Are you a Marylander who is interested in buying or selling locally grown food? Forget that stand on the side of the road – or not, but either way, check out Maryland Online Farmers Market, a website where you can buy, sell, or trade locally grown food. The site allows anyone to browse listings but to provide or request items, you must register for an account, which means providing your name and contact information.

The site has categories like Wanted – where people can request food they are looking for in the form of a post, Available – where people can list food they are selling,  Free – where I suppose people can list food they are willing to give away, Donations, and Events.

A person’s contact info is listed under their post so you can contact the person about the price and arrange for a time to pick up the food. The site is a great way to find more unusual food items as well as to save time by making sure the person has the food item you are looking for instead of going to a fruit stand or farmer’s market only to find that they don’t have the corn, tomatos, or perhaps more unusual ingredient you are looking for.

If you’re interested in visiting a farmer’s market in person, the site lists hours, location, phone numbers, and websites of farmer’s markets throughout Maryland.

With the popularity of organic food and people wanting to save money on driving around, it should be interesting to see how popular this site gets.