About Us

Our Story

Our patriarch, Tom, was born with an entrepreneurial spirit and strong roots in agriculture. As an 8-year-old boy in 1964, a 4-H laying hen project led him to sell eggs to neighbors for 50 cents per dozen. Within two years, Tom had also started a 4-H gardening project and began selling his produce, as well as some fruits and berries from his family’s orchard, on the very spot our Sweet Air Road Farm Market stands today. By the age of 14, Tom was farming full-time on his own.

Even before Tom’s first entrepreneurial adventures in AG as a young boy in the 1960s, the Albright family had strong roots in the community, calling the Jacksonville/Phoenix area home since 1845. Many of our customer favorites today have been Albright family farming traditions for generations. Tom’s grandparents raised turkeys starting in the 1920s. His grandparents purchased their first farm (what we now call “Uncles Farm” for the fond memories Tom has of his uncle farming this land when Tom was a child) on Sweet Air Road in 1911. In 2014, Tom purchased Uncles Farm from his cousins and today, it is home to our beef cattle and hog farm, as well as some field crops.

The Albright family also had a grass-based dairy farm before transitioning to raising dairy heifers for local farmers in 1985. As early as 1970, we recognized our unique responsibility as farmers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to care for the land, air and water we are entrusted with and have implemented no-till and other farming practices to be good stewards. As our business has grown, our commitment to protecting not only our own properties, but the soil, water and air across our communities, our county and our state, has only grown with us.

In the more than 50 years that have passed since Tom’s first 4-H project-turned-business venture, Tom’s work, along with strong partnerships with his sons, Jonathan and Jesse, have brought the Albright Farms vision to life.

Jonathan and Jesse have played important roles in the growth of the business in recent years. After spending some time at West Virginia University, Jonathan returned home to the farms in 2011 and loves the freedom of farming, along with the vast array of skills you need to farm these diversified crops and animals well.

Jesse graduated from Mount Saint Mary's University in 2014 with dual degrees in Finance and Economics, and returned to the farm because it was his favorite place in the world - it was home. He enjoys working in the fields.

Jonathan and Jesse can both be found working the farmers markets. While getting up at 3 a.m. to load the trucks for farmers markets is not their favorite task, they attend the markets because they enjoy getting to know their customers and visiting with their fellow farmers.

What We Offer

A farmer operating a tractor in a sunny field, with hay bales in the background and a rural landscape featuring trees and a farmhouse.

A person operating a tractor and hay baler in a lush green field under a clear blue sky, with trees in the background. The scene captures rural farming activities, showcasing agricultural equipment and the process of hay production.

A farmer stands beside a vintage tractor in a field, holding a tire, with lush greenery and a clear blue sky in the background. The image captures the essence of agricultural life and the importance of farming equipment.

Three farmers kneeling in a sunlit field, holding chickens and baskets of fresh eggs. The central farmer displays a box labeled

A New Holland skid steer loader lifting a large round hay bale in a rural farm setting, with silos and a barn in the background.

Three farmers standing confidently in a golden field during sunset, showcasing teamwork and agricultural pride. The background features lush trees and a barn, emphasizing a rural farming environment.

Young farmer in a green shirt squatting in a golden field during sunset, examining crops amidst a backdrop of trees and rolling hills.

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Our Business

Today, Albright Farms is a multigenerational family business with four farms across central Baltimore County, Maryland. We pride ourselves on raising animals from birth to harvest, with an on-farm poultry processing facility and direct-marketing our products to our customers -- all in the community we call home.

We raise the crops and grind the grain to make our own feeds for the hens, chickens, turkeys, beef cattle and hogs we raise. We live on our farms and eat the fruits of their labor.

From a juicy tomato fresh off the vine to that first delicious bite of Thanksgiving turkey, many of your favorite foods are favorites of ours, too.
We produce beef, pork, chicken, Thanksgiving turkeys, eggs, vegetables, flowers, succulents and veggie plants on our four farms in central Baltimore County. They're all Maryland grown and the result of a 175-year farming tradition in the Albright family.

Our Commitment

There's a famous saying, "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." At Albright Farms, this philosophy is a core part of who we are and how we do business. To us, success is growing quality crops and raising healthy livestock while caring for the land we live and work on.

We're not "just" farmers or business owners. We're your neighbors. Because we live on the land we farm and eat the food we grow, we take great care to ensure our farming practices are positively impacting the environment. From integrated pest management practices on our crops to partnering with Soil Conservation Services to prevent erosion through projects involving waterways, filter strips, livestock waters, nutrient management plans, rotational grazing, cover crops and no-till planting to protect our environment, including the Chesapeake Bay, it's not just about maintaining our natural resources - we want to leave them even stronger and healthier than we found them.

One of the things we love most about this business and way of life is that there is always more to learn. We are always striving to do better by our animals, our environment and our community.