Roving Radish Opens Storefront In Long Reach Village Center

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Roving Radish, an award-winning Howard County program that provides healthy meal kits sourced from local farms, has opened its first storefront in Long Reach Village Center. The 4,142-square-foot space will offer fresh meat, dairy, eggs and milk from local and regional farms and serve as a kitchen, storage and packing space for the weekly meal kits. The Roving Radish program launched in 2014 and operates from May through November each year offering weekly standard and vegetarian meal kits.

The Village Center was built in the late 1970s and is used by neighborhood residents to meet a variety of office and commercial needs, according to the county. Prior to the center opening, residents of Long Reach gathered for a village meeting and voted for arts and crafts as the prevailing theme for the village center. The Roving Radish joins the Columbia Arts Center, the Stonehouse Community Center, the African Art Museum of Maryland, Roll Up ‘N Dye and new Howard County Arts Council artists’ studios as part of the emerging arts, culture and entrepreneurship hub.

“Roving Radish is another great addition to the revitalization of Long Reach Village Center and its storefront will serve as a wonderful hub for regional farms to connect with more Howard County residents,” said Howard County Executive Calvin Ball in a statement. “This program not only fits in with the direction and goals of Long Reach, but provides healthy, locally sourced meal kits that help connect our community and are offered at a discounted price to those in need."

James Zoller, Roving Radish program manager, said the program "impacts so many lives in a positive way."

“We are excited to have our kitchen now centrally located in Long Reach and we are looking forward to becoming a part of the Long Reach community," he said.