Upcoming Classes!

Learn to can, ferment, cook, and craft herbal folk remedies from scratch—our hands-on classes help you eat fresher, live healthier, and connect with the local food community. All classes held at The Common Market 7th Street in Frederick, MD.
A person is holding a sign advertising a recipe for healing Appalachian fire cider with a background of green leaves and a gardening scene.
Open tins of beeswax salve with a sign that reads "Make Your Own Beeswax Salves & Balms" over a rustic wooden surface.
Black elderberries clustered on a branch with green leaves in the background, overlaid with a promotional sign for making elderberry syrup for immune support.
Promotional sign about making beef tallow for cooking and skincare, featuring a beetroot graphic and a white background with a smear of beef fat or tallow.
A promotional image encouraging the viewer to heal their gut with fermented foods like sauerkraut and kimchi, featuring a background of fresh green cabbage leaves and a logo with a beet and leafy greens.
A pot of vegetable broth with carrots, herbs, and other vegetables, overlaid with a label promoting a guide on cooking with local ingredients, specifically bone broth, stock, and soup, from a collaboration between Eat Local Frederick and The Common Market.
A sign promoting making your own milk from scratch using oats, almonds, and coconuts, with almonds scattered on a dark surface and a glass of milk nearby.
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Past Offerings

Learn how to eat locally year-round with our hands-on classes.

Tray of fresh strawberries with a label promoting eating local, year-round strawberry jam.
Jars filled with dill pickles and cucumbers on a table, with a central label promoting a class on canning dill pickles, organized by Eat Local Frederick in collaboration with The Common Market.
Containers of beeswax salve or balm with a label promoting making your own beeswax salves and balms, set on a wooden surface with some lettuce leaves in the background.
A woman kneeling on a gravel path in a wooded area, feeding a chicken with green leaves. The sun shines through the trees in the background, creating a warm, natural scene. 
Photo credit Sean Reel.

About Your Instructor

These classes will be led by Katie Powderly, founder of Eat Local Frederick. A longtime advocate for local food systems and seasonal living, Katie brings over 20 years of hands-on experience in homesteading, fermentation, gardening, folk herbalism, and natural food preparation.

Since founding Eat Local Frederick in 2016, Katie has been helping people reconnect with their food, their neighbors, and the land through practical, joyful workshops rooted in tradition. Whether teaching how to can tomatoes, whip up a healing balm, or simmer nourishing bone broth, her mission is to empower others with timeless skills that build resilience, nourish the body, and strengthen community.

Katie believes the kitchen is a powerful place to reclaim independence, celebrate local abundance, and preserve the foodways of Appalachia and beyond.

About Eat Local Frederick

Eat Local Frederick helps people reconnect with their food, their neighbors, and the land—through hands-on classes, local adventures, and seasonal living.

Founded in 2016, we’re building a growing community of people learning to can, ferment, garden, and craft natural remedies using local ingredients. From building your pantry to preserving Appalachian foodways, we’re here to help you eat fresher, live healthier, and gain timeless skills that nourish you for a lifetime.

Our workshops are designed to preserve traditional skills, support local farmers, and promote a healthier, more self-sufficient way of life.

Whether you're looking to reduce your grocery bill, ditch synthetic skincare, or simply eat with the seasons, you're in the right place.

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A simple line illustration of a mason jar filled with active, bubbling sourdough starter. The jar is covered with a piece of cloth held on by a rubber band.
A simple line illustration of two hands kneading a loaf of sourdough.
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