"]
["Select from the dropdown list…","78 Acres, LLC / MDA22-0061","PRODUCT UNAVAILABLE: Provider did not have the product we were looking for."]
["Department of General Services","A Heart 4 People Farm / MDA26-0197","INSUFFICIENT QUANTITY: Provider did not have the quantities we needed."]
["Department of Health","Ad Astra Farms / MDA26-0206","TIMING MISMATCH: The product was not available when we needed it."]
["Dept of Juvenile Services","Adam Lee LLC / MDA26-0205","PRICE DISAGREEMENT: We could not come to an agreement on the price."]
["Dept of Public Safety & Correctional Services","AGNES FARM AND PRODUSE LLC / MDA26-0212","PAYMENT TERMS DISAGREEMENT: We were unable to reach an agreement on the payment terms."]
["Dep of Veteran Affairs","Albright Farms / MDA22-0007","LOGISTICS ISSUES: We could not work out the logistics to transport the product from the farm to our facility, or the logistics were too expensive."]
["University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)","ALL Farms LLC DBA ALL Produce / MDA23-0093","GAP CERTIFICATION: The farmer does not have it, but we need it."]
["University of Maryland Colege Park (UMCP)","ALL Produce 8602 Gorman Road / MDA23-0094","INSURANCE: We require the provider to have liability insurance, but they do not have it."]
["Towson State University","Amaranth Acres / MDA22-0029","OTHER:"]
["Bowie State University","Apex Bee Company LLC / MDA24-0122"]
["Coppin State University","Archer Oyster / MDA25-0175"]
["Frostburg State University (FSU)","Artz Farm / MDA22-0022"]
["Morgan State University","Asawana Farms / MDA23-0100","Procurement Planning Method"]
["Salisbury University (SU)","Autumn Tree Farm / MDA25-0169","IMMEDIATE NEED: We contacted the provider to see if they had what we needed for delivery over the next few days."]
["St. Mary's College of Maryland","Backyard Apiaries / MDA24-0140","FLEXIBLE MENU: Adapted recipes to provider availability"]
["University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)","Bartenfelder Farms / MDA22-0012","EARLY PLANNING: Shared needs months in advance"]
["Other (Please provide the Name):","Baugher Enterprises Inc. / MDA24-0152","FUTURE GROWING: Asked farm to plant for next season"]
[null,"BayBees Honey / MDA23-0097","CONTRACT ATTEMPT: Tried to sign preseason agreement"]
[null,"Baywater Seafood, LLC / MDA25-0163"]
[null,"Beauty Blooms Farm / MDA23-0086"]
[null,"Bellevale Farm / MDA24-0150"]
[null,"Bellevale Farms / MDA24-0139"]
[null,"blades orchard / MDA22-0072"]
[null,"BlueCat Fisheries LLC / MDA25-0159"]
[null,"Brad's Produce / MDA24-0149"]
[null,"Bramble Blossoms / MDA22-0006"]
[null,"Bruning Fisheries LLC / MDA25-0176"]
[null,"Bryan Williams / MDA26-0214"]
[null,"BSA Seafood, LLC. / MDA25-0188"]
[null,"Burall Farms / MDA25-0182"]
[null,"Butler's Orchard / MDA22-0033"]
[null,"Calob Harshman / MDA25-0173"]
[null,"Calvert's Gift Farm / MDA24-0131"]
[null,"Catherine's Hope / MDA25-0194"]
[null,"Chapel's Country Creamery / MDA24-0128"]
[null,"Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming / MDA25-0177"]
[null,"Charles Litton / MDA24-0129"]
[null,"CheeseGoatees / MDA25-0162"]
[null,"Chesapeake Farm to Table / MDA23-0103"]
[null,"Chesapeake Gold Farms Inc. / MDA22-0017"]
