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 Poolesville's Sugarland Community, a freed slave community established in the late 1800s, will be contributing 7 pictures to the permanent collection of the new African American Museum - set to open in late September. It is so thrilling that this community will be featured. Community members have worked hard to preserve their fascinating history. News Coverage Here.
 Join us October 23 at Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds to honor Anne and Jay! RSVP Each year MCA presents the Royce Hanson Award in recognition of outstanding commitment toward the protection of Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve. The award is named after its first recipient, Dr. Royce Hanson, former Chair of the Montgomery County Planning Commission and original architect of the Ag Reserve. This year we are pleased to honor Anne and Jay Cinque who have been active on issues in their own area of Boyds and lead Reserve residents in protecting local resources as part of Sugarloaf Citizens Association and Sugarloaf Land Conservancy. More about Anne and Jay here. Please plan on joining us on Sunday October 23 at Black Hill Regional Park for food, music by The 19th Street Band (voted best local band by Bethesda Magazine), and a celebration of the Cinques and the Ag Reserve they cherish. This event is free- but please consider becoming a member or renewing your MCA membership when you RSVP below- Thanks! Immense Thanks to our Royce Hanson Award Event Sponsors:
  Remember our signature event all year in stylin' organic cotton in both unisex and ladies cuts.
We have new MCA shirts too! Head on over the MCA Gear Page July 23 - 6pm - 1st day Montgomery County Farm Tour WeekendAfter touring local farms and the Reserve - bring a blanket, an appetite and an ear to beautiful Linden Farm (thanks, Sugarloaf Citizen's Association!)
by Caroline Taylor  A Little Farm Market Gem in Olney, MD
Published by Montgomery County Food Council by Caroline Taylor We've been salivating already for this season's cherries, peaches, plums, pears and apples. But Mother Nature... is in control.
by Caroline Taylor On April 4, 2016 Governor Hogan signed the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act, which requires Maryland to reduce statewide gas emissions by 40 percent from 2006 levels by 2030. This bipartisan legislation, which was supported by the Maryland Departments of the Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, is based on a recommendation of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change and enhances the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Act. This law is expected to help create and maintain tens of thousands of jobs and represents a balanced, science-based approach to reduce carbon pollution.
Baltimore Sun Coverage by Caroline Taylor  It was a baad idea that is now history. Time to move forward with the productive use of the property to grow and teach - close in!
Full story here. by Caroline Taylor MCA is honored to be part of the Mobile Ag Science Lab effort with the Farm Bureau- every single MoCo elementary school will have a visit from this education resource on wheels. Read the press release below.  by Caroline Taylor  Nice profile of Rick Hood and Summercreek Farm in the Frederick News Post here.
Rick nails it: "You’re a businessman first; you’re a farmer second. If you’re a farmer first, you’re poor.” by Caroline Taylor  MCA has joined the Community Food Rescue team. Community Food Rescue is a new initiative to develop a coordinated food recovery system throughout Montgomery County, Maryland. This system enhances the good work of businesses, agencies, and organizations that already recover perfectly good food before it is thrown away.
Update: Great blog profiling early participant Amanda Cather from Plow and Stars Farm (recruited by MCA!) From the website: Every year in Montgomery County, Maryland…
MCA is doing our part by linking farms, Reserve food business and service for those in need to the program. Spread the word... because we need to stop the waste and rescue food. by Caroline Taylor What happens when a local farm gets the word out online about their need for a loan to buy needed farm equipment via Kiva Zip? Magic! Read on  |
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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. |
