Mo-Co Alliance
  • Home
  • About Us
    • What We Do
    • A Brief History
    • Board & AC
    • Staff & Volunteers
    • Contact
    • Buy MCA Gear
  • About Ag Reserve
    • Rooted in the Reserve Podcast
    • Growing Legacy Film
    • History of the Ag Reserve
    • Benefits of the Ag Reserve
    • Agriculture Education
    • Farm Facts
    • Threats to the Ag Reserve
    • A Place with Purpose
  • News
  • Events
    • Local Events
    • Royce Hanson Award
    • Ride for Reserve
  • Support Local
    • Agricultural Guide
    • Local Food Connection
    • Good Fences Grant
    • Community Supported Agriculture
    • Restaurants & Retail
    • Artists of the Reserve
  • Community Resources
    • Land Link >
      • Labor Link
    • Re-leaf the Reserve
    • PLENTY Magazine
    • Producer's Resources
    • BIPOC Farmer Guide
    • Directory of Local Services
    • Friends of Ten Mile Creek
  • DONATE
 

Benefits of the Ag Reserve

The Ag Reserve benefits residents throughout the region by providing:
Picture

Local Farm Products

Fruits, vegetables, dairy, wine, wool and more are available to area residents at pick-your-own farms and orchards, as well as restaurants, grocery stores and farmers markets in nearby cities and suburbs. Find Local Food

Environmental Protection

The Ag Reserve serves as a “green lung” that cools and cleans the air while protecting our drinking water and the threatened Chesapeake Bay watershed. The land also supplies critical habitat for mammals, birds, trees and other wildlife
Picture

Picture

Historic Preservation

The Ag Reserve also preserves historic Civil War sites, Underground Railroad routes and 18th and 19th century homes, barns, mills, and schools.

Recreation & Rural Beauty

Hiking, biking and birding are among the many activities available in the 93,000 acres of farmland within an hour’s drive of Washington, D.C.  The Ag Reserve provides inspiration and resources to many artists, artisans, writers and historians
Picture

Picture

Economic Advantages

The Ag Reserve offers many economic benefits by employing thousands of people and contributing millions of dollars to the economy through its 577 farms and 350 horticultural enterprises. Farmland contributes more money to the community than the cost of the services they require.

Quality of Life

The Ag Reserve contributes to the overall quality of life in the region and serves as a model for farmland preservation that has informed and motivated communities across the country.
Picture
History
Benefits
​Farm Facts

Threats
​Place with Purpose

Picture

Local Food Connection

Picture

Community Supported Agriculture

Picture

Artists of the Reserve

ABOUT US
What We Do
A Brief History
Board & AC
Staff & Volunteers
Contact
​​Buy MCA Gear
ABOUT Ag RESERVE
History of the Ag
Benefits of the Ag
Farm Facts
Threats to the Ag
​A Place with Purpose
NEWS
EVENTS
Local Events
Ride for the Reserve
Royce Hanson Award
SUPPORT LOCAL
Ag Guide
Local Food Connection
Community Supported Agriculture
Restaurants & Retail
​Artists of the Reserve
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
​Land Link
Producer's Resources
Directory of Services
Picture
Montgomery Countryside Alliance
P.O Box 24, Poolesville, MD  20837
301-461-9831  •  ​[email protected]
Picture
Picture
Picture

Picture
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.
COPYRIGHT © MONTGOMERY COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE 2008