[null,"Clagett Farm / MDA24-0123"]
[null,"Clagett Farm / MDA26-0202"]
[null,"Clayton Farms / MDA25-0168"]
[null,"Common Root Farm / MDA22-0010"]
[null,"Communitas Farm / MDA26-0216"]
[null,"Cornerstone Farm / MDA22-0052"]
[null,"Cornerstone Farms Inc / MDA22-0050"]
[null,"Crooked Fence Farm / MDA22-0051"]
[null,"Cross Farms LLC / MDA22-0070"]
[null,"Crowning Glory Farm / MDA24-0138"]
[null,"Cutfresh Organics, LLC / MDA22-0059"]
[null,"Daisy's Sunshine Farm / MDA26-0210"]
[null,"Dakarohfarm / MDA22-0057"]
[null,"Dawn Bragunier / MDA25-0190"]
[null,"Deep Roots Farm / MDA24-0147"]
[null,"Deer Run Farm / MDA22-0068"]
[null,"Deere Valley Farms / MDA24-0154"]
[null,"Delaney Glen Farm / MDA25-0192"]
[null,"Deliteful Dairy, LLC / MDA22-0026"]
[null,"Diddly Squat Farming, LLC / MDA23-0098"]
[null,"District Farms / MDA23-0088"]
[null,"Duley Farms / MDA26-0207"]
[null,"Emily's Produce / MDA22-0066"]
[null,"Ethereal Hollow / MDA23-0118"]
[null,"Evermore Farm / MDA23-0109"]
[null,"F & D APIARIES / MDA22-0037"]
[null,"Fallen Pine Oyster Company / MDA25-0170"]
[null,"Fiddlers Green Farm LLC / MDA25-0184"]
[null,"Fingerboard Farm / MDA25-0185"]
[null,"Fiore Winery Inc / MDA22-0074"]
[null,"Floating Lotus Farmstead / MDA22-0069"]
[null,"Florencia Farm LLC / MDA23-0107"]
[null,"Flying Plow Farm / MDA23-0114"]
[null,"Foxdale Springs Farm / MDA24-0141"]
[null,"Foxleigh Farm / MDA22-0014"]
[null,"Fruits & Vegetables by Lewis Orchards, LLC. T/A Lewis Orchards / MDA22-0032"]
[null,"Glamourview Farm LLC / MDA22-0027"]
[null,"Godfrey's Farm / MDA22-0046"]
[null,"Good Dog Farm / MDA22-0060"]
[null,"Gorman Farms / CSA / MDA22-0030"]
[null,"Gotham Greens / MDA25-0191"]
[null,"Grand View Farm / MDA22-0020"]
[null,"Green View Hydroponics / MDA22-0077"]
[null,"Greenway Farms, LLC / MDA25-0165"]
[null,"Harris Farms, Inc. / MDA22-0053"]
[null,"Harvest Creek LLC / MDA26-0211"]
[null,"Hilltop Beef / MDA25-0171"]
[null,"His Grace Farm / MDA26-0204"]
[null,"Hobby City Farms / MDA26-0209"]
[null,"Hollywood Oyster Company, LLC / MDA22-0054"]
[null,"Honey Effects Apiary / MDA22-0076"]
[null,"Honey Moon Farm LLC / MDA26-0198"]
[null,"HopScratch Farm / MDA24-0126"]
[null,"Houser's Produce Farm Inc / MDA24-0144"]
[null,"Jacksberry Farm / MDA24-0155"]
[null,"JJ McDonnell & Co / MDA23-0121"]
[null,"Joshua Frey / MDA25-0183"]
[null,"Kenyona Davis / MDA23-0116"]
[null,"Langenfelder Pork / MDA23-0082"]
[null,"Langton Green Community Farm / MDA24-0124"]
[null,"Lewis Orchards & Farm Market, LLC / MDA24-0153"]
[null,"Lindy's Seafood, Inc. / MDA25-0189"]
[null,"Lockbriar Farms / MDA22-0064"]
[null,"Love Bug Farm / MDA23-0106"]
[null,"Loveland in the Woods / MDA23-0091"]
[null,"Loves Gardens / MDA25-0161"]
[null,"Mary's Land Farm LLC / MDA22-0071"]
[null,"Metro Microgreens / MDA22-0048"]
[null,"Miller Farms / MDA22-0002"]
[null,"Miller Farms / MDA22-0003"]
[null,"Misty Meadow Farm & Creamery / MDA22-0023"]
[null,"Moon Valley Farm / MDA22-0021"]
[null,"Mosaic Farm / MDA24-0137"]
[null,"Mountain Valley Orchard LLC / MDA24-0151"]
[null,"N/A / MDA22-0058"]
[null,"Natures Garlic Farm / MDA22-0005"]
[null,"Nev-R-Dun Farm / MDA22-0011"]
[null,"Next Step Produce / MDA22-0041"]
[null,"North Acres Farm / MDA25-0157"]
