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by Kristina Bostick A smile flashes over MCA Education Committee Chair Gene Kingbury's face as their hands go up. The students at Poolesville High School have been listening as Gene explained how his family's fifth generation orchard grows (over 6000 trees!) and innovates. "How did you develop your new peach variety and do you patent it?" "Can you grow your fruit without chemicals?" Greg Glenn of Rocklands Farm offers a lesson in best practices in livestock raising by bunching students between desks with little room to move about. Huddled together and getting hot and uncomfortable, they get the picture... quickly
by Kristina Bostick  We are really enjoying the articles from a new online and hard copy publication called Modern Farmer.There have been a number of recent articles profiling the different ways that farmers structure their businesses. With spring on the way (we promise!) here are some thoughts from the other side of the table or CSA box.
Farmers Market Confidential - the owner of a horse-driven farm describes all the pros and cons of his time spent behind the table at farmers markets. The State of the CSA- an early adopter of the CSA model describes how things have changed over 20+ years. However your farmer decides to sell- you can find MoCo's best local food from CSA's here and at one of MoCo's vibrant Farmers Markets here. Farmers and farm supporters are welcome to join the discussion on our Producers listserve- where local farmers swap know how- email kristina@mocoalliance.org with "join listserve" in the subject line to sign up. |
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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. |
