The second time proved to be the difference for Living Water Farms when it comes to the Taste of Putnam County, as the farm located in Putnam County, captured accolades at the recent event. 

"My mother used to own Completely Nuts and Candy Co. (Fineline Chocolate), where we have competed before. It was great to win after so many years being involved with the taste one way or another," Elliot Dunbar told The Putnam County Post. 

Dunbar, who is one of the co-founders of Living Water Farms, explained this year Living Water Farms took a "farm to table" approach using produce grown at the farm to produce a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich.

 
The sandwich highlighted fresh grown tomatoes and fresh baked sunflower bread, which is one of the items they sell at their markets and farmer's market. 

"The salad was made from our aquaponics lettuce and greens, which is our core farm item. Fried green tomatoes were our tomatoes, served with a ranch dip mix that we sell at our markets. The Tabouli and Syrian bread was a parsley salad, and the bread is a house recipe that we sell at our markets," he said. 

While the Taste of Putnam County is a fun event to bring the community together,Dunbar said there was another mission for Living Water Farms with the event. 

"Our goal with the event was to highlight unique ways to produce farm fresh produce, and to share items that we offer outside of just veggies. We received great feedback on all of the items, including the fresh squeezed herbal lemonade," Dunbar said.