[null,"Oak Spring Farm / MDA24-0133"]
[null,"OMEAIO / MDA23-0089"]
[null,"One Acre Farm / MDA23-0115"]
[null,"One Straw Farm / MDA25-0167"]
[null,"Owls Nest Cooperative Farm / MDA26-0208"]
[null,"8 Plates Health and Wellness Farm / MDA25-0164"]
[null,"Paige's Produce / MDA23-0105"]
[null,"Palmyra Farm LLC / MDA23-0081"]
[null,"Pathfinder Farm / MDA22-0025"]
[null,"Peas and Peace Farm / MDA22-0075"]
[null,"Philip Hege / MDA25-0178"]
[null,"Phil-Mar Produce / MDA23-0099"]
[null,"Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm / MDA26-0215"]
[null,"Pleasant Hill Produce / MDA22-0042"]
[null,"Pleasant Valley Farm / MDA22-0039"]
[null,"Plow and Stars Farm / MDA22-0045"]
[null,"R. B. Savage & Sons Farm, LLC / MDA22-0047"]
[null,"Racine Family Farm / MDA23-0090"]
[null,"Rebecca Buckler / MDA26-0201"]
[null,"Red Acres Hydroponics / MDA25-0180"]
[null,"Red Wiggler Care Farm / MDA24-0143"]
[null,"Redemption Farms LLC / MDA23-0087"]
[null,"Reliant Fish Company / MDA25-0187"]
[null,"Richardson Farms / MDA24-0132"]
[null,"Rinehart Orchards, Inc / MDA23-0113"]
[null,"Ringgold Farms / MDA25-0158"]
[null,"Ringgold Farms / MDA26-0199"]
[null,"Roberts Roost Farm / MDA22-0024"]
[null,"Rocky Hill Produce / MDA22-0043"]
[null,"Roseda Black Angus Farm / MDA26-0200"]
[null,"Russell Farms LLC / MDA24-0145"]
[null,"Sandy Spring Gardens / MDA23-0112"]
[null,"Sassafras Creek Farm / MDA22-0013"]
[null,"Savage Acres Farm, dba Brown Cow Creamery / MDA22-0034"]
[null,"Serenity Grove Farm / MDA22-0079"]
[null,"Shaw Orchards / MDA22-0028"]
[null,"Shlagel Farms LLC / MDA23-0117"]
[null,"Sisters of the Soil Community Farm LLC / MDA24-0146"]
[null,"SOFGI Connection LLC / MDA23-0102"]
[null,"South Mountain Creamery / Sowers Farm Holdings LLC / MDA25-0179"]
[null,"stoecker farms / MDA24-0134"]
[null,"Sudlersville Land and Cattle LLC / MDA25-0196"]
[null,"Swann Farms / MDA25-0186"]
[null,"Tallawah Farms / MDA23-0108"]
[null,"Taylor's Produce / MDA22-0063"]
[null,"The Farm at Our House / MDA24-0135"]
[null,"The Farm at the Pines / MDA23-0120"]
[null,"The Franklin Farm / MDA25-0195"]
[null,"The Garden International / MDA22-0062"]
[null,"The Garden International LLC / MDA22-0040"]
[null,"The Green Anarchist / MDA22-0044"]
[null,"The Helen Edith Farm LLC / MDA22-0065"]
[null,"The Vineyards at Dodon / MDA22-0015"]
[null,"things from the river / MDA25-0160"]
[null,"Three Sisters Farm / MDA23-0104"]
[null,"Tilghman Island Seafood / MDA23-0119"]
[null,"Triple Pine Farm / MDA25-0174"]
[null,"Turkey Foot Farm, LLC / MDA24-0142"]
[null,"Two Boots Farm / MDA24-0127"]
[null,"UMD Aquaponics Center / MDA26-0213"]
[null,"University of Maryland Central Maryland Research and Education Center - Upper Marlboro / MDA23-0083"]
[null,"Valley View Apiary LLC / MDA25-0156"]
[null,"Warwick Mushroom Farm, LLC / MDA22-0008"]
[null,"Wesco Farm / MDA22-0016"]
[null,"Whistle pig farm / MDA23-0095"]
[null,"Wild Country Seafood / MDA26-0203"]
[null,"Windy Hill Farms / MDA23-0096"]
[null,"Wood Duck Landing Farm / MDA22-0055"]
[null,"WYE HEIGHTS PLANTATION / MDA24-0136"]
[null,"Yellow Cart Produce LLC / MDA25-0193"]
[null,"Other (Provide Name, Certification # and Physical Address):"]
[null,"Select from the dropdown list…"]