A Baltimore County family farm grows a plethora of specialty crops but their sweet corn is renowned among corn aficionados. Plus, with a new corn disease known as Tar Spot coming to the state of Maryland, extension agent Andrew Kness is racing to limit the spread. Then, this week's The Local Buy has Al visiting a Harford County Dairy farm making sweet corn ice cream.

At Eastern Correctional Institute, an inmate-run farm feeds Somerset County's most food-insecure families. Then, a first time farmer, a friar, and a formerly incarcerated chef feed thousands of Baltimoreans through this tiny three acre property. Plus, Al Spoler visits the Paw Paw Festival in Frederick, Maryland to celebrate Maryland's native fruit.