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by Caroline Taylor 2015 GMC Update: Our Attorney, Michele Rosenfeld, delivered oral argument before the Court of Special Appeals in early December 2014 in both of the ongoing legal challenges. The site plan approval challenge that MCA filed in partnership with Sugarloaf Citizens Association is strong and was favorably heard by the Appeals Court. The oral argument in the suit filed by community members involving the Church's required secondary access road bisecting residential property bound by long standing neighborhood covenants, also quite strong, was also heard. We are waiting for opinions in both cases. Awaiting decisions in both cases. Read on below..
by Caroline Taylor ![]() The Ag Reserve's promise grows with the success of new farm ventures. Montgomery County's New Farm Program, now past the pilot point with a number of successful ventures launched, is ready for Round Two! The New Farmer Project provides mentoring and specialized business training like marketing, accounting, business planning and advanced sustainable farm practices. By matching new farmers with private land owners (with assistance from MCA's Land Link program) throughout the Agricultural Reserve, the program's participating farmers are singularly focused on growing their businesses instead of finding new real estate. by Kristina Bostick What has MCA done for me lately? Well... Our Shared Environmental Resources Supporting a Strong Ag Sector Connecting New and Expanding Farmers with Land Strengthening the Producer Community with a Listserve and Summits Successfully Pushing for a New Farm Pilot Program Proud Lead Organization of the Farming at Metro's Edge Conference Supporting A proposed year-round daily farmers market in North Potomac Connecting farmers with new opportunities under the new County Zoning Code Community Producing "Growing Legacy" film about the Reserve for students and the public Creating an Ag Reserve Candidate Questionnaire/Voter Resource Creating an Ag Education Pilot - 180 students reached so farHelping to Found the MoCo Food CouncilKeeping Monocacy Elementary Open Zoning No Commercial Recreation or Camps in the Ag Reserve No Sewer Extension for Mega Churches Battling Back Plans for Massive Cell Towers Currently working on supporting new farm businesses and expansion of sourcing local farm products in County stores/restaurants. We are pushing to add to our farmland inventory for the LandLink program. Our education initiative has expanded and we are working with MC Farm Bureau to secure funding for mobile ag science lab for the use of the County's elementary schools. How about that! Every elementary school student should have exposure to what farming is all about and why our Ag Reserve is so special. And the list goes on and on... help us add more victories to this list- join MCA - a yearly membership is just $25 |
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MCA is proud to announce that we have been recognized for a third time as one of the best small charities in the D.C. region by Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington. A panel of 110 expert reviewers from area foundations, corporate giving programs, and peer non-profit organizations evaluated 270 applications.
MCA is known as an effective and innovative non-profit whose efforts to preserve and promote Montgomery County’s nationally recognized 93,000 acre Ag Reserve have brought increased public and governmental support of local food production and farmland and open space preservation. Most importantly, MCA’s efforts are putting more farmers on the ground and keeping them there. |